3,017 pepper recipes

Fettuccine topped with a spicy Mexican bean sauce made from kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, green chiles, and cilantro. A hearty vegetarian pasta dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Best borscht: a ruby-red Russian beet soup loaded with potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes in a rich beef broth, finished with a swirl of sour cream and fresh dill. Hearty yet light.

German fruit salad with honeydew melon, oranges, grapes, and walnuts in a tangy yogurt dressing with lemon, orange juice, and a hint of ketchup. Light and refreshing.

Layered confetti macaroni casserole with whole wheat pasta, cottage cheese, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, and tomatoes. No-boil casserole, healthy weeknight dinner.

Portuguese kale soup (caldo verde-style) with linguica or chourico, kidney beans, cabbage, and potatoes. A hearty New England-Portuguese immigrant classic.

If you love the taste of lamb, you will enjoy every bit of this succulent dish.

Slow cooker black bean and potato soup with diced ham, jalapenos, cumin, oregano, thyme, and cloves in a beef broth base. Dump everything in the crockpot and let it cook all day.

Spicy Korean kimchi: napa cabbage salt-brined overnight then fermented two days with garlic, ginger, green chilies, and scallions. A simplified home kimchi you can start tonight.

Massaman curry paste: a homemade Thai-Muslim spice blend of dried chiles, lemongrass, galangal, shallots, and warm Indian-influenced spices. The flavor base for the country's most aromatic curry.

Indian-spiced chutney with dried apricots, golden raisins, and currants flavored with garlic, ginger, and cayenne for a sweet-hot condiment.

Turn on the oven and get ready to make succulent pork chops your whole family will enjoy.

Kansas City baked beans: navy beans baked low with bacon, bell peppers, barbecue sauce, molasses, and apple cider. Sweet, tangy, and smoky KC-style beans built for BBQ plates.

Vegan Italian sausage patties made from TVP and seasoned with fennel, paprika, garlic, and black pepper. Pan-fried in minutes with a meaty, savory bite.

Elu mus is a rich Sri Lankan mutton curry. Vinegar-marinated mutton simmers for an hour in coconut milk with coriander, cumin, fenugreek, and curry leaves until fork-tender and deeply spiced.

Unadulterated black bean soup with dried beans, ham hocks, red and yellow onion, pureed silky smooth and finished with dry sherry. A purist's approach with no spices masking the beans.

Lighter crab stroganoff with mushrooms, sherry, and nonfat sour cream over spinach noodles. All the creamy, savory comfort of classic stroganoff with less guilt.