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If your date's a sweetie, then there's no harm in making this succulent chicken dish with some help from your crockpot.

Fillet mosaic of woven sole, salmon, and spinach strips poached in fish stock and served on a roasted red pepper sauce with white wine and apple jelly. A stunning, restaurant-quality fish presentation.

Microwave eggplant with chopped tomatoes, green chilies, cumin, oregano, and melted Monterey Jack cheese. A low-calorie Mexican-inspired vegetable side dish.

Orzo with turkey and fennel combines cooked turkey, sautéed fennel, orzo pasta, fresh tomatoes, and parmesan in 30 minutes. Italian-style leftover turkey dinner with sage and basil.

Light fish pasta sauce with turbot, tomatoes, lemon zest, and fresh herbs simmered in fish stock and olive oil. A bright Mediterranean seafood sauce tossed with hot pasta.

Ham rolls with grapes and tomato cream sauce is an elegant little main: thin ham rolled and warmed, then napped in a silky strained tomato cream studded with wine-poached green grapes. Bistro flair, surprisingly simple.

Homemade breakfast sausage blend with pork, veal, and warm spices like nutmeg, cloves, mace, and sage. Stuff into casings or shape into patties for fresh farm-style flavor.

Spiced ground caribou simmered with tomatoes, raisins, red wine vinegar, cumin, and cloves. A Latin-inspired wild game skillet meal ready in 30 minutes.

Greek lamb shanks with orzo: lamb roasted with garlic slivers, oregano, cinnamon, and tomatoes, then finished over orzo that cooks in the pan juices. One-pan Mediterranean Sunday supper.

Pasta alla carbonara made with fettuccine, bacon, onion, eggs, and Parmesan in a silky sauce built from egg yolk and rendered bacon fat. An Italian-American weeknight classic ready in about 40 minutes.

Pan-seared steak pizzaiola tops rib-eyes with a garlicky Italian tomato sauce punched up with oregano, fennel seed, and red pepper. One skillet, weeknight-fast, full-flavored.

Nothing beats a succulent pot roast dinner and this recipe proves just that.

Shirred eggs baked in bacon-lined muffin cups with dry sherry and cream, served on toasted English muffins. An elegant 30-minute brunch that looks fancy but couldn't be easier.

Beef tenderloin with morels and tarragon-Marsala sauce pan-sears filets and finishes them in a cream sauce built on earthy morels, sweet Marsala, and anise-tinged tarragon. Restaurant-plate dinner without the prix fixe.

the perfect lobster side dish for Thanksgiving dinner!

Baked chicken breast with lemon pepper and Italian seasoning, deglazed with white wine, broiled golden, and served chilled with pecan chutney. An elegant cold main dish.