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Shrimp and sea scallops sautéed with tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic in a velvety paprika cream sauce. A gorgeous skillet dinner ready in just 20 minutes.

Baked rice pudding infused with instant coffee and studded with sweet stewed figs. Served warm with vanilla whipped cream, this old-fashioned dessert is pure comfort in a bowl.

Low calorie chocolate layer pie with a press-in flour crust, sweetened cream cheese middle, sugar-free chocolate pudding, and light whipped topping. Three layers, lighter guilt.

Rich fettuccine Alfredo with lump backfin crabmeat folded into a butter, cream, and Parmesan sauce. A luxurious Chesapeake-meets-Italian pasta in just five core ingredients.

Brown butter blackberry charlotte with ladyfingers, eggs, and vanilla baked until crusty on top and custard-smooth inside. A French-style dessert that freezes beautifully for up to 4 months.

Curried fruit pizza topped with apples, pears, banana, grapes, and candied pineapple simmered in curry cream on crispy pizza dough. Sweet, spicy, and totally unexpected.

Cheesy figue vert gratin: a Caribbean side dish of green bananas simmered in chicken stock, mashed with onions, cream, and eggs, then baked under a cheddar and breadcrumb crust.

Koulibiac is a Russian salmon pie wrapped in puff pastry with layers of rice, spinach with nutmeg, hard-boiled eggs, and lemon cream. Served hot or cold, golden and flaky.

Marinated melon and strawberries in orange juice and brown sugar, topped with a honey-ginger sour cream sauce and fresh mint. A refreshing no-cook summer dessert.

Old-fashioned sour cream drop cookies that bake up soft and pillowy. Versatile enough for chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, or rolled and cut into shapes.

Frozen mocha mousse pie made with cultured cream, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, and brown sugar whipped to stiff peaks, set in pie crusts. A unique fermented chocolate dessert.

Mocha macaroons: coconut macaroons spiked with instant coffee and cocoa powder for a chewy, chocolate-and-espresso candy-bar bite. Naturally gluten-free, flourless, and almost embarrassingly simple to mix.

Crabmeat quiche bakes sweet sauteed crab in a cream cheese-spiked custard with chives and parsley. Brunch-worthy seafood quiche that punches above its weight.

Pistachio swirl fudge made in the microwave with semi-sweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, and a vanilla cream cheese swirl. No thermometer needed.

Butter-rich nutmeg sugar cookies made with a blend of all-purpose and cake flour, rolled thin, and topped with a sparkling sugar crust. Crisp, fragrant, and deeply buttery.

Mom's poppy seed bundt cake with canned poppy seed filling, sour cream, and folded egg whites for a moist, tender crumb. Topped with a simple powdered sugar glaze.