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Roasted green chile soup with Anaheim peppers, red bell peppers, potatoes, and garlic pureed silky smooth. A Southwestern classic strained for a velvety, restaurant-quality finish.

Festive rice side dish with crunchy water chestnuts, sweet petite peas, and sliced celery tossed in butter with steamed rice. A quick, colorful side ready in 20 minutes.

Hot-sauce chili simmers cubed beef chuck with green chilies, hot pepper sauce, chili powder, and cumin into a no-bean Texas-style chili. Two-stage cook for fork-tender beef.

Raspberry Alaskas tuck fresh raspberries and vanilla ice cream inside crisp puff pastry shells, then cloak the whole thing in glossy meringue and flash it under high heat for a hot-and-cold dessert that hits the table the second it browns.

Pfeffernuesse are traditional German pepper nut cookies spiced with cinnamon, cloves, mace, nutmeg, and allspice. Tiny rounds dried overnight and finished with a drop of brandy.

Fudge pudding cake that bakes into two layers: chocolate cake on top and a rich fudge sauce on the bottom. A self-saucing dessert with walnuts and real chocolate.

Mushroom stroganoff layers fresh mushrooms with rehydrated dried mushrooms in a sour cream sauce spiked with brandy and sherry, served over buttery egg noodles. A meatless take with serious umami.

Hernekeitto (Finnish pea soup) made with dried whole peas and pork leg simmered low and slow with marjoram and mustard. A traditional Scandinavian comfort soup that freezes beautifully.

Crisp-tender broccoli florets sautéed with garlic in butter and white wine toss with hot pasta for a quick vegetarian Italian side dish ready in 25 minutes.

Turnip soup simmered in chicken consomme with bright green peas and buttery croutons. A light, elegant French-style starter that highlights an underused root vegetable.

Boneless turkey simmered with new potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and green pepper in a herb-seasoned broth. This hearty Vermont stew is fall comfort in a bowl.

Pizza spinach casserole layered with ground beef in pizza sauce, ravioli, cottage cheese, black olives, and Parmesan. Freezer-friendly and makes two casseroles at once.

A Louisiana classic: creamy spinach in a spicy jalapeno cheese sauce with Worcestershire, hot sauce, and celery salt. Spinach Madeleine is the Cajun side dish that steals the show at every gathering.

Five-ingredient pound cake with seven eggs, butter-flavored shortening, and no leavener. Baked low and slow in a tube pan for an ultra-dense, velvety crumb with a golden crust.

Chocolate oat snack cake made in the microwave with brown sugar, walnuts, and a melted chocolate chip topping. Dense, chewy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Potato barley soup simmers pearl barley with carrots, celery, onion, and potatoes in beef or chicken stock for a thick, hearty grain-and-vegetable bowl that gets better the next day.