46 quick made with Recipes

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, dried ziti, ready-made marinara sauce or 1 recipe quick marinara sauce, freshly grated parmesan, freshly grated pecorino romano, fresh mozzarella, half cut into 1/2-inch cubes and half thinly sliced, freshly ground black pepper and crushed red pepper or to taste, extra-virgin olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic, chopped, whole, peeled tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped, fresh thyme sprig, fresh basil sprig, kosher salt and freshly ground black peppe

diced dill pickle, hot/sweet mustard, pickle brine, fresh dill, chopped

leftover or freshly made coconut rice , recipe follows, lowfat sweetened condensed milk, minced candied ginger, ground cinnamon, diced dried mango (or dried currants, blueberries, papaya), fresh mint sprigs, for garnish , optional, flaked coconut, quick cooking jasmine rice, light coconut milk