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Baked eggplant casserole with cheddar cheese, condensed tomato soup, thyme, and bread crumbs. A simple diabetic-friendly vegetable side dish that comes together in an hour.

Apple pie with sharp cheddar cheese baked into a cornmeal crust and finished with a woven lattice top. Eight cups of fresh apple, cinnamon, and a savory-sweet crust that sets this apart.

Lemon gelato made from a rich egg custard base with fresh lemon zest and juice, heavy cream, and half-and-half. Intensely citrusy Italian frozen dessert with silky texture.

Sweet fudge frosting cooks a soft-ball sugar syrup, then folds it into melted unsweetened chocolate and butter for a glossy old-school fudge that sets up like candy on top of cake.

Classic Italian pizzelle cookies made with butter, eggs, vanilla, and a shot of whiskey for depth. Crisp, thin waffle cookies pressed on a pizzelle iron. Makes 16 dozen.

Tex-Mex beans with cornmeal dumplings simmered in a skillet. Chickpeas and kidney beans in chili-spiced tomato sauce topped with fluffy cornmeal drop dumplings.

Rhubarb custard pie with a buttery crumb topping in a pre-baked pastry shell. Tart rhubarb pieces set in a vanilla egg custard with a sweet, crumbly streusel on top for the best of both textures.

Chewy date and nut cookie balls rolled in powdered sugar. Baked in a sheet pan, cut into squares while hot, then shaped by hand into bite-sized treats with almond extract and corn syrup.

Curry yogurt dip and dressing with ginger and cayenne, blended smooth in minutes. No cooking required. Drizzle over chicken salad, pair with grilled fish, or serve as a veggie dip.

For that definitive French touch, an enriched Bechamel sauce.

Komish broit is a Jewish twice-baked cookie similar to Italian biscotti, made with matzo meal, potato starch, and chocolate chips. Crisp diagonal slices rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Oat bran cereal cooked in half orange juice, half water with raisins and cinnamon. A single-serving hot breakfast with natural citrus sweetness. Ready in minutes on the stove or microwave.

Honey drops candy boils pure honey with butter and a splash of lemon to hard ball stage, then pulls into chewy white taffy with a porous, melt-on-the-tongue texture.

Fruit and cabbage salad with oranges, apples, grapes, and shredded cabbage in a whipped cream mayonnaise dressing. A sweet, creamy no-cook side salad ready in 15 minutes.

Indian-style lentil dal with cumin seeds, garlic, onion, and cayenne. A simple, fragrant vegan main course built on five-pantry ingredients. Ready in 45 minutes.

Classic buttermilk fried chicken with paprika and black pepper, fried in a cast-iron skillet until deep golden and crispy. A Southern-style recipe with an overnight buttermilk brine.