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Chocolate angel food cake made with cocoa powder, whipped egg whites, and zero butter or oil. Tall, airy, and deeply chocolatey with a featherlight crumb. A fat-free chocolate cake that actually delivers.

Pepper chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with chili powder and teriyaki, browned in butter and simmered in one skillet. A spicy-creamy weeknight chicken dinner with a warm kick.

Summer pudding-style fruit cake lined with sponge cake and packed with kirsch-soaked strawberries, blackberries, cherries, and currants. Chilled overnight and unmolded.

Pumpkin spice angel food cake baked in a tube pan, made with whipped egg whites and real pumpkin puree. Light, airy, and fat-free with warm fall spices.

Mushroom and celery root soup with dried and fresh mushrooms, pear, Spanish onion, and a touch of cream pureed into a thick, earthy bisque. Freezes for up to 3 months. Despite the title, this is a rich pureed soup, not a salad.

Unadulterated black bean soup with dried beans, ham hocks, red and yellow onion, pureed silky smooth and finished with dry sherry. A purist's approach with no spices masking the beans.

Baked pork chops topped with rice-stuffed green pepper rings, cream of mushroom soup, red onion, and cherry tomatoes. A retro casserole that doubles as dinner and presentation.

Mississippi mud poke cake with German chocolate cake mix, sweetened condensed milk, caramel sauce, Cool Whip, and crushed Heath bars. Easy make-ahead dessert that chills overnight.

Rabbit almondine, an old-school braise where flour-coated rabbit pieces simmer in herbed chicken broth, then finish in a sour cream gravy with toasted slivered almonds. Country French comfort food with rustic bones.

Mexican guacamole dip mashes ripe avocados with lime, fresh tomato, onion, jalapeno and cilantro. Restaurant-style chunky guacamole for chips, tacos and burrito bowls.

Sunshine cake is a tall, lemon-kissed cousin of angel food and sponge cake, leavened entirely by whipped egg whites and yolks with bright lemon zest and juice.

Caramel apple pie with cinnamon-kissed apples stacked over a pecan-studded crust, baked until bubbling, then drizzled with warm caramel and more pecans. Fall dessert at full volume.

Fillets of bluefish Gen Patton: bluefish fillets poached in white wine with shallots, then cloaked in a cream and egg yolk reduction sauce finished with lemon. An old-guard American classic.

Orange freeze pie with orange gelatin, vanilla ice cream, mandarin oranges, and whipped topping in a ready crust. A cool, creamy no-bake summer dessert.

A basic chicken stew that can easily be made in your crockpot while you are away.

Quick Tex-Mex corn soup with creamed corn, whole kernels, red bell pepper, and red pepper flakes in chicken broth. Ready in 20 minutes with pantry staples.