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Authentic Ukrainian borscht from Kiev with beef chuck, ham bone, oven-roasted beets, cabbage, potatoes, and prunes for subtle sweetness. Topped with sour cream, dill, and crumbled bacon. Serves 12.

Backyard booyah, the giant slow-simmered meat-and-vegetable stew of the Upper Midwest. Beef, soup bones, and chicken cooked until they fall off the bone, then loaded with vegetables in a kettle.

Sour cream raisin pie is an old-fashioned Midwestern custard pie with plump raisins suspended in tangy sour cream filling, scented with nutmeg and vanilla. Simple flaky crust, no meringue required.

Ground veal and beef patties seasoned with paprika, nutmeg, and lemon juice, pan-fried and topped with warm sour cream. An Austrian classic ready in 20 minutes.

Chicken breasts bake right on top of rice in a creamy mushroom soup and sherry broth until everything is tender and golden. A dump-and-bake dinner with just 5 ingredients.

Loren's cheesecake with three packages of cream cheese on a graham cracker crust, topped with a sweetened sour cream layer. A classic New York-style cheesecake done in three simple stages.

Molasses bran bread with whole wheat flour, buttermilk, and raisins. A no-yeast quick bread with deep molasses flavor, high fiber, and easy variations for oatmeal or carrot cake.

Old-fashioned Christmas sugar cookies made with a full pound of butter, sour cream, and baking soda. The dough chills overnight for easy rolling and clean cookie cutter shapes.

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.

Aunt Ro's coleslaw is a classic creamy dressing built on equal parts mayonnaise and sour cream, lifted with white vinegar, celery seed, and superfine sugar. Crisp, cool, and feeds a picnic crowd.

Hearty pea, bean, and potato soup with black beans, shallots, and a thick rustic texture. A Native American-inspired one-pot soup that simmers low and slow.

One-dish ham bake with broccoli, cream of mushroom and cheddar soups, and a Bisquick biscuit topping baked golden. A creamy, hearty casserole for eight with just 10 minutes of prep.

This is a wonderful and light dessert to offer people as a contrast to the heavy holiday meals and desserts normally offered at this time.

Three-ingredient foil-wrapped pot roast with onion soup mix and mushrooms, baked low and slow until fork-tender. A hands-off beef chuck roast that makes its own gravy in the packet.

Crockpot beef stock made hands-off with beef soup bones, onion, celery, and peppercorns simmered all day. The set-it-and-forget-it foundation for soups, stews, and sauces.

Easy crab rangoon mixes crab meat with cream cheese, sour cream, and garlic powder, then deep-fries the parcels in wonton wrappers until golden. The classic takeout appetizer made at home in 30 minutes.