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30 Minutes or Less

Honey-Mustard Glazed Shrimp and Scallops

If you wish, feel free to make these hors d'oeuvres on a regular charcoal or gas grill instead of a grill pan.

Frisée and Bibb Lettuce with Radishes and Spring Onions

Radishes are in their prime right now. If you can find the small French Breakfast or Easter Egg varieties, just trim them and keep them whole, rather than slicing them. Spring onions, immature onions harvested before their bulbs grow large, are available in farmers' markets at this time of year. If you can't find them, scallions make a fine substitute.

Mom's Blender Chocolate Mousse with Lemon Cream

This recipe is based on one from senior food editor Sarah Tenaglia's mom.

Pork Medallions with Chili-Maple Sauce

Serve with white rice to soak up the sweet and spicy sauce.

Pan-Seared Sea Scallops on Red Onion Marmalade

A party-perfect entrée — ready in less than half an hour.

Radicchio and Parsley Salad with Anchovy Dressing

This works as a first course or as a side.

Spinach and Mint Soup

Paprika oil adds a hit of color — and flavor.

Corn and Bell Pepper Chowder

Calamari Fritti with Creamy Ponzu Dipping Sauce

Asian ingredients update this Italian appetizer. Specialty foods stores and Asian markets carry ponzu.

Santa Barbara Spot Prawns in Pernod

>Editor's note: The recipe below is from Govind Armstrong's Small Bites, Big Nights and is part of a special menu he created for Epicurious's Wine.Dine.Donate program.

Hummus

Editor's note: The recipe below is from The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. For Bittman's tips on preparing a modern Passover meal, click here. Chickpeas are among the best legumes, and this is among the best recipes you can prepare with them, an eons-old Middle Eastern classic. Generally, I'm not a big fan of canned beans, but for whatever reason canned chickpeas are not bad at all, and I always keep some on hand so I can make a batch of this at the last minute, to use as a dip or a spread. You can make hummus without tahini; it will be a little looser and less complex tasting but still good.

Roasted, Broiled, or Grilled Asparagus

Editor's note: The recipe below is from How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. For Bittman's tips on preparing a modern Passover meal, click here.

Griddled Eggs

Editor's note: This original recipe was created for Epicurious by Mark Bittman. For Bittman's tips on preparing a modern Passover meal, click here.

Three-Cheese and Mushroom Orecchiette

Cheese power: Monterey Jack and parmesan are creamy and smooth, while blue lends a subtle savoriness.

Microgreens with Curry Vinaigrette

Be sure to sample "forest greens" if you find them on a menu in Copenhagen—this term is not just a flight of fancy. The greens on offer there are pristine wild lettuces, herbs, and grasses growing in the mountains and on the forest floor. Since most of us don't have the opportunity to forage forest greens, we made this salad with a tangle of microgreens, which work nicely. The vinaigrette nods to the Scandinavian love for curry, but it truly plays up the flavors of the pork and potatoes as well, so feel free to drizzle it all over the plate.
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