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Enjoy a taste of the Old West with these succulent pork chops atop a zesty rice blend, infused with chili powder, green bell peppers, and tomato sauce. This make-ahead recipe allows you to prep components in advance for a convenient, hearty meal when you’re ready to pop it into the oven.

Silky smooth hummus topped with a bright tomato-onion-parsley relish and a drizzle of olive oil. A 15-minute no-cook appetizer that's fresh, vibrant, and ready for any gathering.

Pork chops over easy slow-cooks dredged and browned chops in chicken and rice soup until fork-tender. A set-and-forget weeknight dinner ready when you walk in the door.

Low-fat honey bran muffins made with egg whites, skim milk, and wheat bran soaked in boiling water. Lightly sweet with honey and brown sugar. Small batch of six.

Lentil salad with cooked green and red lentils, green beans, celery, parsley, and a tangy mustard-Italian dressing. A high-fiber, high-protein vegetarian salad ready in 15 minutes.

Homemade Swiss breakfast muesli mixes rolled oats with cinnamon, raisins, apricots, dates, almonds and sunflower seeds. Make a big batch and cook a hot, high-fiber bowl in minutes any morning.

Autumn fruit salad with dried California figs, orange slices, and apple over lettuce, drizzled with a cardamom-honey yogurt dressing and toasted coconut.

Homemade ciabatta bread using sourdough starter and active dry yeast for a tangy, open-crumbed loaf with a crisp, chewy crust. Makes three torpedo loaves.

Griddle flat bread cooks fast on a hot skillet with just flour, shortening, water, and baking powder. A no-yeast, pan-fried bread that pairs beautifully with sautéed greens like escarole.

This dish is best at room temperature, although it is good hot or cold also. I have given just the basic recipe; you can add all kinds of things, like corn, fresh tomatoes, cilantro, scallions, blanched chayote squash, etc.

Herb sauce is very nice, with the green beans, they taste very great!

From-scratch black bean soup with cumin, six cloves of garlic, vinegar, and soy sauce built in two stages. A hearty vegan bean soup simmered until thick and deeply flavored.

No-bake gumdrop peanut popcorn cake: a Bundt-shaped tower of popcorn, peanuts, and rainbow gumdrops bound by melted marshmallows and butter. A retro birthday party showpiece.

North Indian chana masala with whole spices, finished with amchoor (mango powder), dried pomegranate seeds, and a sizzling ghee tadka poured over the top.

Orange roughy fillets gently poached in a saffron-white wine broth with sliced fennel, leek, and Italian tomatoes. A light, Mediterranean one-pan fish dinner in 35 minutes.

German chocolate poke cake drenched in sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch, then scattered with crushed Heath bars and whipped cream. Five ingredients. Zero restraint.