Vietnamese Chicken Salad by Kimberly Lindstrom

Packaged angel hair slaw and matchstick-cut carrots speed preparation for weeknight cooking.

Non-salty Salt Baked Chicken by Sherwin Faden

A Spanish way to bake something and lock the moisture and flavors in. A chicken is baked in a salt paste. The paste hardens to a shell and when you break out the chicken, you have a most delicious meat.

Manilada by Rich H

Confused by the name? Well, apologies to my Mexican and Italian friends. This recipe stems from a desire to have a great enchilada that was somehow – different. So, combining my love for Mexican food and Italian food…I created the Manilada – Manicotti Enchilada. There’s quite a bit of prep-work involved but we think it’s worth it!

Duet of Duck by ChefBlogDigest

Butter Salmon by kathy vegas

Based on one of India’s most popluar dishes, Butter Chicken (or murgh makhani), this recipe substitutes salmon for the usual chicken. It’s a rich, vibrant dish and only needs plain rice or Indian flat bread to accompany it. Don’t be put off by the rather long list of ingredients, the dish goes together quickly. Since the sauce and…

Lasagna di Carnevale (Neapolitan style Lasagna) by Frank Fariello

Among Angelina's generation, each of the female family members had a special dish that she was known for. My great-aunt, Angelina's sister, who we called zi'-zi' (loosely translated, 'auntie'), was the ravioli specialist. Another great-aunt, zi' Annin', was known as "the little pie-maker" and yet another specialized in calzone…

Coffee Braised Beef with Bacon and Mushrooms by Michael Montgomery

Coffee Braised Beef with Bacon and Mushrooms I have a confession to make. I really like my Crock Pot. Yes it's true. It does a great job on slow braises like this. Now that that's out there, I'll raise my head up high and tell you how to make this. The bacon, mushrooms and coffee give this a real depth of flavor. You don't really…

Strozzapreti ai funghi ('Priest-strangler' pasta with mushrooms) by Frank Fariello

This mushroom sauce may be the simplest sauce for pasta of all.

Steamed Sushi by Robert-Gilles Martineau

A new foodie friend of mine, Michelle Karam, whom I met on Social Culinaire, was just mentioning she could not wait to come to Japan to eat sushi, as it was just frustrating and terribly expensive in her own country. Well, why not making it yourself, then? “It’s too difficult and one cannot get the ingredients!” Really? There must…

Pancit Luglug by Joy

Filipino noodles made with thick rice noodles and annatto seeds.

BACON RAPED MEAT LOAF CAN CHANGE by GARY ESTESS

WE WANTED TO LET IDEA'S GROW LOTS OF DISHES CAN BE CHANGED WITH, LITTLE WORK, BUT LOTS OF TASTES AND FLAVORS CAN GROW

Herbed Skillet Pork Chops and Onion Wild Rice by MH

his is a simple weekday meal that takes less than 30 minutes to cook. A healthy choice adapted from a Cooking Light Lemon-Herb Pork Chop recipe, which didn't include the rice, but the addition of the the wild rice makes for a satisfying and low calorie meal without the super-sized portions. You'll find you still have room (and…

Quick and Easy One Pot Noodle Dinner by Micheline

This dish is my favorite no fuss, one pot, beef/noodles meal. It takes only 25 minutes to cook and it is comforting and tasty.

Baked Lamb and Yogurt (Albanian Name: Tave Kosi) by Erjona

1-1/2 lbs lamb 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick) 2 tablespoons rice Salt, pepper For Yogurt sauce: 1 tablespoon flour 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick) 2 lbs. yogurt 5 eggs Salt, pepper

Main dish of Mixed Vegetables (Albanian Name: Turli perimesh) by Erjona

2 lbs various vegetables (peppers, eggplant, okra, zucchini, potatoes, etc) 1/2 cup oil, divided 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup peeled chopped tomatoes 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Salt Pepper