A slightly sweet loaf of bread with subtle flavors of vanilla, coriander, and cardamom is made with the dough cycle of a bread machine but baked in the oven. Try it to make a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.
Cooked rice gets a delectable second life when made into Korean-style shrimp fried rice and topped with a lightly fried egg. Serve with kimchi and other Korean side dishes for an authentic taste.
This sandwich is enjoying a renaissance, in slow-cooked versions. Here, soy sauce, rosemary, and thyme add depth of flavor to the broth that develops over 10 to 12 hours of cooking.
This salsa is quick and easy to make. It's colorful and most important, it's delicious! Whenever I take it to a party, I bring the recipe along because I'm always asked for it. Serve with tortilla chips; colored ones are fun!
Dessert is individual molten chocolate cakes. They're simple and elegant, and they bake in under 10 minutes in a standard muffin pan. The best part about these little beauties is that the cake batter is extremely forgiving: You can make it up to six hours before you plan to serve the cakes. Fill the pans with batter and refrigerate, but remember to remove the pan far enough in advance of baking to let the batter return to room temperature.
Bananas are cooked in a bubbling pan of dark brown sugar, butter, rum and cinnamon and served over ice cream with walnuts in this elegant, quick dessert.