86 sinful recipes

Indulgent challah French toast dipped in heavy cream, eggs, vanilla, and a splash of Triple Sec, then griddled golden with cinnamon. Weekend brunch that earns its name.

Southern-style no-bean chili with 4 lbs of beef, banana peppers, and a 3-hour simmer in beef stock with barbecue sauce, hot sauce, and a deep spice blend. Bold and beanless.

Fish is poached in tomato and basil sauce reduction, light yet tasty.

Using sun-dried or oven-dried tomatoes and olives makes this delicious tapenade that can be spread over the sough dough bread, stuffed into bell peppers or chicken breast, or can be the replacement of mayonnaise when you prepare the sandwiches. Quick, easy and tasty!

Lemon rosemary baked chicken on a bed of dried tomato bits, braised in lemon juice and chicken broth. A bright, herbaceous one-pan dinner with concentrated tomato flavor in every bite.

Raspberry and fig gratin with sour cream and broiled brown sugar crust. Four ingredients, 15 minutes, and the caramelized sugar cracks like creme brulee over warm fruit.

Sun-dried tomato tapenade with capers, garlic, lemon, and herbes de Provence. Rehydrated, oil-cured for a week, then pulsed into a coarse Provencal spread.

Baked fish en papillote with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, thyme, and lemon juice. Parchment packets lock in steam for flaky, tender fillets with almost no cleanup.

Make-ahead baguette sandwiches stuffed with sun-dried tomatoes, black olives, capers, anchovies, and watercress. Mediterranean flavors wrapped tight for picnics, road trips, and packed lunches.

Spit-roasted suckling pig rubbed with lime, herbs, and whole garlic, basted with marjoram-thyme olive oil for 6 hours, served with grilled and blanched seasonal vegetables.

Sun-dried tomato tapenade blends rehydrated tomatoes with black olives, capers, garlic, and lemon zest. A bright Provençal spread for bread, crackers, or grilled chicken.

Pizza Carciofi with marinated artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, and fontina cheese over a homemade tomato sauce on crispy pizza dough.

Quick microwave swordfish with sun-dried tomato paste, rosemary, and lemon. Easy Mediterranean fish dinner ready in 15 minutes with bold, concentrated flavors.

Romaine salad with tomatillos, ripe tomatoes, avocado, lime juice, olive oil, and fresh cilantro. A California-Mexican inspired composed salad with no-toss presentation.

Five-ingredient pita pizza with sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, fresh basil, and mozzarella. A 20-minute shortcut that tastes like a Mediterranean flatbread.

Baked eggplant rounds topped with homemade sun-dried tomato tapenade and parmesan cheese. A Mediterranean appetizer with olives, capers, lemon, and basil.