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Easy bean, sausage and barley soup for your slow cooker.

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Slow cooker festive meatballs made with ground beef, deviled ham, allspice, and dill, finished in a sour cream gravy. A Scandinavian-style party meatball for crockpot entertaining.

Layers of tofu ricotta, herb-sautéed zucchini, golden mushrooms, and spinach stacked between artichoke lasagna noodles in a rich spaghetti sauce. A hearty vegan lasagna for 8 that's loaded with vegetables and bakes up bubbling and gorgeous.

Traditional Japanese yakitori with sake-marinated chicken livers and teriyaki-glazed breast skewers threaded with scallions. Smoky, sweet, savory, and ready to grill in under an hour.

Emmenthaler is a dry, aged cheese that accents the flavor of asparagus. Serve as the main course of a light lunch or supper.

Beans with rare steak and pesto: grilled steak sliced rare over mashed cannellini beans with fresh basil-parsley pesto. A Tuscan-style dinner that's lean, protein-heavy, and deeply savory.

Tender crepes filled with crab, mushrooms, and scallions in a white wine cream sauce, baked until heated through and broiled golden. French-inspired elegance in 45 minutes.

Five-ingredient baked chicken breasts coated in a sticky honey-mustard-curry glaze. Just 10 minutes of prep, one hour in the oven, and dinner is handled for the whole family.

Salmon puff is a make-ahead microwave casserole layering canned salmon, seasoned croutons, and cheddar cheese in an egg custard with Worcestershire and dry mustard.

A simple but scrumptious dish that is made with chicken, shrimp and fettuccine pasta.

Herbed pork cutlets with Greek vegetable salad, cucumber yogurt, and couscous. A complete Mediterranean dinner plate with a lemon-oregano marinade that does triple duty.

Here's a rich chowder with big chunks of fish, potatoes and bacon in a tempting creamy broth.

Rotisserie-style pork ribs basted with a homemade chili barbecue sauce of pureed tomatoes, red wine, soy sauce, and chili powder. Slow-roasted and deeply caramelized.

Thin, pounded chicken breasts sauteed golden in butter, then drizzled with a bright lemon, white wine, and caper pan sauce. Classic Italian scallopine in 30 minutes.

Salt-roasted shrimp with a scampi beurre blanc dipping sauce. A showstopper appetizer where shrimp cook shell-on over a bed of rock salt and get served with a buttery white wine dip.