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Super simple poppy seed bundt cake starts with a doctored cake mix, with vanilla pudding for a moist, dense crumb and a generous handful of poppy seeds. Just mix everything in one bowl and bake.

Cornbread sausage stuffing with three breads, tart apple chunks, pecans, and breakfast sausage seasoned with sage and thyme. Stuff the bird or bake as a casserole side.

Yellow squash bake with cheddar cheese, bread crumbs, and eggs in a one-dish casserole. A Southern-style side that puts summer squash to good use.

Molletes - Mexican open-faced sandwiches with refried beans, melted Oaxaca cheese on toasted bolillos, topped with fresh salsa fresca. A classic Mexican street food breakfast or snack.

Roasted vegetable terrine layered with grilled red, yellow, and green peppers, eggplant, zucchini, goat cheese, olives, and basil. A stunning make-ahead vegetarian showpiece.

Easy peanut butter cake from a doctored cake mix, made extra moist with vanilla pudding and studded with peanuts, then frosted with chocolate-peanut butter frosting. The Reese's-lover's layer cake, no fuss required.

This buttery and moist old fashioned rum cake will for sure be a hit on your dinner table. It's hard to go wrong with rum and pecan.

Homemade sweet pepper and onion pizza on a whole wheat crust with fat-free mozzarella, mushrooms, and garlic. A lighter veggie pizza made from scratch with a crispy cornmeal-dusted base.

Pumpkin nut cake (a.k.a. pumpkin dump cake) layered with spiced pumpkin custard, dry yellow cake mix, chopped nuts and melted butter on top. Bakes into a gooey-bottom, crisp-top fall classic.

Better Than Sex Cake is a rich Bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, sour cream, chocolate chips, grated German chocolate, and pecans.

Grand Marnier apricot stuffing with turkey sausage, slivered apples, and thyme. Dried apricots soaked in orange liqueur give this holiday dressing a boozy, fruity sweetness.

My version of easy cinnamon rolls that used a box of cake mix.

Rich and creamy squares with a buttery yellow cake mix base topped with sweetened cream cheese and pecans. An easy two-layer bar cookie that feeds a crowd.

Grilled vegetable soup with charred zucchini, yellow squash, shiitake mushrooms, red pepper, and red onion. Emeril-inspired, with deep smoky flavor from the grill.

Microwave pineapple upside-down cake made with yellow cake mix, pineapple tidbits, brown sugar, and maraschino cherries. Ready in 30 minutes with no oven needed.

Quick cherry-almond drop cookies made with cake mix.