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Bacon and Swiss cheese breakfast strata with layered bread, crumbled bacon, onions, and a custardy egg-milk mixture. Make it the night before and bake in the morning.

Steak Habanero: pounded flank steak seared and simmered in a fiery sauce of roasted poblanos, onion, garlic, habanero, and cilantro. Served with warm tortillas for dunking. Bold heat in about 20 minutes.

A fragrant homemade Chinese ten-spice blend with toasted star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, fennel, coriander, and cumin. Toast, grind, and store for marinades, stir-fries, sauces, and meat rubs.

Lighter eggplant Parmigiana with broiled eggplant slices dipped in egg whites and breadcrumbs, baked over a fresh tomato sauce and topped with Parmesan. No frying needed.

Crostini topped with a chunky artichoke and white bean spread brightened with lemon and basil, finished with crumbles of oven-crisped prosciutto. An easy Italian appetizer built from pantry staples.

Marinating the chicken in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried thyme and tarragon add great depth to a rice sauce that's smoothed by just a hint of red currant jelly and enhanced with apricots and tawny port. Be sure to use tawny port. With its beautiful amber color and slightly dry flavor, it compliments the apricots. Save your ruby port, which is sweeter and has a deep red wine color, for after dinner.

Amateur lasagna: an easy vegetarian spinach lasagna with uncooked noodles, ricotta-mozzarella filling, and jarred sauce. No pre-boiling needed, just layer and bake.

Spicy fried cashews tossed in chili powder and Chinese five-spice. Wok-fried in peanut oil until golden, then coated hot in a peppery spice blend. Cocktail snack ready in 15 minutes flat.

Spinach and grapefruit salad with papaya, orange sections, radicchio, and onion rings in a lemon-paprika dressing with red pepper flakes. A bright, tropical no-cook salad.

Mushrooms baked in their own juices and cream. Make sure you have room for this scrumptious casserole that will have you scooping out seconds!

Good as a salad dressing or dip, wonderful with boiled shrimp as an alternative to ketchup-based dip, and fantastic with Onion Mums.

It is an elegant appetizer, shrimp is covered by garlic and lemon, savory and delicious.

A slow-simmered tomato broth with white wine and clam juice, loaded with catfish chunks and shrimp. Garnished with fresh coriander and lemon. Hearty, soul-warming seafood stew for eight.

Impossible cauliflower quiche made with Bisquick, eggs, and milk that bake into a self-forming crust around tender cauliflower, peppers, onion, and Colby cheese. Crustless and crowd-friendly.

New Orleans turkey creole with poached turkey legs, bacon, tomatoes, green bell pepper, onion, garlic, and okra served over rice. A Southern Creole classic with bold bayou flavor.

Creamy hamburger mushroom stroganoff: ground beef and mushrooms simmered in a tangy sour cream sauce, ladled over egg noodles. The 30-minute weeknight version of the Russian classic.