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Slow cooker vegetarian chili with red kidney beans, brown rice, potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes. Set it and forget it for 6 to 8 hours, then ladle out thick, hearty bowls for a crowd of 8.

Red beans and greens salad tosses kidney beans with chopped escarole, red onion, and chunky salsa. Five minutes, five ingredients, zero cooking.

Southwestern eggs Benedict with Canadian bacon on toasted English muffins, topped with a creamy guacamole hollandaise made from mashed avocado, mayo, lime juice, and hot sauce.

Lower-fat 'guacamole' built from puréed green peas, green chiles, garlic, and salsa. A creamy, spicy dip that mimics the avocado original at a fraction of the fat.

Hearty slow cooker bean dip packed with seasoned ground beef, refried beans, melted longhorn cheese, and sour cream with a spicy kick from hot sauce.

This sauce is excellent on chicken, lamb and fish!

I've been making Headquarters Chili since before leaving Philly for Vegas in 1991. I use turkey meat, sometimes over rice, sometimes as Sloppy Joes, sometimes as a Tamale Pie. Traditionally I make it for Presidents' Day, but this year I'm doing it for Super Bowl Sunday. It keeps me off the Vegas Strip that replaces our lost Las Vegas Zoo.

Oysters Fitzpatrick are broiled oysters in the shell, each topped with a strip of bacon, a dash of hot sauce, and a drizzle of ketchup. A bold, smoky cousin to the more famous Oysters Rockefeller.

Lemon-marinated chicken breast with a saffron pine nut and olive sauce served over vegetable couscous. A Moroccan-inspired three-component dinner with bold North African flavors.

A Spanish-inspired seafood rice stew loaded with clams, shrimp, scallops, and fish simmered in tomatoes, red wine, and clam juice. Topped with avocado and sour cream.

Ground buffalo chili with red beans, black beans, tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, and cilantro. Leaner than beef, deeper in flavor, and spiked with honey, cumin, and chili powder. Heartland comfort.

A hearty Dutch oven beef stew with seared chuck, red wine, tomatoes, new potatoes, green beans, peas, and carrots simmered low and slow for two hours. No shortcuts, just real stew.

Quick refrigerator pickles with cucumber slices, garlic, vinegar, and red pepper flakes. A no-canning cold-brine recipe ready in an hour. Spicy, garlicky, and addictively crunchy.

Cold pasta salad with smoked turkey, corn, red onion, and a tangy barbecue-tomato dressing. Tossed with rotini and topped with sliced green olives. Great for picnics and potlucks.

Spinach salad with sliced fennel, cubed Granny Smith apple, and red onion, tossed with a celery seed dressing. A crisp, refreshing salad ready in 15 minutes.

Authentic crawfish etouffee builds on a dark roux with the Cajun trinity, a small army of garlic, and Louisiana crawfish tails. Smothered over rice, this is true New Orleans comfort food.