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Miss Allie's chicken and rice casserole is an old-fashioned one-pot bake where chicken slow-cooks over onions, mushrooms, and butter, then rice steams in the rendered pan juices. Pure Sunday-supper comfort.

Microwave Boston clam chowder with bacon, potatoes, minced clams, and cream. The classic New England chowder built without a stovetop, finished with oyster crackers and crumbled bacon.

Coconut Joys are no-bake coconut balls made with butter, powdered sugar, and shredded coconut, filled with melted dark chocolate. Four ingredients, no oven, dangerously addictive.

Low-fat potato, leek, mushroom, and spinach soup pureed smooth with no cream. A vibrant green, flavor-packed bowl ready in 45 minutes from pantry basics.

Corn muffins made with yellow cornmeal, dry milk powder, and a splash of lemon juice served with whipped honey butter. A big-batch recipe that makes two dozen tender muffins.

Mom's yellow cake with butterscotch frosting is a three-layer buttermilk cake with folded egg whites for lightness, topped with a boiled brown sugar and butter frosting. A true from-scratch heirloom recipe.

Spinach and feta stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in crispy, buttery phyllo dough. An elegant dinner party showstopper that's easier to pull off than it looks.

Ginger-carrot bisque: silky pureed carrot soup with fresh ginger, orange zest, and coriander, finished with cream. The elegant first-course soup that converts vegetable skeptics.

No-bake graham cracker crust: just three ingredients (graham crumbs, butter, sugar) pressed into a pie plate and chilled. Perfect base for cheesecakes, icebox pies, and cream pies.

Pastel de pescado: a showstopping fish pie of cod and spiced Swiss chard wrapped in buttery pastry, twisted into a rustic topknot and baked golden. A centerpiece dish worth the time.

Chicken with raspberry vinegar pan-sears thin chicken breast cutlets and finishes them in a quick shallot and raspberry vinegar pan sauce. A French bistro classic ready in 30 minutes.

Crispy Rice Krispies cookies with butter, brown sugar, and optional coconut. Baked cookie balls with a crunchy cereal crunch in every bite. Makes 6 dozen.

Broiled salmon steaks with butter-sauteed pears, apples, and lime slices. A fruit-forward seafood dish where the sweet compote and citrus brighten rich, fatty salmon in every bite.

Salmon tomato loaf is an old-fashioned baked dinner that turns canned salmon, cooked tomatoes, and breadcrumbs into a savory main. Pantry ingredients, hot-oven bake, ready in about half an hour.

Super blueberry pie packs 7 cups of berries into a flaky double crust, sweetened with maple syrup, thickened with tapioca, and brushed with cream for a glossy golden top. A bakery-worthy summer dessert.

Mincemeat-nut bread with chopped walnuts folded into a creamed butter batter. Fruity, spiced, and baked until golden with a tender crumb.