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Mashed sweet potatoes blended with roasted bananas, orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. A naturally creamy, butter-free holiday side that skips the marshmallow fluff.

Salmon asparagus manicotti: pasta tubes stuffed with ricotta, poached salmon, and fresh asparagus, baked in cream of asparagus sauce. A comforting seafood pasta dinner.

Five-minute refried bean dip with sour cream, chili powder, hot sauce, and chopped onion. A creamy, spiced party dip made from pantry staples. Just mix and serve with tortilla chips.

German cottage cheese and oil pastry dough (Quark-Öl-Teig): a tender, no-butter base for fruit tarts, sweet rolls, and stollen made without yeast. Quick to mix and ready to roll in 20 minutes.

Pennsylvania-style sweet potatoes baked in a tangy pineapple-lemon sauce with ginger, brown sugar, and cornstarch. A classic holiday side dish with a sweet-tart glaze.

Feather light angel food cake, a fat-free sponge built on whipped egg whites and cream of tartar, baked tall and cloud-soft, then swathed in a glossy boiled-syrup meringue frosting. Airy, snowy, and pure.

Salmon fillets topped with lime, ginger, garlic, and fresh coriander, wrapped in buttery filo pastry and baked until golden and flaky. An elegant Thai-inspired dinner for two in 40 minutes.

Piña colada punch with homemade coconut milk, fresh pineapple juice, ginger-cassia tea, and rum or gin. Big-batch tropical party drink that serves a crowd.

Authentic Indian garam masala blends black pepper, caraway, cinnamon, coriander, cloves, and cardamom into a robust, fragrant spice mix for curries, braises, and finishing dishes.

Basic spaghetti sauce simmers tomato sauce with sauteed onions, garlic, green pepper, basil, and oregano in under 30 minutes. A pantry-staple weeknight base for pasta or pizza.

A quick coffee cake made with refrigerated dough, spread with apricot preserves and sweetened cream cheese, then topped with sliced almonds.

Curd cheese pastries with whole wheat shortcrust rectangles sandwiched around a filling of cottage cheese, pine nuts, raisins, sugar, and lemon. A medieval-inspired pastry snack.

These no-sugar peanut butter cookies are delicious. Perfect treats when you are on a diet.

This syrup is delicious with fruits, in a marinade for chicken or pork, or as the basis of a cooling drink.

Almond-stuffed Madinah dates rolled in toasted sesame seeds, a traditional Arabic sweet served alongside gahwa. Just two ingredients and 25 minutes.

Ginger plum pork chops with plum preserves, ground ginger, and apple cider vinegar. A 5-ingredient, one-skillet pork dinner ready in 25 minutes.