Recipes with salt

Portuguese corn bread (broa) for the bread machine with a high ratio of cornmeal to bread flour and olive oil. Rustic, golden, and slightly gritty with a crisp crust.

Maritime Madness is a retro East Coast ground beef casserole bound with oatmeal, cream of mushroom soup, ketchup, and sage. Mix, bake, brown. No browning the meat first.

Baked Guavas Stuffed with Mushrooms and Olives recipe

Versatile crustless seafood quiche with a blender custard of sour cream, cottage cheese, and Parmesan. Choose shrimp, crab, or salmon as your filling for an easy, elegant main.

Italian nut ball cookies coated in chopped pistachios with a jelly-filled center. Almond extract and vanilla give these thumbprint cookies classic Italian bakery flavor.

Slow-cooker chicken with orange juice concentrate, cinnamon, cloves, halved grapes, and toasted almonds. The Spanish Mission-style sweet-savory braise with hot sauce kick.

Ricotta and cream cheese blend with amaretto liqueur and vanilla in this lighter cheesecake where a graham cracker crust supports creamy filling that's less dense than New York style but just as satisfying.

Gulf Coast shrimp Mornay with scallops and oysters in a rich three-cheese sauce topped with buttery cracker crumbs. Named for Alabama's shrimping capital, this is Southern seafood luxury at its finest.

A flavorful rice dish combining chicken and smoked sausage, this is a Cajun brown Jambalaya, not the Creole red Jamba. No tomatoes or green pepper. This is the best Jambalaya you'll eat, I ga-ron-tee!

These scrumptious appetizers made with skim milk and parmesan cheese are a great addition to a romantic dinner for two.

Wild venison steaks slow-braised in cream of mushroom soup with sliced onions and a splash of Worcestershire. A hunter's-camp classic that turns lean, gamey meat fork-tender.

Palouse lentil soup with crispy bacon, onion, celery, carrots, and garlic simmered in chicken broth with marjoram. Named for Washington's lentil-growing capital, ready in 40 minutes.

No-yeast buckwheat pretzels with a nutty, toasty crunch topped with coarse salt and sesame seeds. A fun, kid-friendly baking project that's done in an hour.

Pineapple fudge cooked stovetop with crushed pineapple, marshmallows, and pecans, then beaten to a creamy, old-fashioned finish. Ready in 30 minutes and yields nearly 49 pieces.

Reach the sky with this savory chili that will have your family hoping they can have the leftovers for dinner tomorrow.

Mushrooms stuffed with escargot in garlic-shallot herb butter, baked until bubbling. A classic French appetizer that swaps snail shells for tender mushroom caps.

A retro salmon loaf made with canned salmon and oats, baked until firm and sliceable, then topped with a from-scratch creamed peas sauce. Comfort food from Grandma's kitchen that still holds up beautifully.

Wholesome muffins made with whole wheat pastry flour, oats soaked in buttermilk, and grated fresh apple. Honey sweetens naturally while raisins and cinnamon add warmth. No refined sugar needed.

Bisquick pound cake with cream cheese, soaked in orange liqueur syrup and finished with a glossy apricot glaze. A bakery-worthy tube cake from a baking-mix shortcut.

Joe Cooper's chili is a classic Texas bowl of red: three pounds of beef simmered with dried chiles, garlic, cumin, oregano, and a hint of cocoa. No beans, no tomatoes, just deep beef-and-chile flavor thickened with cornmeal and flour.

Homemade tomato pasta dough tinted a gorgeous rosy-orange from tomato paste, with optional fresh basil kneaded right in. Make it by hand or food processor, then roll into fettuccine, ravioli, or any shape you like.

Crab bisque with real crab meat simmered in chicken broth and finished with light cream and cayenne. A rich, velvety 30-minute seafood soup with simple ingredients.

Make-ahead bran muffin batter that keeps in the fridge for 6 weeks. Mix once, bake fresh muffins any morning with fruit bran cereal, sour milk, and warm cinnamon.

Tender buttermilk dumplings rolled out, cut into strips, and boiled in chicken broth until puffy and soft. Just 6 ingredients and 30 minutes for old-fashioned comfort from scratch.

Homemade Vienna sausages with beef, veal, and pork emulsified smooth and seasoned with nutmeg, cardamom, and cloves. Stuffed into sheep casings and gently cooked.

My family, guests, and I were awed by this recipie's rich and flavorful taste! This was truly a hearty meal.

This delicious bread is based on the Texas treat consisting of peeled cantaloupe segments bread cubes piled in the center and covered with creamsauce. This is a soft, sticky dough. If any of it clings to the sides ofthe pan at the end of the first kneading, you can push it down with a rubber spatula.

Portuguese style goat, a leg of kid rubbed with a garlic, paprika, bay, and pancetta paste, then roasted until tender and served with rice. A rustic, deeply seasoned Portuguese roast.

A hearty vegetarian loaf of buckwheat, mushrooms, walnuts, and spinach simmered in red wine, then baked until dark and firm. The plant-based centerpiece your holiday table has been missing.

Spicy cabbage beef soup made in the slow cooker: browned ground beef, cabbage and kidney beans simmered low in a tomato broth with picante sauce, cumin and a kick of heat. A hearty, hands-off, fill-you-up soup.

Kale and buckwheat with Brussels sprouts and mushrooms blends nutty whole grain with roasted sprouts, sauteed shiitakes, blanched parsnips, and onions. A hearty plant-based grain bowl packed with fiber.

Chewy ginger cookies made with prune butter instead of fat, loaded with warm spices and molasses. Low-fat but big on flavor with crispy edges and soft centers.

Hot sausage and mirliton casserole is the New Orleans Creole classic: chayote squash baked with Italian sausage, bell peppers, bread cubes, mozzarella, and fontina. A holiday-table staple.

Turn on your crockpot this Fall, with this succulent pork chops dish that has a tantalizing taste!

Chicken breasts marinated overnight in vermouth, dried apricots, and prunes, then baked with sweet potato cubes until tender and caramelized. A low-fat, fruit-forward dinner that practically cooks itself.

Kahlua chili: ground beef chili spiked with coffee liqueur, served Cincinnati-style over spaghetti with cheddar and onion. The coffee-and-cocoa background note that makes it work.

Hearty bluefish chowder with crispy bacon, tender potatoes, and a rich white sauce thickened with evaporated milk. Seasoned with tarragon, rosemary, and basil for a New England-style fish soup.

Irish soda bread flavored cookies, enjoy irish soda bread in these tiny cookies!

Crispy phyllo strudel stuffed with seasoned ground beef, mushrooms, carrots, celery, and Parmesan cheese. Makes two golden rolls that slice into eight hearty servings.

Papaya bread with mashed ripe papaya, walnuts, raisins, and warm spices like cinnamon, allspice, and ginger. A tropical quick bread that bakes into a moist, fragrant loaf or muffins.

Instead of using the barbecue, stay cool indoors and try this succulent dish that is sure to make you forget about the summer heat.

Chewy date and nut cookie balls rolled in powdered sugar. Baked in a sheet pan, cut into squares while hot, then shaped by hand into bite-sized treats with almond extract and corn syrup.

Pad phed pladuk: a fiery Thai catfish curry built on a from-scratch pounded chili paste of lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime, with fish fried in fresh coconut cream. Bold, aromatic, and seriously hot.

This savory stew is perfect for a cold winter night! Tastes great by itself or with a slice of crusty bread.

Crisp, buttery slice-and-bake cookies with brown sugar, a hint of nutmeg, and bold black walnut flavoring. Shape the dough into logs, chill overnight, and slice thin for a quick batch of 48.

Vegetarian black bean chili made from scratch with dried beans, green chiles, and cumin, topped with a sharp red onion, tomato, and cilantro salsa. Slow-simmered for deep flavor.

Mexican fiesta casserole with seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, and green peppers layered on a Bisquick dough base, topped with a cheesy sour cream and mayo mixture. A Tex-Mex impossible pie.

Fish Florentine with tender fillets poached in court bouillon, layered over creamed spinach, and topped with a Swiss cheese sauce broiled until golden.