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Steak with Green Peppers and Water Chestnuts recipe

Fragrant Asian pesto with peanuts, fresh basil, mint, cilantro, green chilies, and ginger. A bold, herbaceous sauce for noodles that's ready in 15 minutes. Vegetarian-friendly.

Kahlua chili: ground beef chili spiked with coffee liqueur, served Cincinnati-style over spaghetti with cheddar and onion. The coffee-and-cocoa background note that makes it work.

Meat and potato squares layer a savory meatloaf base under fluffy mashed potatoes and melted cheddar, then cut into tidy squares. Like a sliceable shepherd's pie for an easy family dinner.

Baked halibut with a crispy potato flake and cheese crust made from Swiss, Parmesan, mayonnaise, and horseradish. Broiled golden on top for a crunchy, savory finish.

Creamy curried ham and turkey in a roux-based sauce served over toast or biscuits. Freezer-friendly comfort food that reheats beautifully from frozen in one hour.

Beef Brisket with Barbecue Sauce: a hands-off crockpot brisket cooked low for 10 hours in a Worcestershire-vinegar braise, finished with a separate ketchup-brown-sugar sauce.

Par-cooked balti meat, the make-ahead base for a balti curry: lamb braised with onions, tomato, ginger and balti spices, then the aromatics blended into a thick curry sauce ready for the final balti cook.

Jager-Eintopf, a German hunter's bake layering egg-enriched mashed potato with nutmeg-spiced ground beef, mushrooms, and tart Granny Smith apples under a buttery breadcrumb crust. Cozy, sweet-savory comfort food.

Classic Italian lasagna with homemade meat sauce from Italian sausage and ground beef, ricotta filling, mozzarella, and Parmesan. A from-scratch Sunday dinner.

Pinto beans simmer with quinoa and butternut squash in this hearty vegetarian stew where Spanish paprika and tomatoes build a robust base that's pure cold-weather comfort in a bowl.

Hearty beefy quiche loaded with browned ground beef, onion, and eggs bound with tomato soup in a flaky pie crust. A rustic, no-cream quiche that serves up old-school comfort.

Mash black-eyed peas with fork, cook with tomatoes and golden onions, stir in ground peanuts for this unique Kenyan vegetarian stew over rice.

This vegetarian chili relleno casserole swaps meat for crumbled tofu layered with Monterey Jack, sharp cheddar, and green chilis. Baked in a creamy egg custard topped with salsa for a hearty Mexican-inspired weeknight dinner.

Cheddar-and-green-chile corn casserole. Dump everything in a bowl, pour into a baking dish, bake. Tex-Mex side that goes with everything from chili to barbecue.

Salmon Quiche with Mushrooms and Horseradish recipe