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Slow cooker tamale pie with a cornmeal crust lining the crock and a filling of sausage, stew beef, sundried tomatoes, green chile, corn, and olives. A set-it-and-forget-it Tex-Mex one-pot dinner.

Orange and spice pot roast braised with orange juice, stewed tomatoes, cinnamon, whole cloves, and bacon drippings. A warmly spiced chuck roast with homemade pan gravy.

Oven-baked beef and navy beans braised low and slow with tomato sauce, chili powder, mustard, and bay leaves. A hearty from-scratch casserole that feeds a crowd.

Meatball paprikash with pork meatballs simmered in a smoky paprika and tomato sauce finished with sour cream, served over egg noodles. A Hungarian-inspired one-skillet dinner for four.

Corn tamale pie with cornmeal, cottage cheese, and whipped egg whites baked until golden, served with a reduced Mexican-style tomato sauce. Light, fluffy, and meatless.

Slow-simmered Texas-style chili with chunked beef and pork shoulder, no beans, cooked low for 4 hours with chili powder, jalapenos, pale ale, and cayenne. Thick, meaty, and built for serious chili lovers.

Layered pasta bake with seasoned ground beef, spaghetti sauce, sour cream, and melted provolone and mozzarella. Crowd-pleasing casserole feeds six.

Old-school Texas chili con carne built on rehydrated ancho and pequin chiles, cubed beef, cumin, and oregano. No tomatoes, no beans, no shortcuts. Just pure chile-forward heat the way the Lone Star State intended.

Fork-tender beef braised in red Zinfandel with juniper berries, thyme, and bay leaf in a clay pot. The wine-rich sauce gets its velvety body from pressed braised vegetables, poured over chunks of steamed carrots and potatoes.

Thick, hearty ground round chili simmered with stewed tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne. Ranch style beans go in at the end for a beefy, no-nonsense Texas-style bowl that feeds a crowd.

Spicy Thai-inspired tomato soup with coconut milk, red curry paste, tofu, and soy sauce. Vegan, creamy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Spiced beef roast braised in beer and beef broth with thyme, bay leaf, and brown sugar. Cubed stewing beef baked until fork-tender with mixed vegetables added at the end.

Hearty Latin stew with brown rice, bulgur, chickpeas, corn, green beans, stewed tomatoes, and red chiles. A vegan one-pot meal loaded with grains, beans, and vegetables.

Hearty cabbage soup with stewing beef simmered into a rich broth, then loaded with tomatoes, green beans, carrots, and a whole head of chopped cabbage. A filling one-pot meal.

Slow cooker lamb stew with potatoes, carrots, white onions, and peas in a thyme-and-beef-broth gravy. A dump-and-go crockpot dinner that simmers all day into fall-apart lamb chunks.

Spicy black bean and corn casserole with cornmeal, green chilies, and stewed tomatoes. A one-bowl vegetarian Tex-Mex bake that comes together with pantry staples and feeds a crowd.