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Spicy Thai-inspired tomato soup with coconut milk, red curry paste, tofu, and soy sauce. Vegan, creamy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Seed bread for the bread machine with poppy seeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds in a honey-sweetened dough. Nutty, crunchy, and totally hands-off.

Quick Hawaiian cream pie with vanilla pudding folded into whipped cream, crushed pineapple, mashed banana, and a topping of toasted coconut and pecans in a flaky baked crust.

Stuffed polenta with meat sauce: two layers of Parmesan polenta sandwiching a meaty tomato-basil sauce and mozzarella, baked hot until bubbly. A lighter Italian alternative to lasagna.

Pumpkin cheesecake with a praline pecan-graham cracker crust, brown sugar filling, and warm spices. A rich Thanksgiving dessert that chills overnight for clean slices.

Slow cooker curried beef with pineapple, orange juice, apricots, and crunchy peanuts served over rice. Sweet-and-spicy set-it-and-forget-it crockpot dinner with curry-braised beef chunks.

Roasted bell pepper rolls stuffed with tuna, capers, and parsley in a lemon-garlic olive oil marinade. An elegant Italian appetizer that can be assembled a day ahead.

Pumpernickel bread machine loaf gets its midnight color from molasses, instant coffee, and cocoa powder, with rye, cornmeal, and wheat flakes building deep, earthy German-style flavor.

Sweet corn relish simmered with tomatoes, green pepper, jalapeno, brown sugar, and dill vinegar. A bright, tangy condiment for grilled meats and burgers.

Carrot cake layered with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, walnuts, coconut, and raisins, topped with orange-scented cream cheese frosting. Three layers of moist, spiced cake that gets better overnight.

Ground beef tamale pie with a cornmeal mush crust, chili-seasoned meat, corn, black olives, and melted cheddar on top. A Tex-Mex casserole that feeds six hungry folks in about an hour.

Layered orange pineapple cake with a crunchy coconut-pecan praline topping, whipped cream frosting, and crushed pineapple baked inside. A showstopper from a box mix.

Oven Swiss steak braised in beef gravy and diced tomatoes, topped with parsley-thyme mashed potatoes piped on and baked golden. A complete one-dish dinner with a shepherd's pie finish.

Easy shrimp etouffee with the holy trinity slow-cooked for two hours in margarine, then simmered with Rotel tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, and two pounds of shrimp.

A Bloody Mary in a bowl: smooth tomato soup with celery, horseradish, Worcestershire, and lime, spiked with vodka stirred in off the heat. The savory, boozy New Year's Day hair-of-the-dog, served warm in mugs.

Creamy Mexican corn soup pureed smooth, seasoned with cumin and green chilies, enriched with melted pepper jack cheese. Served over chicken and tomatoes with crispy fried tortilla squares.