Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
230 recipes
Chicken Fricassee
Tender chicken in a velvety white sauce with carrots, mushrooms and green peas — a classic German home-style dish served with rice.
Dutch-Style Chicken Satay
Juicy chicken skewers in a sweet-spicy marinade with a rich peanut sauce — a Dutch classic with Indonesian roots.
Kousa Mahshi (Stuffed Zucchini)
Palestinian zucchini stuffed with rice and ground beef, slow-cooked to tenderness in a garlicky tomato sauce.
Kousa Mahshi
Tender little zucchini stuffed with ground beef and rice, slowly simmered in a tangy tomato sauce with mint and garlic.
Couscous with Chicken and Vegetable Sauce
Fluffy couscous with tender chicken, chickpeas and colorful vegetables in a spiced Moroccan broth.
Kükü with Potatoes
Golden Azerbaijani kükü combines tender potatoes, eggs and fresh herbs in a hearty dish with a golden-brown crust.
Kyukyu with Herbs
A tender Azerbaijani kyukyu packed with plenty of fresh herbs, fried to a golden crust and juicy inside.
Labskaus
A hearty North German labskaus — a tender mash of potatoes with corned beef, beetroot and onion, topped with a fried egg and crunchy pickles.
Tajik Lagman
Hearty Tajik lagman with springy noodles, beef, radish, cabbage, and a thick vegetable vadja.
Lao Pork Larb
A vibrant Lao salad with tender minced pork, toasted sticky rice, lime, fish sauce, and fresh herbs.
Latvian Cold Beet Soup (aukstā zupa)
A refreshing Latvian summer soup made with pickled beets, kefir, crisp cucumber, and hard-boiled eggs.
Latvian Cabbage Rolls
Tender cabbage leaves filled with a meat-and-rice stuffing, braised in a rich sour cream and tomato sauce — a homestyle classic of Latvian cuisine.
Lahanodolmades with avgolemono
Tender Greek stuffed cabbage rolls with a juicy meat-and-rice filling, dill and parsley, served with a velvety lemon-egg avgolemono sauce.
Leberkäse with Egg
A hearty Bavarian dish: browned leberkäse, crispy potatoes and a tender egg with a runny yolk.
Potato Lezhni
A tender roll of potato dough with a juicy filling of stewed cabbage or mushrooms — an authentic dish from the Vinnytsia region, served hot with sour cream.
Lithuanian Beet Salad with White Beans and Pickles
A hearty Lithuanian salad with sweet beets, tender white beans, crunchy pickles, and a fragrant sunflower oil dressing.
Lithuanian Mushroom Soup
A hearty Lithuanian soup with mushrooms, potatoes, cream and dill, warming and rich with a deep woodsy aroma.
Louvi with Leafy Greens
A Cypriot home-style dish of tender black-eyed peas and soft chard, served with lemon juice and good olive oil.
Chicken Mafé
A hearty Senegalese stew with tender chicken, unsweetened peanut butter, tomatoes and vegetables, served over rice.
Chicken Maqluba
Palestinian maqluba is a festive dish of spiced rice, juicy chicken and golden vegetables, dramatically flipped onto a large platter before serving.
Maqluba with Cauliflower and Chicken
A festive Palestinian maqluba, in which tender chicken, browned vegetables and fragrant spiced rice come together in a beautiful dish that's served upside down.
Lebanese Maqluba
A festive Lebanese maqluba with spiced rice, tender chicken, and fried eggplant and cauliflower, served upside down to reveal its beautiful layers.
Malfouf Mahshi (Lebanese Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Thin rolls of tender cabbage leaves filled with beef and short-grain rice, slowly simmered in a fragrant lemon-garlic broth with dried mint.
Palestinian Malfouf (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Tender cabbage leaf rolls filled with rice and ground beef, plenty of garlic, and a bright squeeze of lemon juice.
Malfouf (Lebanese Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Tender cabbage leaf rolls stuffed with rice and beef, and simmered in a lemon-garlic broth.
Māori boil-up
A rich, hearty soup made with meaty pork bones, potatoes, kumara, greens and fluffy flour dumplings called doughboys.
Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables
Fluffy couscous, vegetables in a spiced broth, chickpeas and sweet raisins come together in this colorful Moroccan dish, meant to be shared.
Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables
Fluffy couscous soaked in a spiced broth, served with tender chickpeas and seven vegetables — carrots, turnips, zucchini, pumpkin, cabbage, eggplant and tomatoes.
Matapa with Shrimp
This hearty Mozambican matapa combines tender cassava leaves, creamy coconut milk, roasted peanuts, and sweet shrimp in a rich sauce.
Mexican Albondigas
Tender beef-and-pork meatballs with rice and mint, slow-cooked in a rich tomato broth with a Mexican character.