10,000 salt recipes

Homemade perogies filled with cheddar, mashed potato, and sauteed onion. Boiled, then tossed with golden butter-fried onions and served with sour cream. Pure Eastern European comfort food.

Milk-poached haddock fillets in a silky butter-flour sauce with halved green grapes. Classic French sole Veronique technique applied to mild flaky white fish. Elegant in 45 minutes.

Old-fashioned spice cake loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger, plus chopped nuts and plump raisins baked into a tender loaf with a wooden-skewer-clean crumb.

This is a great appetizer, nice mushroom and sage, they are savory.

Holdermus is a traditional German elderberry mush thickened with milk and flour or a roux, finished with honey and clarified butter. A rustic farmhouse dessert served straight from the skillet with toasted bread cubes.

Fat-free marinated butternut squash with balsamic vinegar and fresh mint. Briefly sauteed to stay firm, then chilled for a bright, tangy vegetarian side dish.

Portuguese style goat, a leg of kid rubbed with a garlic, paprika, bay, and pancetta paste, then roasted until tender and served with rice. A rustic, deeply seasoned Portuguese roast.

Food processor walnut bread made with bread flour, whole wheat, brown sugar, and toasted walnuts. The processor kneads the dough in under a minute.

The tartness of the lemons is great with the sweet crust and meringue topping. Perfect in summer.

Beer-spiked Welsh rarebit with melted cheese, dry mustard, and Worcestershire poured over warm toast. A 20-minute pub-style supper that's pure comfort food.

Summer pickled cucumbers with a hot vinegar brine spiced with celery seed and mustard seed. Classic bread-and-butter pickles ready for jars, no pressure canning required.

Quick coq au vin delivers the classic French chicken-in-red-wine stew in 40 minutes using boneless thighs, cremini mushrooms, carrots, and Canadian bacon. A weeknight-friendly version of the traditional braise.

Raw fennel, mushroom, and shaved Parmesan salad with a garlic-lemon vinaigrette and crushed fennel seeds. Mushrooms marinate for an hour, then get layered with paper-thin fennel and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

Thai coconut rice made with jasmine rice simmered in coconut milk and coconut cream with a touch of sugar and salt. Fragrant, slightly sweet, and rich, the classic side dish for Thai curries.

Kalamarakia is classic Greek fried squid dusted in flour and pan-fried in olive oil, then finished with white wine and fresh lemon juice. A simple taverna-style appetizer ready in 30 minutes.

Mexican wedding cakes: buttery five-ingredient shortbread-style cookies rolled in powdered sugar while hot. Melt-in-your-mouth tradition for weddings, holidays, and gifting.