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Mash-up casserole layering chili beans, green chiles, pimento olives, and roasted red peppers under a fluffy egg-and-cheese custard. New Orleans muffaletta meets Tex-Mex chiles rellenos.

Tex-Mex tostadas with deep-fried flour tortillas piled with pork, Rotel tomatoes, refried beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, avocado, and sour cream. Family-style Southwest dinner.

Garlicky paella loads saffron rice with prawns, clams, and browned chicken, perfumed with a heavy hand of garlic. The golden, one-pan Spanish classic, simmered low and never stirred so the rice cooks up tender with a crisp bottom.

Southwest quiche loaded with artichoke hearts, green chilies, creamed corn, and cheddar. Vegetable-forward brunch centerpiece with Southwestern flair.

Navy minced beef: classic US Navy galley dish of ground beef simmered with onions, tomatoes, and a pinch of mace, served over toast, biscuits, rice, or pasta. Pantry-friendly comfort in 30 minutes.

Pork 'n' spicy apples: pan-seared pork loin cutlets topped with sauteed Granny Smith apples in a steak sauce, apple jelly, and cinnamon glaze. Classic sweet-spicy pairing ready in 40 minutes.

Layered corn tortillas baked with Monterey Jack, poblano peppers, and a creamy egg-buttermilk custard. A Mexican-inspired casserole that feeds 6 in about an hour.

Shepherd's pie with an Italian accent: ground beef and hot Italian sausage simmered with tomatoes, mushrooms and balsamic, topped with creamy Parmesan mashed potatoes and baked golden. A hearty twist on the classic.

Pizza alla ferrovia is a Neapolitan railway-station-style pizza: crisp rectangular crust topped with tomato sauce, olives, mozzarella, crumbled tuna, and a generous hit of red pepper flakes. Salty, spicy, and defiantly old-school.

Sea scallops poached in court bouillon, bathed in a Gruyere cream sauce with mushrooms, and piped with a golden mashed potato border. The full classic French presentation.

Escudella de pages, a traditional Catalan country stew with veal, chicken, salt pork, cabbage, beans, rice, and pasta in a saffron-scented bone broth. Old-world Spanish peasant food that eats like a meal in a bowl.

Cubed corn and green chile casserole with sharp cheddar and garlic. A minimalist Southwestern side dish baked until bubbly and golden on top.

Pumpkin ravioli stuff fresh egg pasta with a Parmesan, amaretti, and nutmeg pumpkin filling, then toss in browned butter. Northern Italian Mantua-style autumn pasta with sweet-savory crumbs.

Herbed biscuit egg bake lines a pan with a thyme-rosemary biscuit crust, then fills with eggs, sauteed onion, broccoli, and sharp cheddar. Brunch quiche-meets-biscuit casserole baked golden in 40 minutes.

Ground beef and kidney bean chili served inside a golden Parmesan choux pastry bowl baked in a heart-shaped or round pan. A show-stopping one-dish dinner that's easier than it looks.

Chili with beans built the old-school way: overnight soaked pintos, three kinds of meat, and a slow simmer that coaxes out real depth. Cumin, cayenne, and jalapeños do the talking.