2,833 water recipes

Quick flour-and-water gravy made from braised turkey cooking liquid. A simple two-minute pan sauce to serve over leftover braised turkey.

Chicken a la king simmers leftover roast chicken with mushrooms and asparagus in a creamy stock-and-cream sauce, served over white rice. A comforting, retro way to use up Sunday's roast.

Easy crusty French-style bread with just five ingredients: flour, yeast, water, sugar, and salt. Baked with steam for a crackly golden crust and chewy interior.

Oatmeal Drop Cookies with Nuts and Raisins recipe

Beach-style steamed crawfish layer fresh crawfish, red bliss potatoes, sweet corn, and lemon over hot seaweed. A New England-meets-Cajun shore feast.

Hot fudge pudding cake that makes its own chocolate sauce as it bakes. Bisquick, cocoa, sugar, and hot water create a cakey top over a pool of gooey fudge. No eggs, no butter needed.

Chicken almond stir fry with bok choy, snow peas, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots in a light soy-ginger glaze, topped with golden toasted almonds.

Homemade raspberry currant syrup for sparkling water, cocktails, and sodas. Fresh berries simmered with sugar, strained, and bottled for a concentrated fruit cordial.

Homemade golden peach butter with cinnamon, cloves, and lemon zest. Slow-simmered from ripe peaches and water bath canned for pantry storage. A beautiful holiday gift or toast topper.

Pancakes made with wattleseed and served with riberry confit. Perfect as a breakfast or dessert.

Classic French choux pastry with just water, butter, flour, and eggs. The foundation for cream puffs, eclairs, profiteroles, gougeres, and savory gnocchi. Master this one dough, make dozens of desserts.

Tender veal breast stuffed with gooey mozzarella, spinach, and roasted peppers, rolled tight and slow-roasted until fork-tender. Sliced into gorgeous spirals, this Florentine-style roast feeds 6 with a silky white wine pan sauce.

Parosa, an Israeli-Greek cheese casserole with cottage cheese, yogurt, cinnamon, and whipped egg whites baked in a water bath until light and custardy.

Baked acorn squash halves stuffed with crushed pineapple and cinnamon. A diabetic-friendly side dish steamed in a water bath until fork-tender and naturally sweet.

Had some puff pastry on hand from the holiday baking, and made this apple strudel. It was great, the puff pastry certainly delivered a much richer result than phyllo pastry that I normally use. No leftover, we ate it all!

Halloween face paint mixes cornstarch, water, cream, and food coloring into a homemade non-toxic costume paint. Skin-safe, kid-friendly, and ready in seconds for trick-or-treat night.