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- 1950 Cherry Pudding Dessert
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A vanilla-almond custard covered with a thick cherry sauce, from a 1950 recipe calendar.
- Apple pie
- This easy spiced apple pie will spice up the traditional holiday dessert.
- Avocado and mint salsa
- You can also use avocados rather than tomatoes for a great creamy salsa, and it goes great with mint or basil.
- Bacon scallops in dill sauce
- A bit fiddly, these bacon-wrapped scallops make a great party snack.
- Balti Beef Stew
- This beefy stew can be made fairly quickly. The flavor is a nice curry-like combo of ginger, chili, cumin, and fennel.
- Barbecue ribs stew
- You can’t get ribs much easier than putting them in your crockpot in the morning and pulling them out eight hours later.
- Bicentennial Pie for Pi Day
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A pie and crust from 1976 for Pi Day. The crust is a coconut crust, and the pie is a whipped orange-gelatin filling. Top it all off with chopped macadamia nuts and you’ve got a pie fit for any holiday.
- Biscuits in blueberry syrup
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Very quick to make, even if you don’t have biscuits handy, by making quick southern biscuits, simple syrup, and—perhaps the biggest timesaver—using a whipped cream maker. The only ingredients are biscuits, blueberries, sugar, water, and whipping cream. And you can substitute ice cream for the whipped cream if that’s what you have.
- Black bean and cilantro salsa
- An incredible salsa, filled with cilantro and other bright flavors. It is also very easy to make and can be whipped up in a few minutes.
- Bread machine ka’ick
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Varying a Syrian recipe from Helen Corey, this anise and mahleb-flavored bread is perhaps the best tomato sandwich bread I have ever tasted.
- Buggy bread
- A mixed-grain bread with aniseed and blue corn meal, and several different grains.
- Buttery foil-baked potatoes for National Potato Day
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National Potato Day is tomorrow. And it’s a great day to grill. Here’s a simple foil-wrapped potato and onion recipe for the grill or the oven.
- California Tabouleh
- Carrots, corn, and a lot of tomato make for a tabouleh that’s as good with tortilla chips as it is on its own as a salad
- Cheesy Moussaka
- If you like layered eggplant recipes, such as eggplant lasagna, you’ll probably enjoy this mix of eggplant, potato, onion, and cheese.
- Chickpea stew
- A lentil-chickpea stew with sesame, onions, and olives, spiced up with a bit of yoghurt at the end.
- Chili Yogurt
- I lucked into this salsa recipe because I ran out of thyme. I decided to try something completely different, some spice that I rarely use. So I went to the spice rack and pulled down some ajwain. The subtle interplay of flavors in this yogurt salsa has quickly made it one of my favorites.
- Chocolate half-hour cookies
- Half-hour cookies can be made with cocoa instead of spices for a rich, easy-to-make snack.
- Corn and chickpea salad
- I was feeling like corn and black bean salsa today, but I didn’t have any black beans. I did have several cans of garbanzo beans, however, and thought I’d think up some nice salad using garbanzo beans and corn. It was so good I thought I should take the time to write it up.
- Corn and clam soup
- Corn and clam soup with spinach, shrimp, and red bell pepper. Fast and easy.
- Corn and spinach tofu soup
- This is a very comforting light soup that makes good use of tofu’s texture and flavor.
- Cream of coconut jack-o-lantern soup
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If last year’s jack-o-lantern soup wasn’t gruesome enough, try mixing your pumpkin’s disgouged facial parts with coconut and ginger.
- Cream of Jack-o-Lantern soup
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Use the body parts of your hallowe’en pumpkin to make a tasty, if disconcerting, pumpkin soup.
- Dhane patar chatney: cilantro chutney
- This very versatile chutney can be quickly prepared and used in a wide variety of situations.
- Doi bhat: ginger-scented rice
- This is a very lightly-spiced rice dish, very delicate and flavorful, and very easy to make. The most time-consuming part is making the rice.
- Easy biscotti
- A very easy Italian biscotti with toasted almonds and orange peel, these cookies are sure to be a hit.
- Egg Flower Ramen Soup
- Cheap ramen made fancy (and maybe a little nutritious). Should cost about 92 cents.
- Eggplant Chili Snacks
- Quick to make, though you do have to watch the broiler to make sure the eggplant doesn’t burn.
- Eggplant hummus
- The smooth, smoky flavor of roasted eggplant mixed with the nutty flavor of chickpeas, it combines baba ghanouj with hummus.
- Falafel-potato casserole
- This is an easy au-gratin-style potato dish topped with moderately spicy falafel “meatballs”.
- Fearless fudge
- This fudge is heavy in sugars and chocolate, using maple sugar and raw brown sugar to provide a very rich flavor.
- Fried potato salad
- This untraditional salad makes a great choice for when you want something different and moderately exotic at a potluck but don’t want to stand out by making something healthy.
- Garam masala
- A variety of garam masala spice mixes, including one random recipe.
- Greek Artichoke Salad
- Feta cheese and lemon combine with black olives and artichokes for a very interesting salad.
- Green bean salad
- Olive oil, garlic, and parmesan is a decadently simple sauce for many things: pasta, corn, zucchini, even, if you want to, steamed brussels sprouts.
- Green rice with corn and tomato
- Except for skinning the peppers, this is an easy rice dish and can be as spicy or mild as you wish.
- Grilled herbed tuna
- This flavorful spice mixture for grilled tuna was a quick concoction designed when I needed something impressive quickly.
- Half hour cookies
- From start to finish, you can be eating the first batch of these crunchy, sweet cookies in just under half an hour, using ingredients that, if you bake at all, you almost certainly already have on hand.
- Half-hour biscuits
- There’s no reason to settle for lesser prepared biscuits when you can make these in half an hour.
- Heathen chili
- If you are willing to offend any religious chili-eaters in your household, this meatless chili may well corrupt you.
- Hoisin chicken salad
- I was looking to make something a little different last night and came up with this combination of hoisin sauce, fruit, and chicken.
- Home Guacamole
- Spicy guacamole with a twist of lemon.
- Hot sauerkraut and sausage
- This recipe uses all of the strengths of the crockpot: mix it all up and let it sit for however long you wish.
- Hot tuna quinoa
- A bit of jalapeño, olives, wine, and fresh lime flavors and tuna and highlights the quinoa.
- How to make a lunch salad
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Is salad-making a lost art? It’s literally just a matter of throwing some vegetables together in something that looks vaguely like a sauce.
- Ice cream from your home freezer
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You can make great ice cream with whole eggs, egg yolks, and egg whites. You can even make it without eggs at all. All you need is syrup and cream—and a refrigerator with a freezer or a standalone home freezer.
- Jamaican rice
- Jalapeño, fennel, rosemary, and allspice are among the flavors in this simple rice dish.
- January birthday veal from 1950
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The Veal Rolls from the 1950 recipe calendar of Hope Lutheran Church in Chicago.
- Jerry’s Jambalaya
- This fresh-vegetable jambalaya is a wonderful stew-like mix of spicy vegetables, pork, and chicken. It will definitely brighten up a rainy evening!
- Lemon icebox pie for Pi Day
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Are you ready for Pi Day? If you trust your eggs, there is nothing like pies made from beaten egg yolks and egg whites.
- Macaroni and cheese
- If you keep pasta and good meltable cheese on hand, there’s no reason to make powdered, packaged cheese pasta.
- Mango macadamia pie for π day
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This creamy mango pie with a macadamia nut topping is perfect for π day. Celebrate the impending end of winter with a bit of the tropics.
- Mark the date for π Day!
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Pi Day this year is a Sunday. Here’s a date-pecan pie to celebrate with your friends and family!
- Mint-garlic potato salad
- How to make potato salad even better? Fry the potatoes instead of boiling them.
- Miso-yogurt dressing
- This powerful mix is a good way of dressing roast chicken salads, and it makes a good sandwich spread, too.
- Moko Mojito
- Mojitos are a simple and refreshing drink for the summer, and a great choice when you’re feeling like a pirate... or hoping to feel a pirate.
- Mole chicken stew
- Time to start doubling-up on the mole recipe: this quick and easy chicken stew gets its delectable broth from home-made mole.
- Mole sauce
- This chili-chocolate sauce is perfect for turkey or chicken. Spread this on meats, or eat with eggs. It’s especially great with crunchy meats, such as a good Thanksgiving turkey.
- National Sandwich Day: Whole Wheat Sesame Bread
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To be honest, I’m not sure the whole wheat bread from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest is even doable by hand. But I have managed to modify it so that it works very well in a bread machine.
- Oktoberfest Sauerkraut for Potato Day
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This simple sauerkraut casserole turns into an amazing National Potato Day treat when topped with mashed potato.
- Olive-basil tapenade
- With the holiday season in full swing, easy-to-make snacks are in demand. This variation on the tapenade is fast, and the tapenade itself is tasty baked or “raw”.
- Orange-cilantro sunrise salsa
- A small bag of clementines, half of a red onion, one green chili, and a bunch of cilantro produce one heavenly-sweet salsa for tortilla chips or meat.
- Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
- We had a last-minute bathrobe party on Towel Day in 2001 in honor of Douglas Adams, and before leaving I dug deep into our racial memory to reconstruct the true Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster. That is, I browsed the web about five minutes before leaving for Trader Joe’s.
- Peanut butter and lemon fudge
- I have no idea how long this will keep, as it never lasts longer than a day. Peanut butter and lemon makes great candy.
- Peanut butter, walnut, and chocolate chip cookies
- I thought I’d try mixing rice flour in with this recipe, and then I had a sweet tooth so I threw in everything else as well.
- Perfect lemon pie for Pi Day
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Did you know that PIE, spelled backward, is March 14? From Southern Living, this easy lemon meringue circular dessert is perfect for tomorrow’s celebrations.
- Persian eggplant stew
- This recipe convinced me not to skin eggplants. I almost never take the skin off of eggplants now; it adds a tangy flavor to the eggplant that it otherwise loses.
- Persian-style tofu and rice
- This recipe is up by request after last year’s Christmas party. The spices in the “meatballs” really have their own flavor, and tofu’s amazing ability to absorb flavors makes this a worthwhile dish.
- Pesto
- This zesty, lemony pesto is easy to make, and very versatile.
- Pie crust cookies
- I see I’m not the only one to come up with this basic idea; it seems obvious in retrospect.
- Pizza dough
- A great focaccia-style dough for pizzas, especially good for deep dish pizza.
- Potato and cheese pizza pie
- Shredded cheese and crunchy potatoes? Potatoes aren’t standard pizza fare in the United States, but they make a great pizza topping.
- Quick bean and ground beef chili
- This makes a great chili, a great dip for tortillas, and a great lunch for freezing. And it’s a very fast recipe.
- Real frothin’ eggnog
- You are going to need a straw to drink this eggnog—because it’s too frothy to pour out of your glass.
- Red Pepper Lemon Salad
- Red bell, tomatoes, radishes, and red grapes, along with feta cheese because feta cheese is just so good.
- Roast beef for National Sandwich Day
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Sandwiches are not made by bread alone. And this roast beef recipe is a very simple way of making meat for your sandwiches.
- Rose-water kodafa with pistachio
- Rose-water, saffron, and honey give this oddly light dessert its main flavoring, and the whole thing can be whipped up in under an hour. The use of couscous for the cake portion makes this a surprisingly light dessert.
- Salmon Curry Soup
- Very easy to make, this is a bright, beautiful, delectable cream of salmon soup. The yogurt and spices give it an almost lemony taste.
- Salted, roasted, pumpkin seeds
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As we continue our quest to use all of Jack’s body parts, it is time to progress to his innards. Here is a simple, delicious use for your Hallowe’en pumpkin’s seeds. Jack’s got guts, I’ll say that for him!
- Seared chicken in gruyère-pea sauce
- Sometimes you just want to take a hunk of seared meat and pour cheese over it.
- Seasoned salt
- A spicy, unique seasoned salt for popcorn or snack mixes.
- Sesame Krispies
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Rice krispie candy lends itself very well to adding other flavors.
- Sourdough rye bread
- Sourdough rye bread, a very thick, heavy bread similar to pumpernickel. It takes a few days to make but has a unique flavor worth the preparation.
- Spanish chickpea stew
- Spicy chickpea stew with bacon and sausage, red bell peppers, and tomatoes, slow-cooked in a crockpot.
- Spinach feta bake
- This casserole-like dish doesn’t quite use “everything except the squeal”, but you’ll find that bacon grease is a great fat for making pie crusts.
- Tahini shortbread
- This shortbread adds tahini--sesame butter--to the dough for a lightly exotic nutty flavor, and chocolate on top to hide the fact that you bought the tahini in a health-food store.
- Tangy corn chowder
- This corn chowder with potatoes, onion, and red pepper uses yogurt instead of milk for a special tangy flavor.
- Tomato relish and tuna salad
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This Australian tomato relish is great as a relish for burgers and dogs, and as a mix-in for a tuna salad sandwich spread.
- Tomato-basil pasta sauce
- This moderately spicy simple pasta sauce is for spaghetti or linguini and meatballs.
- Tomato-cucumber sandwich on sweet bread
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To celebrate National Sandwich Day, this toasted sandwich is a nice change of pace from loaded Dagwood and cheesy layered concoctions. I enjoy the hell out of them, but sometimes I want something simpler.
- Tzatsiki and other yogurt salsas
- Tzatziki is just one form of yogurt salsa that makes for a great change of pace on tortillas and other spicy foods. Yogurt is a very versatile ingredient to have on hand.
- Vermont Boiled Cider Pi
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If you’ve got a bunch of cider, one of the ways to preserve it is to turn it into boiled cider. And one of the best ways to use boiled cider is to make a Vermont cider pie!
- Walnut-maple cookies
- Ground sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and maple syrup make these cookies very rich and sweet.
- Yogurt-Eggplant salsa
- This baba ghanouj-style salsa adds yogurt and citrus for an even more exotic flavor, and is very easy to make.
- Yogurt-fried chicken wings
- While these fried wings require planning ahead, they are fairly easy to make.
- Yogurt-Lemon Chicken Salad
- This is a great version of chicken salad that uses yogurt instead of mayonnaise.
