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Quick seafood stir-fry with scallops, sweet red peppers, and wilted watercress finished with lemon juice and red pepper flakes. Light, colorful, and ready in 30 minutes.

Holiday appetizer quiche baked in a sheet pan with Swiss cheese, ham, scallions, and pimentos in a buttery cracker crust. Cut into 50 small squares for easy party finger food.

Slow-simmered chicken and okra gumbo with a medium-brown roux, fresh tomatoes, and onions. The okra cooks down past the slime stage into a thick, velvety Louisiana classic served over rice.

A simple and delicious baked beans side dish that can made with some help from your crockpot.

Layered tortilla chip casserole with cubed turkey, creamed corn, picante sauce, black olives, and melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex leftover turkey bake ready in under an hour.

Hot and spicy spareribs grill low and slow with indirect heat, then baste with a tomato, cider vinegar, brown sugar, and chili powder sauce. Sticky, smoky backyard barbecue ribs.

Chinese-style pineapple lemon chicken with a crispy sesame breading and a glossy pineapple-lemon sauce brightened by fresh ginger. A better-than-takeout deep-fried chicken recipe finished with a blended fruit sauce.

A weeknight spin on the French classic: flank steak stir-fried with mushrooms, red wine, toasted almonds, and balsamic vinegar, served over steamed red potatoes. Bourguignon flavor in under 75 minutes.

Baked pork chops layered with sweet potatoes and pineapple rings under a brown sugar glaze. A retro tropical-leaning Sunday dinner that bakes in one casserole dish.

Jamaican-style jerk chicken marinated overnight in spicy seasonings and soy sauce, oven-baked, then dipped in a blended pimento-thyme sauce and baked again.

Javanese pork satay skewers marinated in a peanut butter, garlic, soy, and brown sugar paste, then grilled over hot coals until smoky and caramelized. Indonesian street-food classic at home.

Ukrainian pork stew simmered in beet kvas with bacon, rye bread crumbs, and dill. Served over blini or boiled potatoes for a warming, tangy Eastern European supper.

Tomato and herb rigatoni with fresh basil, parsley, mint, garlic, and lemon juice tossed with warm pasta. A light, no-cook vegetarian sauce.

This is like a very thick chicken soup and the basil makes this delicious!

Porterhouse steak grilled with a hoisin barbecue sauce that mashes up Chinese pantry staples with classic BBQ flavors, hoisin, soy, and rice vinegar meet ketchup, ancho chili, and Worcestershire.

Oven chicken croquettes bake instead of frying, with cooked chicken bound in thick bechamel, rolled in parmesan breadcrumbs, and drizzled with butter for a golden crust. A lighter take on a retro American classic.