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Rhubarb-apple bread with tart rhubarb and sweet apples in a spiced quick bread with cinnamon, cloves, and chopped nuts. Makes two loaves that keep for 10 days refrigerated.

Greek-style shrimp baked with crumbled feta cheese over a slow-cooked tomato and white wine sauce. Served over angel hair pasta for a Mediterranean weeknight dinner.

Glazed orange muffins with fresh orange zest, juice, and toasted pecans, soaked with a warm citrus syrup straight from the oven. Bright, tender, and bakery-style.

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.

Three-bean rice casserole baked in a Dutch oven with tomatoes, green chiles, peas, and corn. Vegan, feeds a crowd, and practically cooks itself.

If each drop of the super-sauce equaled one jalapeno, you would get a greater depth of flavor from including five jalapenos in your dish than from five drops of the sauce.

Use fresh rosemary, if possible (many supermarkets carry it). The flavor it imparts to the lamb will be far superior to that of dried. If you like, white potatoes may be substituted for the sweet potatoes, and turnips for the parsnips. You can also flavor lamb by covering it with lemon slices before roasting.

Pasta with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sauce recipe

A light yet tasty chickpea salad is made with carrot, chickpea, scallions and parsley, tossed with cider vinegar, a bit yogurt and basil. It's a refreshing salad that can be stuffed in the pita bread, or accompany any main course.

Dried fruits taste sweeter than candy and also provide fiber and potassium.

Curry-spiced soup blending dried apricots with fresh cucumber and orange zest for a refreshing hot or cold starter with Middle Eastern flair.

Three beans mingle with zucchini, fresh tomatoes, and banana peppers in this Southwestern-spiced vegetable soup. Red wine and cumin add warmth to this hearty, healthy bowl.

Crunchy walnuts and hazelnuts get glossy maple syrup coating in this traditional Algonquin candy, studded with chewy prunes for a sweet-nutty treat that honors indigenous maple heritage.

Ground almonds and cinnamon fold into stiff meringue to create these chewy Italian amaretti cookies where lemon zest and vanilla cut through the sweetness with bright, aromatic notes.

Broiled salmon steaks served on a fiery sauce verde made from roasted New Mexican chiles, jalapeños, green peppercorns, white wine, and fresh dill. Bold, spicy, and ready in 40 minutes.

Blender-easy Thai green curry paste made with fresh green chilies, lemongrass, galangal, purple shallots, and cilantro. Blend everything smooth, store refrigerated, and you've got curry magic ready.