From Better Homes and Gardens

This tangy, sweet dish featuring a colorful mix of pineapple and vegetables can be made with your choice of pork, lamb, or beef.

Polynesian Stir-Fry

From Better Homes and Gardens

The recipes for oatmeal cookies probably equal the number of cookie bakers. Our recipe gives you options aplenty so you can make your favorite version.

Oatmeal Cookies

From Better Homes and Gardens

This easy, low-fat beef dish has onion, garlic, and herbs to boost the flavor.

Beef and Noodles

From Better Homes and Gardens

This old-fashioned coleslaw recipe of mixed cabbages and carrots has traditional sweet-and-tart celery seed dressing and mixes together easily.

Creamy Coleslaw

From Better Homes and Gardens

This updated version of the potluck favorite features turkey ham, fresh fennel, and garbanzo beans.

The New Layered Salad

From Vegetarian Times

Secret Ingredient: nutritional yeast. This health food store staple has a nutty, fermented flavor that works as a cheese booster in recipes, or can be used to replace cheese altogether in vegan dishes. Try adding 1 to 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast to cream sauces and cheese fillings.

Broccoli and Cheese Soup

From Better Homes and Gardens

Featuring popular Southwestern ingredients, this spectacular and rich chowder recipe includes corn, jalapeno peppers, and red sweet peppers.

Jalapeno Corn Chowder

From Ladies' Home Journal

Our lightened-up version of this classic romaine salad lets you enjoy a favorite without all the calories and fat of the original.

Caesar Salad

From Vegetarian Times

The filling here can be replaced with your favorite veggies and cheese, and you can increase the amount of quiche batter for larger pies using this simple equation: count i/2 cup milk for every egg used. The recipe will also work in a prepared piecrust.

Spinach, Feta, and Tomato Quiche

From Better Homes and Gardens

Beef, green beans, and potatoes come together in a savory pie that is sure to satisfy the whole family.

Hamburger Pie

From Better Homes and Gardens

This hearty meat, potato, egg, and cheese dish is a delicious choice for breakfast or dinner. Just alter your side dishes accordingly.

Farmer's Casserole

From Better Homes and Gardens

Green beans drizzled with lemon juice and topped with almonds are a quick-to-fix side dish.

Green Beans Amandine

From Better Homes and Gardens

So much easier to prepare than deep-fried vegetables, these baked treats can serve as a low-calorie appetizer or a side dish.

Oven-Fried Vegetables

From Better Homes and Gardens

This basic hamburger recipe wins for best flavor and simplicity!

Hamburgers

From Better Homes and Gardens

These pork loin slices are pounded thin, stuffed with prosciutto and cheese, breaded, then grilled to perfection in the recipe. Cut the rolls in one-inch slices, or medallions, to see and taste the delicious filling.

Prosciutto-and-Cheese-Stuffed Pork Roll-Ups

From Family Circle

Bread and butter is one of the great culinary combinations that's often overlooked. These loaves are brushed with melted butter during baking, and the split top ensures that every bit is saved for optimal buttery goodness.

Split-Top Butter Loaf

From Better Homes and Gardens

This classic bean soup is easy and packed with flavor. Serve it with hot corn bread or corn muffins.

Savory Ham and Bean Soup

From Better Homes and Gardens

To enliven a seafood-style picnic, accompany these succulent lobster tails with the dill dipping sauce recipe and serve with lightly dressed coleslaw.

Rock Lobster Tails

From Vegetarian Times

Secret Ingredient: panko breadcrumbs The crunchy breading often used in Japanese fried foods gives baked dishes a crispy topping similar to broiled cheese. Garlic and onion powder add zing to the cheese sauce here without compromising on creaminess.

Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese

From Vegetarian Times

If you're torn between serving regular potatoes or sweet potatoes, try this spectacular dish, which calls for both.

Best-of-Both-Worlds Potatoes Anna

From Vegetarian Times

Rutabagas are old-fashioned vegetables that have a subtly sweet taste and firm texture. You can also use them in place of potatoes and turnips in stew recipes.

Deep-Dish Rutabaga-Fennel Gratin

From Better Homes and Gardens

Use a package of polenta to make this two-person side dish as fast as possible.

Polenta With Mushroom Ragu

From Better Homes and Gardens

Bread salad is a tasty way to use day-old bread. Serve this low-calorie, vegetable-rich salad with fresh cheeses for a fast and easy supper.

Quick Bread Salad

From Vegetarian Times

For over 140 years, Tabasco Sauce has been made on Avery Island in the heart of Louisiana bayou country. It adds the right amount of spice to these cheesy biscuits, which can be made smaller for hors d'oeuvres-- just reduce the baking time.

Tabasco-Cheddar Biscuits

From Vegetarian Times

Roasting leeks brings out their root-vegetable side so that they can be served on their own or as part of this salad.

Roasted Leeks with Poached Eggs and Warm Spinach Salad