Recipes with salt

Crispy meringue cookies loaded with semi-sweet chocolate chips. Low-and-slow baked at 300°F for hours until golden and crunchy. A nostalgic treat that melts in your mouth with chocolatey pockets throughout.

Very light and delicious grilled salmon with mustard and different kinds of herbs, very great.

Microwave noodle omelet folds cooked noodles, sharp cheddar, green pepper, and pimiento into eight beaten eggs. Six minutes from raw to plate, no skillet required. Quick weeknight egg dinner.

Holiday appetizer quiche baked in a sheet pan with Swiss cheese, ham, scallions, and pimentos in a buttery cracker crust. Cut into 50 small squares for easy party finger food.

Bone marrow onion sauce with dry sherry and beef broth, pureed until silky smooth. A rich, old-school European sauce for roast beef, made in the microwave.

Classic Swiss cheese fondue with Gruyere, white wine, garlic, and a splash of kirsch. The traditional Alpine party dish for dipping crusty bread cubes.

Pan-fried oysters dredged in flour and cooked in hot oil until golden and crispy. A simple four-ingredient recipe with a humorous nod to pearl-bearing oysters.

Buttermilk chocolate cake is the tangy, tender German-chocolate style cake with a fine, moist crumb, made for topping with coconut-pecan frosting. A classic Southern church-supper dessert.

Company apple pie is a three-pie batch showstopper with a sugar crust, lemony apple filling, caramel sauce stripes, cream cheese topping, and chopped walnuts. Built to feed a crowd.

Fish house barbecue with whole grilled trout basted in a tomato sauce, white wine, butter, and lemon juice. A classic lakeside cookout recipe ready in 35 minutes.

Steamed salmon fillets wrapped in blanched cabbage leaves with a soy-ginger-sherry marinade, scallions, and cilantro. An Asian-inspired low-calorie main finished with a squeeze of fresh lemon.

Scottish shortbread from a simple flour, sugar, and butter mix: buttery, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth wedges baked pale and gold. A classic three-ingredient treat that doubles as a gift-in-a-jar mix.

Sweet potato mini bundt cakes with currants and fresh orange peel, rolled in cinnamon sugar while warm. Low-fat and made without butter or oil.

Honey poppy seed muffins with whole wheat pastry flour and sunflower oil. Boiling milk activates poppy seeds for intense nutty flavor. Naturally sweetened brunch muffins make 12.

Spaghetti with sauteed curly endive, garlic, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. A quick 30-minute Italian pasta with bitter greens and tangy-sweet dressing.

Chewy chocolate peanut butter chip cookies bake up soft in the center with deep cocoa flavor and a full bag of peanut butter chips folded through the dough. A drop-and-bake batch cookie ready in 30 minutes.