These are great! Nice and healthy, big hit in our family.
Quick coq au vin delivers the classic French chicken-in-red-wine stew in 40 minutes using boneless thighs, cremini mushrooms, carrots, and Canadian bacon. A weeknight-friendly version of the traditional braise.
Tender beef simmers with warm cinnamon, cloves, and cumin, balanced by sweet raisins and red wine for an exotic slow cooker stew served over fluffy rice.
Classic Louisiana shrimp Creole built on a dark roux with the holy trinity, tomatoes, and bay leaves. Simmered low and slow for deep, soulful flavor, served over rice.
Spicy Indonesian noodles with ground beef, bacon, tomatoes, and authentic seasonings like boemboe nasi goreng and sambal oelek. This one-hour dish tastes even better the next day.
A hearty, full-scale borsch loaded with beef, bacon, kielbasa, beets, cabbage, potatoes, and navy beans. This is the real deal: slow-simmered, sweet-sour balanced, and crowned with sour cream. Feeds 10.
Chilled pasta salad with flaked salmon, avocado, red bell pepper, cilantro, and lime-mayonnaise dressing: creamy, fresh, served on lettuce with paprika garnish.
Pastitsio with layered macaroni, seasoned ground beef in tomato-wine sauce, and creamy bechamel topped with kefalotiri cheese. A traditional Greek baked pasta casserole.
The sauce was too much like spagetti sauce. I cooked the pork chops in the sauce for hours and it was tender, but the pork flavor was diminished; I would prefer to taste the pork more.
Bogracs gulyas (Hungarian kettle goulash) slow-stews tender beef cubes with sweet paprika, onions, and bell peppers. The traditional Hungarian comfort dish topped with cool sour cream.
Slow cooker ground turkey tacos with mushrooms, tomato paste, white wine, and pickling spices, topped with a homemade yogurt cream sauce with nutmeg.
Ham mousse in sherry aspic is a classic French charcuterie showpiece. Ground ham folded into whipped cream, set in a crystal-clear aspic with truffle and egg white garnishes.
Layered elbow macaroni with ground beef, pork sausage, and tomato sauce, topped with sharp cheddar. Simple 50-minute casserole.
Beef and lamb chili simmers coarsely ground sirloin and lamb with jalapeños, cayenne, cumin, Mexican oregano, and a splash of sesame oil. Bold, fiery Tex-Mex chili recipe.
Macaroni and red bean soup: kidney beans simmered with sauteed mirepoix, tomatoes, tomato juice, and elbow macaroni. A vegan Italian-style pasta e fagioli with mixed herbs and garlic.
Hearty vegetarian pot pie packed with pinto beans, chickpeas, mushrooms, corn, and chili peppers under a golden biscuit crust. Miso and tomato paste add deep, savory umami to every spoonful.