7,057 light recipes

Frosty Snow Berry Cake with cranberry sauce cubes folded into a lemon-scented white cake, topped with billowy pink fluffy frosting. A vintage holiday showstopper.

Crispy Asian-style crab cakes with lemongrass and cilantro, served with tropical fruit chutney for elegant seafood appetizers with Thai-inspired flavors.

Thick grilled beef patties loaded with soy sauce, green pepper, and egg, basted with a tangy ketchup-brown sugar-Worcestershire glaze. A step up from ordinary burgers.

Chinese chicken salad with shredded roast chicken, bean sprouts, cucumber, and carrots in a sesame-tahini dressing with soy sauce, garlic, and rice wine. Crisp, nutty, and satisfying.

Hunan-style chicken braised with fresh plums, Szechuan peppercorns, ginger, and sesame seeds. A spicy-sweet Chinese plum sauce forms naturally as the fruit breaks down during simmering.

Beef patties simmered in a creamy basil-mushroom sauce, finished with shredded cheddar and green onions. Salisbury steak with a sharper, weeknight-friendly twist from pantry staples.

Grilled rolled beef roast marinated in Chablis, lime, and Dijon mustard, then glazed with honey, soy, ginger, and Thai chili. A showstopper roast for serious entertaining.

Giant apple cookie bakes a 12-inch pizza-style cookie loaded with reduced dried apples, walnuts, golden raisins, and cinnamon, drizzled with a tangy lemon icing. Sliceable shareable dessert.

Frozen pumpkin ice cream pie marbled with homemade rum-caramel sauce on a graham cracker crust. A no-bake autumn dessert that serves at least 8 and lives in the freezer until needed.

Two-layer banana cake studded with chopped Butterfinger bars, spiked with dark rum, and coated in a glossy semisweet chocolate ganache. A showstopper that can be made 2 days ahead.

Sea scallops stir-fry with broccoli, napa cabbage, snow peas, and shiitakes in a star anise-spiced soy-vinegar sauce. Light Chinese seafood dinner over steamed rice.

Three-layer Southern coconut cake with a tangy crushed-pineapple filling and billowy seven-minute frosting. An almond-scented butter cake stacked with grated coconut between every layer.

Creamy artichoke and bacon quiche layers smoky bacon, marinated artichoke hearts, Swiss and Parmesan in a silky Dijon-nutmeg custard. A rich, savory brunch quiche that's just as good at room temperature.

Thai mushroom satay with Chinese mushrooms spiral-cut onto skewers, marinated in lemongrass and galangal, grilled and served with a rich coconut peanut sauce.

This dish is very, very hot. It may not seem so at first, but the spices have a cumulative effect that builds up over the course of the meal.

Thai-style hot and sour vermicelli salad (yam wun sen) with mushrooms, garlic oil, lemon juice, and soy sauce. Vegetarian, light, and packed with texture.