10,000 crema recipes

Creamed turkey with pastry pillows: leftover roast turkey and Italian sausage in a mushroom-sherry cream sauce, served over buttery puff pastry squares. Holiday-leftover dinner for a crowd.

Homemade cream of whatever soup mix made with powdered skim milk, cornstarch, chicken broth granules, and herbs. A pantry-ready substitute for canned cream soups.

Large-batch cream of potato soup made with instant potatoes, bacon, and dry milk powder. A quick, creamy soup for feeding a crowd.

Tender kale folded into a nutmeg-scented cream sauce and crowned with sweet caramelized shallots. A vegetarian side dish that turns leafy greens into something irresistible.

Fresh asparagus spears with a make-ahead orange and lime citrus cream sauce. Just 50 calories per serving, this elegant low-fat side dish is ready in 30 minutes and doubles as an impressive entertaining platter.

A flexible cream of fresh vegetable soup template: simmer your chosen vegetable in chicken broth with onion, blend smooth, then enrich with a quick milk béchamel. Works with broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, and more.

Cream of potato soup in 15 minutes using instant mashed potato mix, butter-sauteed onions, and a hit of red pepper flakes. Topped with sharp cheddar and scallions.

Light cream of pea soup combines pureed green peas with a quick white sauce of butter, flour, and milk. A simple vegetarian soup ready in 40 minutes with pantry staples.

George Washington's gingerbread cream pie: a spiced molasses gingerbread cake split and filled with a vanilla-apricot custard set with gelatin. A historic American dessert with deep, warm flavors.

Flaked tuna folded into creamy bechamel sauce with a splash of sherry, served three ways: over fried eggplant, in tart shells, or on buttered biscuits. Retro comfort food in 20 minutes.

This pecan pie can be make a day ahead and stored in the refrigerator until about one hour before serving time.

Silky Middle Eastern milk pudding with slivered almonds, cardamom, and saffron. Elegant chilled dessert (firnee) garnished with bright green pistachios.

Soft gingerbread cookies with molasses, hot coffee, cinnamon, cloves, and ground ginger. A rollout cookie dough for gingerbread men with a tender, cake-like texture instead of a crisp snap.

Fudge sheet cake hiding a sweetened cream cheese ribbon through the center, topped with classic powdered-sugar fudge frosting. Two desserts in one pan.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Sweet Chocolate Cake recipe

Butter-browned veal loin chops simmered with quartered mushrooms, white wine, and chicken broth, then finished in a silky tarragon cream sauce. An elegant dinner for two in one hour.