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Main dishes

Albornia de chayote

Asparagus-cashew stir fry

Asparagus gruyere tart

Barbecued brisket

Bay leaf crusted pork roast

Beef, ale and onion stew

Beef and broccoli stir fry

Beef and green chile stew

Beef stir fry with bitter melon

Black bean and brown rice burrito

Black bean cakes with guacamole

Blue cheese souffle

Braised fish, Tunisian style

Brick-grilled chicken breasts or thighs

Buddy lasagna

Bulgur with cheese and eggplant

Bulgogi

Bun gao noodle salad

Burgers

Burmese dry chicken curry

Butternut squash and chickpea stew

Butternut squash macaroni and cheese

Chicken and vegetable quinoa stir fry

Chicken basquaise piperade

Chicken curry, Lombok style

Chicken hash

Chicken jambalaya

Chicken marbella

Chicken paella with slow roasted tomatoes

Chicken ratatouille

Chicken stuffed with ricotta

Chicken vindaloo (slow cooker version)

Chicken with mango barbecue sauce

Chicken with molé colorado

Chicken with preserved lemon and olives (tagine)

Chicken with prunes and almonds (tagine)

Chinese "spaghetti and meat sauce"

Chipotle meatloaf

Clam, bacon and caramelized onion pita pizza

Clean the freezer chili

Cod with raisins, nuts and apples

Confetti spaghetti

Corn, green chile, egg and cheese casserole

Couscous for a summer night

Crab cakes

Cubano quesadillas

Cuban style ropa vieja

Cuban shrimp in savory sauce

Curried orzo chicken salad

Deconstructed spinach salad (egg salad with bacon)

Dona Hilda Gutarra's spicy green beans

Easy grilled whole wheat pizza

Egg and cheese casserole with leeks, red pepper and bacon

Egg curry

Enchiladas

Ethiopian checken in red pepper sauce

Farfalle with spinach and sausage

Floribean chicken chili

Football season chili

Four-cheese lasagne

Fregula sarda with leeks and sausage

Fresh Vietnamese salad rolls

Frittata with broccoli and garden herbs

Garlic chicken on skewers

Garlic naan pizza with roasted peppers and cheese

Ginger catfish

Goat cheese-olive empanadas

Grandma's beef brisket

Greek pasta salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette

Greek turkey burgers with yogurt and feta sauce

Greek turkey meatloaf

Green chicken curry with eggplant

Green herb risotto

Grilled beef and potatoes with chimichurri sauce

Grilled flank steak with ponzu and honey glaze

Grilled lamb, souvlaki style

Grilled sirloin tips with asparagus

Grilled tofu with soba noodles

Grilled tofu wraps

Hot roasted vegetables

Italian style omelet

Jambalaya

Kasha varnishkes

Kung pao chicken

Lamb tagine with prunes and apricots

Leek moussaka

Lemon and pea risotto

Lentil, herb and feta salad

Lentils with spinach and preserved lemon

Lentils with squash and raisins (tagine)

Lighter vegetarian lasagne

Linguine with sausage, peppers, leeks and tomato

Linguine with tomato-olive sauce

Maple glazed salmon salad

Mediterranean red snapper

Mee goreng

Mexican-spiced fish

Miso-Sriracha glazed salmon

Mixed grain and dried fruit salad

Mixed grain salad

Moqueca a baiana

Mole colorado

Montreal grilled tofu wraps

Moo shu chicken

Mrs. Leung's beef and broccoli stir fry

Mushroom risotto

Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice)

Opor manuk (chicken curry, Lombok style)

Oven-braised beef short ribs

Pad Thai

Paella a la Valenciana

Pakistani "old clothes" beef curry (nihari)

Pan-roasted glazed salmon

Pan seared salmon with tomato-caper relish

Panzanella

Pasta puttanesca

Pasta salad with feta, basil, olives, fresh and slow-roasted tomatoes

Pasta with roasted tomatoes, artichoke hearts and shrimp

Pasta salad with shrimp, feta, basil and slow-roasted tomatoes

Pasta with chunky vegetable sauce

Pasta with shrimp, lemon, herbs and feta

Pasta with slow roasted tomatoes

Pesto soba

Pie-ella

Pineapple shrimp curry (Gaeng Kung)

Pizza bianca

Polenta with wild mushroom ragout

Pomegranate fish

Posole

Prawn fried rice

Quinoa turkey meatloaf

Red curry beef with mushrooms, red bell pepper and cilantro

Red curry tofu with spinach and mushrooms

Rice noodle salad with chicken

Rice stick noodle salad with caramelized shrimp

Risotto alla Milanese

Risotto with pesto, peas and pine nuts

Roasted halibut tacos with mango salsa

Roasted  pepper chicken

Root vegetables-with-beef stew

Rotini with spicy meat sauce

Salmon choo chee

Salmon fried rice

Salmon tagine with chermoula

Salmon tikka

Salt cod cannelloni

Sea bass with vanilla cream sauce

Seafood pie

Sesame shrimp fried rice with broccoli slaw

Shish taouk (garlic chicken on skewers)

Shrimp, couscous, herb and feta salad with tomato vinaigrette

Shrimp etouffee

Shrimp, lemon, herb and feta macaroni and cheese

Shrimp with romesco sauce

Sicilian-style spaghetti

Slow cooker lemon-garlic chicken and white bean stew

Slow cooker Thai green curry chicken with broccoli and mushrooms

Slow-roasted tomato macaroni and cheese

South End deep-root chili

Southwestern spicy pulled pork

Spiced lentils with squash and raisins

Spicy green beans

Spicy peanut noodles

Spicy pesto soba

Spicy skirt steak

Spicy Thai chicken curry

Stir-fried curried beef with tomatoes and peas

Stuffed cabbage

Sweet potato and black bean stew

Teriyaki tofu wraps

Tex-Mex penne

Thai chicken curry

Thai tofu and winter squash

Three-mushroom risotto

Tofu and green bean stir-fry with spicy peanut sauce

Tofu with peanut sauce

Tortellini and shrimp salad

Tuna Nicoise-ish

Turkey burgers with yogurt and feta sauce

Turkey-green chile chili

Turkey meatballs with pasta

Turkey meatloaf with fig gravy

Turkey tacos

Turkey taco salad

Vegetable fried rice

Vegetable paella with spicy garlic sauce

White chili

Whitefish Hungarian style

Whole wheat macaroni and cheese with mushrooms and thyme

Whole wheat orzo with cucumber, mint, feta, olives, and zahtar vinaigrette

Whole wheat penne pasta with sausage, fennel, tomato and olives

Wild rice salad

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About The Perfect Pantry

  • My name is Lydia Walshin. From my log house kitchen in rural northwest Rhode Island, I share recipes that use what we keep in our pantries, the usual and not-so-usual ingredients that spice up our lives.