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Fresh vegetable flour tortilla pizza topped with mushrooms, tomatoes, black olives, and bubbly mozzarella. A 20-minute crispy-thin vegetarian weeknight dinner that beats delivery on speed and freshness.

A flexible cream of fresh vegetable soup template: simmer your chosen vegetable in chicken broth with onion, blend smooth, then enrich with a quick milk béchamel. Works with broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, and more.

Hot fresh strawberries au sabayon, briefly poached in lemon-vanilla syrup and blanketed in a frothy Marsala egg-yolk zabaglione. A French-Italian restaurant dessert that plates in minutes.

Chilled summer squash soup with fresh herbs: a silky cold soup of zucchini, crookneck, and pattypan squash pureed with basil, parsley, and buttermilk. A summer lunch or starter for six.

Fresh tomato, bacon, and onion fettuccine tossed with crumbled bacon cooked in its own drippings, chopped tomato, and basil. Five ingredients, dinner for two.

Grilled tuna steaks topped with a buttery lemon-caper pan sauce. A fast, elegant seafood dinner with just 7 ingredients and bright Mediterranean flavors.

Grilled corn and tomato salad tosses smoky charred corn kernels with sweet cherry tomatoes, red onion, and a light rice vinegar dressing. A make-ahead summer side that's even better the next day.

Pan-wilted winter greens with fresh ginger using spinach, kale, and Swiss chard steamed together in ginger water. Four ingredients, five minutes of cooking, no oil needed.

Lighter cranberry pecan pie with a graham cracker crust, egg white meringue filling, semi-sweet chocolate, and toasted coconut. Tart, nutty, and festive.

Asparagus with mushrooms and fresh coriander is a 10-minute sauté of buttery browned mushrooms tossed with crisp diagonal-cut asparagus, shallots, and a finishing handful of cilantro. Bright, herbal side dish for spring.

Beef scallops with fresh tomato sauce: top round steak pounded paper-thin, pan-seared, then napped with a quick sauce of fresh tomatoes, green onions, and basil. The Italian veal-scaloppini technique applied to budget beef.

Fresh asparagus steamed to crisp-tender and bathed in a warm lemon butter sauce with parsley and a kick of hot sauce. The simplest, brightest spring side dish.

Cucumber yogurt soup is a cool, no-cook summer starter blended with fresh dill, garlic, scallions, and tangy yogurt. Light, herbaceous, and ready in 10 minutes plus a chill. The answer to a sweltering afternoon.

Turkey lasagne with a fresh Roma tomato sauce, ricotta, and Parmesan. Ground turkey browned with red wine and oregano layered between noodles and creamy ricotta.

Bay scallops with pasta shells in a fresh tomato cream sauce made with white wine, shallots, basil, and reduced heavy cream. An elegant 45-minute seafood pasta dinner.

Fresh gingerbread cake paired with whole pears poached in ruby port with ginger, cinnamon, and vanilla. Served with ginger-scented whipped cream for an elegant holiday dessert plate.