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Chilled Vichyssoise/ Cold Leek and Potato Soup recipe

Cold Spicy Tomato Soup with Avocado and Chives recipe

Super easy cheddar biscuits melt sharp cheddar with butter, pour over canned biscuits, then bake for cheesy, golden 3-ingredient biscuits. A Red Lobster-style shortcut.

These cheesy bacon potato skins will for sure make everyone who tries it give you a big wow.

Imitation crab salad just like the deli case: flaked surimi tossed with celery, a light mayo and sour cream dressing, Old Bay, and celery seed. A cool, creamy seafood salad for sandwiches, crackers, or a bed of greens.

Cheese garlic-herb biscuits with sharp cheddar baked into the dough and brushed with garlic-parsley butter while still hot. The seven-ingredient Red Lobster-style copycat in 20 minutes.

Traditional Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe with tender brisket, carrots, parsnips, and potatoes. The authentic stovetop method for St. Patrick's Day perfection.

Cold pumpkin souffle is a no-bake gelatin-set dessert with whipped cream, eggs, pumpkin, rum, and warm spices. A make-ahead alternative to pumpkin pie that stands tall above its dish with a foil collar.

Cold eggplant Provencale slow-baked for 5 hours with tomatoes, onions, capers, currants, and olive oil. A French-style make-ahead appetizer served chilled with lemon.

Bold herring salad, marinated herring tossed with apple, Spanish onion, potato, and beets in a creamy dill dressing. A sweet-tart, savory Northern European salad with a rosy hue, served chilled.

Think of this soup as a dessert more than a soup. Indeed, you could serve it as a dessert or as an appetizer. This is summer comfort food at its best.

Cold fruited chicken salad with dried apricots, orange segments, grapes, and toasted almonds in a white wine-vinegar dressing. A light, low-calorie summer lunch.

When I was little my mom and dad had lots of parties especially at the holidays. With upwards of 70 people the easiest thing to serve was punch. This is Mom's concoction. The guys love it too. See Dreamsicle Punch too.

Airy cold rhubarb souffle with whipped cream, fluffy egg whites, and a tart rhubarb puree, set with gelatin and crowned with fresh strawberries. A showpiece spring dessert.

Old-school cold redfish mold with boiled red snapper, bell pepper, celery, and a mustard-lemon kick, set in its own fish stock. A Gulf Coast classic served chilled with mayo and crackers.

Three-ingredient cold papaya soup with fresh lime and a garnish of papaya seeds. A Caribbean-inspired no-cook fruit soup that's ready in 10 minutes flat.