Spiced gingerbread baked in mason jars with molasses, crystallized ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. A charming gift-worthy dessert served warm with lemon sauce.
Garlic lover's lentil soup: a quarter cup of garlic anchors this pressure cooker lentil soup with leeks, mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and balsamic. Vegan, high fiber.
Lemon Jello cake made with lemon cake mix and lemon gelatin, topped with a fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar glaze poked right into the warm cake.
Cold crabmeat mousse with cream cheese, celery, and Worcestershire set in a gelatin mold. A creamy retro appetizer spread that pairs beautifully with club crackers.
Homemade marshmallow Easter eggs dipped in chocolate and decorated with royal icing. Fluffy gelatin marshmallow molded in flour, then assembled into whole eggs with a chocolate seal.
Rich chocolate Bundt cake made with Dutch process cocoa, espresso, buttermilk, and five eggs, topped with a glossy bittersweet chocolate glaze. A deeply chocolatey, bakery-quality cake.
Rice with black beans, corn, plum tomatoes, green chiles, cilantro, and scallions. Low-fat, vegan, and ready in 40 minutes. A Southwestern side that does it all.
Italian sausage and cabbage soup with zucchini, spaghetti sauce, and beef bouillon. A hearty, rustic one-pot soup ready in 40 minutes, topped with grated Parmesan.
Homemade whole wheat pizza dough with cheddar and caraway baked into the crust, topped with broccoli, mushrooms, and mozzarella. A hearty, fiber-rich pizza.
Rye bread with beer and orange, a bread machine loaf with rye flour, light beer, blackstrap molasses, orange zest, and wheat germ. Hearty, malty, with a citrus lift that cuts through the dense rye crumb.
Creamy cabbage soup: shredded cabbage simmered low in butter and whole milk until silky, finished with hot smoked sausage. A rib-sticking Eastern European-style soup with just six ingredients.
Shrimp and jicama salad dressed with a homemade jalapeño chile vinegar over sliced tomatoes and fresh tomatillos. A light, crunchy Mexican-inspired salad.
Hearty minestrone soup slow-simmered with kidney beans, cabbage, zucchini, leeks, and crushed tomatoes in vegetable broth. A big-batch Italian vegetable soup with macaroni.
Carrot tofu quiche with steamed carrots blended into a dill-scented tofu cream, poured into a whole wheat crust and baked with sesame seeds on top. A dairy-free, egg-free vegan main dish.
Meatless bulgur tamales wrap a savory filling of cracked wheat, tomatoes, pepper, and brown rice miso inside masa dough and corn husks. A hearty vegetarian Tex-Mex classic with deep umami and no meat required.
White chocolate mousse cake layered between sheets of genoise with candied citrus peel, pine nuts and shaved white chocolate curls. An elegant layered dessert with bright grapefruit, orange and lemon zest running through every bite.