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Layered chocolate mousse dessert with a buttery pecan crust, cream cheese layer, chocolate pudding, vanilla pudding with fresh strawberries, and whipped topping with chocolate shavings.

Hornet's Nest Cake mixes yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding, butterscotch chips, and chopped nuts for a dense, rich sheet cake that comes together in minutes.

Hungarian Christmas bread (makos beigli-inspired loaf): a buttery, lemon-scented yeast bread with a sweet poppy seed and raisin filling. A bread-machine shortcut for the holidays.

No-bake chocolate cookies with colorful marshmallows that look like stained glass windows when sliced. Rolled in chopped nuts and chilled until firm. Kids go wild for these.

This is one of the basic dessert sauces. It is luscious simply served with fresh fruit.

Love love these apple pancakes, and the cider syrup was just amazing. It was a nice change from maple syrup that I normally use. I think I will be making this syrup a lot from now on, needless to say that it's way cheaper than maple syrup :)

This rich, earthy soup has but 100 calories per serving if made with non-fat milk.

Funnel cake: classic state-fair fried batter poured through a funnel in a spiral pattern, fried golden, and dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon. The Pennsylvania Dutch carnival treat.

David's best meat loaf bakes ground beef, milk-soaked breadcrumbs, onion and parsley under a crackling bacon-strip top for a juicy, family-style loaf ready in an hour.

Breaded eggplant Parmesan baked in layers with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Moosewood-style with wheat germ option and vegan substitution notes.

Scrambled eggs with crumbled chorizo sausage and fresh chopped tomatoes. Spicy, smoky Mexican-style breakfast eggs cooked low and slow for soft, glossy curds.

A great way to use up day-old bread. I like preparing everything and assemble the casserole the night before, then pop the dish into the oven the next morning. The entire house smells "delicious" :) I do sometimes add some sweet bell pepper or broccoli, and my kids don't mind eating veggie this way at all!

Southern-style veal rolls stuffed with ham and cheese, breaded with a horseradish egg wash, and baked in a mushroom soup and white wine sauce until golden.

A savory custard-like overnight breakfast casserole with sausage and cheese. Easy and delicious from the Pennsylvania dutch.

Single-serving microwave omelet: two eggs, milk, butter, salt, pepper, and a touch of tarragon, cooked in the microwave in under two minutes. A dorm room and office breakfast solution.

Vegan whole wheat pancakes made with amaranth cereal and egg substitute. Fluffy, nutritious breakfast stacks naturally dairy-free.