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Beautiful enough for special spring dinners, yet easy enough for weekday suppers, these chicken breasts are bursting with the fresh flavors of simple ingredients. This recipe can also be doubled if you have extra guests.

Honey fruit soup thickens fruit juice with tapioca, honey, and your choice of fresh, canned, or dried fruit. Scandinavian-style sweet soup, served hot or chilled with sliced banana.

Elegant chilled sour cherry soup with dry red wine, heavy cream, and cherry liqueur. Cinnamon-spiced fruit course served cold in summer with mint and sour cream.

Slow-cooked beef patties in a creamy mushroom and onion gravy. Real comfort food.

Slow cooker pot roast that practically makes itself: a beef roast braised low in cream of celery soup and dry onion soup mix until fork-tender, with rich gravy built right in. A 4-ingredient dump-and-go dinner.

Penne with cauliflower, fresh and sun-dried tomatoes, basil, and Parmesan. A no-cook sauce tossed with hot pasta and cauliflower boiled together in the same pot. Ready in 30 minutes.

Nothing is better than a bowl of warm chili in a cold day. It's cozy and warm you up.

This recipe is over 100 years old. I add a twist to the recipe (and a little sweetness) by adding some golden raisins, like my favorite restaurant in Provincetown, Mass., does.

Walford salad is a Waldorf-style fruit salad with celery, grapes, diced apple, dates, and walnuts in a wine-thinned mayonnaise dressing. Crisp, sweet, no cooking required.

BBQ beef short ribs marinated in soy sauce, dry sherry, brown sugar, ginger, and five-spice powder, then grilled low and slow until fall-off-the-bone tender. Asian-inspired barbecue.

Salad presto: mixed greens dressed with olive oil, red wine vinegar, and a pinch of dried basil. A bare-bones, 3-minute side salad using pantry staples. No more excuses for skipping the greens.

This is a very basic beef stew. It’s easy, delicious and inexpensive to make. While there are hundreds of variations of this traditional recipe, it’s hard to improve on this version’s savory and comforting goodness.

An easy, cost-effective succulent and scrumptious meal that is perfect to make when late to prepare dinner.

Lentil and potato veggie burgers bound with cornmeal and brightened with mustard, soy sauce and vegetable juice. Plant-based, freezer-friendly patties that hold their shape on the grill or in the oven.

Quick and easy yet dressy and good for company. The prosciutto wrapped around the asparagus gets crispy under the broiler and the tomato garlic dressing adds even more flavor.

Cajun crab in a rich Swiss cheese and cream sauce with mushrooms, scallions, and dry vermouth, spiked with cayenne. Serve in patty shells or scooped up with crusty French bread.