10,000 maine recipes

Homemade Beef a Roni with ground beef, pasta shells, mushrooms, and corn in a rich tomato sauce. A filling weeknight dinner the whole family will devour in 45 minutes.

Easy red beans and rice with smoked sausage, the Cajun-leaning weeknight skillet. Canned beans and tomatoes plus the holy trinity (onion, bell pepper, garlic) come together in 40 minutes for a one-pot dinner over rice.

High-fiber bread quiche uses stale multigrain bread as the crust, filled with low-fat cottage cheese, eggs, and evaporated skim milk. A lighter take on classic quiche with no pastry dough required.

Eggplant and cheese quiche with sauteed eggplant, Parmesan, Swiss, shallots, and a cream-egg custard in a pastry shell. A Julia Child-inspired French classic.

Escalloped salmon bakes flaked canned salmon in a buttery white sauce topped with bread crumbs until golden and bubbling. Old-fashioned American comfort dish from the canned-fish era, ready in 30 minutes.

Turn leftover pot roast into a bubbling beef pot pie loaded with bacon, mushrooms, peas, and a surprising hit of dill pickle in a rich gravy under flaky pastry crust.

Fireside brisket braises beef low and slow in beer, chili sauce, onion soup mix, and Worcestershire, with rye cornbread thickening the pan into rich, self-saucing gravy.

Quiche Lorraine with earthworms (ver de terre), Swiss cheese, bacon, and onion rings in an egg custard. A novelty bug-eating recipe for the adventurous eater.

Classic lobster Thermidor: tail meat folded into a sherry cream sauce with cheddar and mushrooms, piled back into the shell and broiled with Parmesan and paprika.

Quiche Kenepuru: a New Zealand-style mussel quiche with onion, cheese, cream, and marjoram in flaky pastry. Coastal Kiwi cooking at its most iconic.

A no-bean Texas-style chili with 4 pounds of beef chuck, cactus (nopalitos), serrano chiles, and green tomatoes. Slow-simmered for hours until thick and fiery.

Fried rainbow trout with a seasoned cornmeal-flour crust, flavored with lemon thyme, paprika, and garlic. Double-dredged and chilled for an extra crispy coating.

Ground turkey and black bean chili: a leaner, tomato-paste-thickened weeknight chili with sweet bell peppers, carrots, chili powder, and cumin. Healthier than beef chili, just as satisfying.

Microwave fish fillets with curry powder, cayenne, lemon juice, and butter in under 5 minutes. A fast, no-fuss way to cook flaky, seasoned fish on a busy weeknight.

It's one of the easiest way to cook a juicy and delicious turkey.

Pinto beans simmered with potatoes and celery, then folded into peanut oil-fried onions. A traditional West African one-pot dish that's hearty, vegan, and meant to be spooned over rice.