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Rhubarb cream cheese pie with a tart cooked rhubarb base and a sweet cheesecake-like top layer. Two pies in one slice: tangy fruit filling under a smooth, creamy custard cap.

Pit barbecue sauce with butter, ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, and garlic. A tangy, buttery no-cook mop sauce that makes two quarts and needs no refrigeration.

Two fresh mint condiments in one recipe: a cool yogurt dip with honey and orange zest, plus a zippy pineapple relish with whole grain mustard. Both come together in 15 minutes with zero cooking.

Four-ingredient ramen noodle skillet with cooked chicken, stir-fried vegetables, and butter. Pantry-friendly 15-minute dinner that turns two packs of instant noodles into a real meal.

Maple snow is the classic Canadian kid treat: warm maple syrup drizzled over fresh clean snow or crushed ice. Two ingredients, zero cooking skill required.

Broiled calves liver topped with French dressing-marinated mushrooms and fresh parsley. A quick, high-protein dinner for two that's on the table in under 10 minutes of cook time.

Two-ingredient brown rice flour griddle cakes, naturally gluten-free. Ferment the batter overnight for tangy flavor or cook them right away like crepes.

Two-ingredient pasta salad with ratatouille stirred into cold cooked pasta. A no-fuss meal ready in 15 minutes when you need something fast.

Fresh tomato, bacon, and onion fettuccine tossed with crumbled bacon cooked in its own drippings, chopped tomato, and basil. Five ingredients, dinner for two.

Cold tuna noodle salad with mayo, hot sauce, garlic powder, oregano, and chopped scallions. A spicy, no-cook lunch for two using pantry staples.

Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee bloomed into the batter for deep cocoa flavor, paired with old-fashioned ermine icing whipped from a cooked flour-milk paste. Vintage two-layer cake done right.

Two-ingredient New Mexico style barbecued salmon. Salmon fillets brushed with red chile barbecue sauce and grilled over wood embers. The Southwestern way to cook a piece of fish.

Homemade citrus Dijon mustard with fresh lemon, lime, or orange juice, honey, and grated zest. Four ingredients, no cooking, ages for two weeks then refrigerate.

Two-ingredient salsa spread made with mayonnaise-style dressing and salsa. A creamy, tangy sandwich spread or dip ready in minutes with no cooking required.

Crispy fried chicken marinated overnight in an Italian dressing paste, dipped in milk and club soda, dusted with pancake mix, deep-fried, then oven-finished. A two-stage cooking method for shatteringly crisp skin and juicy meat.

Layered brown rice casserole with white beans, corn, tomatoes, and tamari sandwiched between two layers of cooked rice. A hearty vegan one-dish dinner with no added oil.