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A fiery Caribbean-style spice rub blended with lime juice, chives, allspice, cayenne, and cinnamon. Marinate overnight and grill for chicken with serious island heat and flavor.

Turn leftover pot roast into a bubbling beef pot pie loaded with bacon, mushrooms, peas, and a surprising hit of dill pickle in a rich gravy under flaky pastry crust.

Slow cooker pinto beans with cubed beef chuck and salt pork simmer for 10 hours into tender, smoky cowboy-style beans perfect for feeding ranch hands.

Warm up your winter with this savory dish that will have you licking your lips after every bite.

Spanish-style black bean soup simmered with bay leaves, celery seed, chili powder, and dry mustard. Half-pureed for thick, creamy texture, topped with sour cream and sliced egg.

Crustless potato pizza with thin-sliced potatoes, rosemary, garlic, red pepper, and melted provolone and Parmesan. No dough needed for crispy, golden, cheesy results.

Sicilian caponata with eggplant, olives, capers, pine nuts, tomatoes, and a sweet-sour vinegar-sugar finish. Serve hot as a side or cold on bread as an appetizer.

Vidalia onion pie with 6 sweet onions slow-cooked in butter, mixed with sour cream, eggs, Parmesan, and hot sauce in a baked pie shell. A rich Southern onion quiche that makes two pies.

Slow cooker Southwestern beef and pinto beans with salt pork, red chili, cumin seeds, and tomato paste. Set it and forget it for 9-10 hours of hands-off cooking.

Asparagus, tofu, and bell pepper are stir-fried in a Chinese based garlic-ginger-soy sauce. It's packed with deliciousness and goodness.

Italian-American braised chicken and sausage with mushrooms, arugula, and red peppers in a rosemary-wine sauce served over linguini. A hearty Sunday supper.

A rustic Italian-style soup packed with chickpeas, escarole, brown rice, and corn in a lemony tomato broth. Low-fat, high-fiber, and feeds a crowd.

A Texas-style chili with stewing beef, ham rind, dried pinto beans, and red wine simmered low for hours with cumin, cayenne, and oregano. No tomatoes, all meat, pure grit.

Whole chicken steamed then wok-smoked over tea leaves, cassia bark, star anise, and rice for deeply aromatic, mahogany-skinned Chinese smoked chicken. A showstopper Hunan technique with layers of warm spice and sesame.

Spezzatino di vitello: cubed veal braised in Burgundy wine with smoky bacon, shallots, mushrooms, and tiny white onions. This traditional Italian veal stew is rustic elegance in a bowl.

DO NOT attempt this recipe in a crockpot, since no evaporation takes place there.