South American empanadas with a lard pastry and two filling options: spiced fruit dessert or savory beef carne in tomato sauce. Bake, fry, or grill.
Party rye pizza: cocktail rye rounds topped with sausage, melted Velveeta, mozzarella, and tomato paste. Make-ahead freezer appetizers ready in 8 minutes.
Slow cooker osso buco with veal shanks braised in white wine, beef stock, tomato paste, lemon zest, and Italian herbs. Set it and forget it: 10 hours to fall-off-the-bone tender.
Ground beef and pearl barley casserole with tomatoes, bell pepper, celery, and tomato paste. A filling one-dish meal you can make in the microwave or oven in about an hour.
Peach jambalaya: Louisiana-style jambalaya with shrimp, ham, smoked sausage, and unexpected fresh peach slices. Sweet-spicy fusion served over rice for four.
Chunky beef chili: cubed beef chuck simmered low with tomatoes, green pepper, onion, garlic, and chili powder until tender. Texas-style no-bean chili built for piling toppings on top.
Kidney bean dip blended with Dr. Pepper, sharp cheddar, green chiles, and Worcestershire, then topped with crispy bacon. A wild game day dip that actually works.
Slow cooker rosemary chicken with tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic served over pasta. A set-it-and-forget-it Italian-inspired weeknight dinner.
Quick Chicago-style deep dish pizza using refrigerator biscuits for the crust, loaded with seasoned ground beef, mushrooms, fresh tomato, and stretchy mozzarella.
Black bean chili with ground chuck, cocoa powder, molasses, cinnamon, and liquid smoke for complex depth. Pressure-cooked dried beans and a low-and-slow simmer build serious flavor.
Green lentil rissoles spiced with curry, cumin, and coriander, coated in oat-breadcrumb crust, and shallow-fried until golden. Served with a cool cumin-yogurt sauce for a hearty vegetarian main.
This is a really rich, flavorful stew and goes GREAT with the stuffed onions and some french bread
Fiery chili salsa for canning: fire-roasted hot peppers and red bells blended with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and vinegar. Shelf-stable jars of serious heat for tacos, eggs, or chili bowls.
This Jewish-style moussaka does not have meat since the kosher laws prohibit mixing meat and milk together. The result is a complete vegetarian dish with considerable dimension.
Pasta with crab sauce: sweet crab meat folded into a light tomato and white wine sauce with shallot and celery, tossed over hot pasta. An elegant seafood pasta that comes together in about half an hour.
A dead-simple 5-ingredient chili with ground beef, kidney beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and taco sauce. No extra spices needed. Just simmer and serve.