Meals
Beef
beef stew
(Cook's Illustrated #102, Jan/Feb 2010)
crockpot beef stew
roast beef
Poultry
chicken pot pie
chicken soup
leftover turkey soup
chicken piccata
roast chicken
turkey mole soup
chicken tikka masala
From Cook's Illustrated, #88, Sept/Oct 2007. Pretty much the best chicken tikka masala you've ever had at any restaurant.
sopa rachera
Coq Au Vin
Pork
pork chops with onion sauce
sage/maple pork chops
pork with wild rice
pulled pork
mu shu pork
pork tenderloin
Fish
fried fish
Martin Yan's fried fish with sichuan chili sauce
Mostly Vegetables
mushroom risotto
pizza
veggie lasagna
twice-baked potatoes
Very good
lentil soup recipe
from "Beat this!" by Ann Hodgman
Even better lentil soup recipe from Cook's Illustrated #66, Jan/Feb 2004
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Italian Pasta & Bean soup (fazool)
from Cook's Illustrated #61
Farro, Bean, and Mushroom Soup
(Love this. Be sure to do the mushroom variation, and use LOTS)
Polenta with Mushrooms and Swiss Chard
African Peanut/Collard Stew
Farro/herb/tomato/bean salad
Thai cabbage/tofu/tomato soup-stew
Quinoa Chowder with Spinach, Feta, and Green Onions
Desserts
vanilla cake
chocolate cake
chocolate sauce
brownies
apple crisp
buttercream frosting
chocolate sour cream frosting
ice cream
pie crust
apple pie
lemon bars
boston cream pie
(Cook's Illustrated #109, March/April 2011)
pumpkin pie
snickerdoodles
molasses spice cookies
(Cook's Illustrated #54, Jan/Feb 2002)
chocolate chip cookies
oatmeal cookies
chocolate oatmeal cookies
(Better Homes and Gardens "The Ultimate Cookie Book")
New York Times chocolate chip cookies
(Use Valrhona Manjari 64% feves - expensive, but absolutely worth it)
no-bake cookies
glazed lemon shortbread cookies
sugar cookies
(double this recipe, and you don't need to refrigerate them after you've cut the shapes and put them on the cookie sheets)
spritz cookies
(Cook's Illustrated #71, Nov/Dec 2004) add 1 tbs. peppermint extract and Wilton's red food coloring
coffee cake
(icing optional, add chopped pecans to topping)
chocolate pudding
(Cook's Illustrated #112)
meringue cookies
(Cook's Illustrated #91)
cheesecake
bananas foster
Misc
egg nog
bread
whole wheat bread
iced tea
lemonade
olive crostini
mayonnaise
table of cake pan sizes
Cook's Illustrated recipe index