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Panfried smashed potatoes boil red potatoes tender, flatten them, then pan-fry in olive oil until shatteringly crisp. Finished with parmesan and black pepper. Three ingredients.

Kookie Cookies: no-bake peanut butter corn chip bars with corn syrup and sugar. A salty-sweet, crunchy 4-ingredient treat that kids can help make in 15 minutes.

Easy oven beef stew for diabetics made with round steak, potatoes, carrots, and stewed tomatoes. Thickened with tapioca, baked low and slow in a Dutch oven.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

A rich Mediterranean sun-dried tomato dip pureed smooth with garlic, oregano, thyme, and olive oil. Microwave method makes it fast, and it keeps in the fridge for a month.

Crumbled tofu sautéed with mushrooms, carrots, and garlic in tangy tomato sauce creates a hearty vegetarian sloppy joe filling for warm pita pockets.

Pinto bean salsa with three dried chiles, dark beer, blackened tomatoes, and caramelized onion, pureed and re-fried in smoking-hot peanut oil. A deeply smoky, complex Mexican condiment.

Vegan spaghetti with mashed tofu, nutritional yeast, and tamari stirred into tomato sauce. A quick, high-protein plant-based pasta dinner for two.

High-protein vegetarian loaf made with mashed soybeans, lentils, brown rice, wheat germ, and soy milk. A hearty meatless main that slices like meatloaf.

Avocado Torey is a quick no-cook avocado appetizer with scooped avocado balls on romaine, drizzled with a garlic-oregano vinaigrette of olive oil, red wine, and vinegar.

Vegetable risotto cooked in a wok with toasted walnuts, black olives, tomatoes, corn, and peas in vegetable stock. A hearty vegan one-pot rice dish loaded with garden vegetables.

Orange balls are a no-bake holiday classic: crushed vanilla wafers mixed with butter, powdered sugar, frozen orange juice concentrate, and pecans, rolled in coconut for a bright citrus bite.

Tortilla black bean soup simmers black beans with celery, onion, and red bell pepper, finished with cilantro and served over warmed corn tortillas in each bowl. A rustic Mexican classic.

Rustic Mediterranean olive bread with dried mint, chopped onion, and black olives baked into a round loaf. Made with a sponge starter for deep, complex flavor.

Hearty bran bread for the bread machine with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, applesauce, and sesame seeds. Load it up, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Amaretto cookies fold flaked coconut, chopped almonds, and amaretto liqueur into a stiff egg white meringue base. Crisp-outside, chewy-inside macaroon-style drops with a grown-up almond-liqueur backbone.