666 stale recipes

Basic naan made from just four pantry ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, and water. The two-stage cook (griddle then broiler) gives you those signature blistered, charred spots without a tandoor.

Large-batch cream of potato soup built from dehydrated potatoes, dry onions, and dry milk powder. A classic institutional cafeteria recipe scaled for crowds with chicken gravy mix for body.

Fish-shaped salmon pastries: buttery shortcrust hand pies cut into fish, filled with smoked salmon, potato, and onion, then decorated with pastry scales and baked golden. A playful, savory party appetizer kids love.

Tri-color pasta salad with juicy tomatoes, black olives and zesty Italian dressing, dressed in stages so the noodles soak up flavor as they chill. An easy vegetarian make-ahead side for picnics and potlucks.

This is an easy and delicious dish to serve to guests that is easily scale-able. Pair it with a tossed salad and some garlic bread and it makes a quick, easy and elegant meal.

Key lime cheesecake with a buttery graham cracker crust and a tangy, silky filling made with fresh lime juice, sour cream, and three blocks of cream cheese. Two-stage baking gives it that signature crack-free top.

Chicken and sausage chili loaded with smoked sausage, tender chicken and a trio of fresh chilies. Tangy tomatillos and a two-stage spice blend give this Dutch oven chili real depth. Top with sour cream and cheese.

Easy to scale down to make one or two loaves. Shortening can be replaced by butter. You will love the aroma during the baking, it fills up the entire house with freshly baked bread smell.

An easy one-pan stove-stop chicken main dish braised in white wine and three kinds of mustard. Delicious and easy to prepare chicken main. Easy to scale down to two servings or up to serve a crowd.

An easy to make stuffed chicken breast recipe, Italian style. The breast is stuffed with cheese, breaded and baked in tomato sauce. This chicken recipe is for a single serving but can easily be scaled to feed as many as you wish.

Instead of cooking in the pan, this omelette was baked in the oven. It took no time to make, and very easily scaled down. Sean made a 1-serving sized omelette, baked in a 8-inch skillet, and it turned out great. Tasty and filling!

This old classic has been modernized and scaled down. The biscuit dough absorbs the liquid from the warm soft apples. In an 1888 article on apple dumplings it is said that King George III (1738-1820) had been "sadly puzzled" wondering how the apple came to be inside the dumpling.

Honey glaze for roasting meat with black pepper, dill, fennel, and cinnamon cooked to soft ball stage. Scales per pound and works on pork, ham, chicken, or beef roasts.

An easy way to create a tasteful appetizer, similar to the way it is done in Scandinavia or Northern Germany. Preferably you want to use wild caught salmon when it is available or catch-it yourself. The usual caveats when you deal with fresh fish apply. Process it immediately. I had good experience with wild Alaska sockeye salmon which is frozen for a while before it comes into the shop.

Golden, buttery scones studded with raisins or blueberries, baked to a crisp top and tender center. A bakery-scale recipe that scales down easily for home baking.

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang fudge cooked to soft-ball stage and beaten until it loses its gloss for a creamy old-fashioned chocolate fudge with cocoa, butter, and evaporated milk.