F&W Handbook: Best January Recipes

The Big Dish: This delicious Asian-brined pork loin requires minimal prep, and leftovers can be used for sticky glazed ribs or a quick noodle stir-fry. It takes only minutes to make the brine, which gives the pork all the flavor it needs: no seasoning or sauce needed.

Pork Loin Leftover One: Noodles

These quick, easy Chinese noodles are deliciously savory and chewy, with a bit of heat. Fresh linguine is a great substitute for Chinese noodles.

Pork Loin Leftover Two: Ribs

This sticky-sweet glaze can be used on any kind of cooked pork.

Tortilla chips, lime juice and cilantro give a simple salad a Mexican flavor. This recipe is loosely based on fattoush, a Middle Eastern salad in which toasted bread is moistened by other ingredients, like tomatoes and cucumbers. Here, tortilla chips soak up the delicious salad juices.

7-Minute Hors d'Oeuvres: These little crisps reimagine the luxurious caviar blini.

Sushi rice makes this dairy-free rice pudding—made with unsweetened almond milk—pleasantly chewy and creamy.

This dairy-free creamed spinach is so silky and light that you won’t miss the cream. The crunchy bread crumb topping is a fantastic addition.

More Quick Almond Milk Ideas

Spicy Almond-Cauliflower Puree: This silky dairy-free cauliflower puree is a terrific side dish to meat or poultry.

Warm Chocolate-Almond Sauce: Almond extract plus almond milk give this luscious chocolate sauce a terrific flavor.

This fun mash-up of French toast and PB&J is made with nutty almond butter.

Excellent with coffee or tea, this moist cake has lots of crisp, salty, buttery crumbs on top.