214 white icing recipes

Ground beef taco rice bowl with salsa, tomato sauce, and bouillon simmered into a saucy topping over fluffy white rice. A cheap, filling 25-minute dinner that's endlessly customizable.

Black-eyed pea soup slow-simmered with a ham bone for New Year's Day good luck. Creamy, smoky, and served over white rice in the Southern tradition.

Szechuan chicken with peanuts features velveted chicken breast stir-fried with garlic, ginger, crushed red pepper, and crisp snow peas in a soy-based sauce. Loaded with peanuts and ready in 35 minutes over white rice.

A big-batch brownie sheet cake made with cocoa, buttermilk, and a hint of cinnamon. The boiled cocoa mixture gives the crumb an intensely fudgy texture. Ice it while warm for a glossy, melt-in finish.

Shrimp Creole: Louisiana-style shrimp simmered with the holy trinity of onion, celery and green pepper in a cayenne-spiked tomato sauce, served over fluffy white rice.

Southern chicken and okra gumbo with salt pork, fresh tomatoes, and hot pepper, served over fluffy white rice. A slow-simmered Plains-style gumbo with deep, smoky flavor.

Potato crusted red snapper: fillets brushed with mustard, wrapped in shredded potato and pan-fried into a crisp golden shell. A restaurant-style, naturally gluten-free way with fish.

Buttery crawfish mashed potatoes with garlic, chives, and heavy cream folded with a pound of crawfish tails. A Louisiana-style side dish that can steal the spotlight from any main course.

New England clam chowder with bacon steams fresh littlenecks, then builds a creamy chowder with smoky bacon, onion, diced potatoes, and milk. Traditional white chowder, no shortcuts.

A rich, fudgy Southern chocolate sheet cake made with real Coca Cola, buttermilk, and miniature marshmallows baked right into the batter. Topped with a warm cocoa cola icing that soaks in while the cake is still hot.

Freezer-friendly chicken and dumplings casserole in creamy white sauce with broccoli, peas, and melted cheese topped with homemade drop biscuit dumplings. Make ahead and bake from frozen.

Green bell peppers stuffed with seasoned ground beef and onion, smothered in a homemade cheddar cheese sauce and baked until bubbly. A hearty family dinner that serves four.

A soup this hearty makes a wonderful morning meal by itself or served with whole grain bread.

Lazy man's beef stew is the dump-and-bake dinner that needs zero browning. Round steak, potatoes, and carrots simmer low and slow with onion soup mix and tomato sauce.

Tomato basil mussels: fresh mussels steamed open in a broth of white wine, garlic, diced tomatoes, basil, and hot sauce. A 15-minute Mediterranean dinner served in its own briny-tomato broth.

This traditional Southern dish is served on New Year's Day for good luck throughout the year