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Black bean soup with pasta, tomato sauce, and onion simmered in rich bean broth. A simple Latin-inspired one-pot soup that's filling, budget-friendly, and ready in under an hour.

Raisin cranberry relish with Granny Smith apples, golden raisins, dried apricots, and lemon zest, simmered with cinnamon. A fruity, tangy condiment for turkey, ham, or roast pork.

Spicy beef back ribs grilled low and slow with indirect heat, then brushed with a tangy ketchup, lemon and hot pepper glaze. Smoky, tender, and built for charcoal grills and backyard cookouts.

Fresh salsa cruda (pico de gallo) with raw tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, lime juice, and cilantro. No cooking required. Pulse in a food processor or chop by hand for chunky or smooth salsa.

Sunshine cake is a tall, lemon-kissed cousin of angel food and sponge cake, leavened entirely by whipped egg whites and yolks with bright lemon zest and juice.

Fresh vegetable relish with celery, tomatoes, green pepper, and lettuce in a sweet vinegar-ketchup dressing. A no-cook condiment ready in 10 minutes.

Red cherry almond barbecue sauce made with cherry pie filling and almond extract, blended smooth. A fruity, sweet glaze for grilled chicken, duck, ribs, or pork chops.

Pisnyi borsch is a meatless Ukrainian beet soup with dried boletus mushrooms, beet kvas, root vegetables, and fresh dill. A clear, jewel-toned broth served over vushka dumplings for a traditional Lenten meal.

Pickled or corned beef (or venison): a traditional barrel-cure brine for beef or wild game using salt, saltpeter, and molasses. Old-fashioned homesteader method for preserving large cuts.

Dead-simple homemade bread with just 5 ingredients: flour, water, yeast, salt, and honey. No kneading required. Mix it, ignore it, bake it. Fresh bread for people who think they can't bake bread.

English trifle with sherry-soaked angel food cake, raspberry jam, raspberry jello, and creamy vanilla pudding. A festive, make-ahead holiday dessert layered in a glass bowl.

Microwave chicken legs in a sweet-tangy pineapple, orange, and soy-ginger sauce. A 35-minute weeknight dinner that skips the stovetop entirely and still delivers sticky, glossy results.

Crock-pot BBQ chicken slow-cooks a whole chicken in a homemade barbecue sauce of tomato passata, molasses, brown sugar, and vinegar until fall-off-the-bone tender. Hands-off, no bottled sauce required.

Here's a homemade steak sauce that will have you licking your plate. Do that when the children aren't looking!

Oven-baked banana s'mores with graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and sliced bananas. Indoor campfire treat ready in 20 minutes, no fire needed.

Whole wheat bagel bread made in a bread machine with honey, vital wheat gluten, and just 6 ingredients. Chewy, dense crumb with that classic bagel texture in loaf form.