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Lemony Rotelli with Zucchini, Cannellini Beans, & Mint recipe

Buche de Marrons au Chocolat, a French chestnut and chocolate log (no-bake variation of buche de Noel) with Calvados, wrapped in whipped cream bark and garnished with candied violets. A show-stopping Christmas dessert.

Greek taramasalata-style pate of smoked cod roe whipped with olive oil, lemon, garlic, and a fold of cream into a silky pale-pink dip, served cool with warm pita.

Snowball cookies made with butter, ground nuts, vanilla, and flour, then rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A classic melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

3-ingredient chocolate pecan clusters made in the microwave. Milk chocolate chips and broken pecans spooned into candy cups and chilled until firm. No baking required.

Chilled cantaloupe soup with orange juice concentrate, honey, Calvados apple brandy, and cream. A stunning cold summer starter served in stemmed glasses with fresh mint.

Pressure cooker buttermilk bread steams a tangy quickbread batter into a moist tender loaf. No oven needed for this old-fashioned steamed bread.

Cheesy stuffed chicken breasts: pounded chicken cutlets rolled around Monterey Jack and oregano, then coated in a chili-spiced cornmeal crust. Pan-browned, oven-finished, served with guacamole and salsa.

Chilled pasta salad with flaked salmon, avocado, red bell pepper, cilantro, and lime-mayonnaise dressing: creamy, fresh, served on lettuce with paprika garnish.

Avocado chef salad piled with red leaf lettuce, watercress, mushrooms, hard-boiled eggs, Swiss cheese, julienned ham or turkey, cubed avocado, and a tangy vinaigrette. A protein-packed lunch in five minutes.

An Italian spinach lasagna with a slow-simmered meat sauce of ground beef, pancetta, chicken livers, and dried porcini mushrooms layered with ricotta and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Old-world flavor in every bite.

Whole wheat pumpkin tea ring with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and raisins. Honey-dipped dough balls baked in a tube pan for a pull-apart fall bread.

Frozen chocolate souffle cake: a flourless cocoa meringue base topped with rum-whipped cream and chocolate chips, chilled overnight, then served straight from the freezer. Airy, rich, unusual.

Lime mousse pie is a frozen dessert of tangy lime mousse over rum-brushed angel food cake. Creamy, tart, and cloud-light, a refreshing year-round finish.

This quick and easy snack is perfect for the kids to take to school or have after dinner.

Baked fig and raisin pudding with crumbled waffle cookies, cocoa, walnuts, and warm spices, cooked in a water bath. A rich, old-fashioned holiday dessert served warm with hard sauce.