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Delicate flakey poached fish fillets topped with juicy cherry tomato-basil dressing.

Traditional Rio Grande Valley barbacoa de cabeza, beef head pit-cooked overnight in coals with onion, garlic, and cilantro. The Sunday-morning tortilla filling that defines South Texas cooking.

This beef stew recipe is from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. It cooks up in about half an hour and is surprisingly rich in flavor given its short cooking time.

Mushrooms are cooked in a hot wok, served with an easy yet tasty white sauce that's made with milk and cornstarch, simply cooked in a wok.

Crab and shrimp baked in a sharp cheddar cheese sauce with a hit of hot sauce, topped with more melted cheddar and served over steaming rice. Southern-style seafood comfort.

Silky chicken and ham mousse blended with Madeira wine and whipped cream, set in a gelatin mold. An elegant make-ahead appetizer for cocktail parties and holiday entertaining.

Shortcut quiche using condensed soup as the base, loaded with your choice of meat, cheese, and vegetables in a flaky pie crust. Endlessly customizable and on the table in about an hour.

This savory dish made with ground beef, sour cream and a variety of cheeses is bound to become one of your crockpot favorites.

A delicious dish made with broccoli florets, yellow squash, red cabbage and alfalfa sprouts.

Aunt Bee's apple pie tucks sliced apples in a pre-cooked sauce of orange juice, honey, cinnamon, and butter inside a tender cream cheese pastry. A Southern-style fall pie with a pre-cooked filling.

Louisiana red beans and rice simmered with a meaty ham bone, smoked sausage, the holy trinity, and hot sauce. Soaked overnight, slow-cooked, and served over fluffy rice with scallions.

No waste of chicken in the restaurants, Colonel created a recipe to help use the chicken that was unable to be sold. So he devised the pot pie recipe. The chicken could only sit and be sold for 2 hrs after it is fried.

My version of Bobby Flay's very distinctive southwestern, egg-less potato salad from his restaurant, Mesa Grill. Make sure you pour the sauce over the potatoes while they're still warm to ensure the flavors soak in. This salad goes nicely with grilled meat, poultry or seafood.

Adapted this recipe from Emeril of Foodnetwork. Bread pudding not only can be a dessert, but also a savory main dish. This bread pudding is cheesy, tasty and packed with flavors. Spinach, artichokes and swiss cheese with milk and eggs make this bread pudding delicious yet wholesome.

Another favorite recipe, courtesy of Grandma. Serve over hot cooked rice and topped with chow mein noodles.

Some Multigrain sandwich bread feels like a brick and tastes like a card board, which frustrates us especially when we want to move to a healthier diet. But not this bread, it actually feels soft and fluffy, perfect for making any sandwiches. The nutty flavor adds extra yumminess.