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Start a fiesta with these delicious cookies made of pecans and ground cinnamon.

Oven kalua turkey: a Hawaiian-style shredded turkey wrapped in ti and banana leaves with Hawaiian salt and liquid smoke. All the imu pit flavor, no backyard hole required.

Creamy vanilla pudding pie loaded with fresh cantaloupe chunks on a buttery vanilla wafer crust, folded with whipped cream and chilled until set. A cool, fruity summer pie that tastes like sunshine.

Slow cooker chocolate fondue with chocolate almond candy bars, marshmallows, and whipping cream. Stays warm and glossy for hours of dipping without scorching. Five ingredients, no babysitting.

Grilled pineapple slices brushed with curry-spiced brown sugar butter, served with cool vanilla yogurt and toasted coconut. A sweet-savory grilled fruit dessert with Indian flair.

Tender chicken breasts rolled around a garlic-herb butter filling, coated in seasoned cracker crumbs, and baked until golden and fork-tender. All the buttery goodness of classic Kiev without the deep fryer.

Maple syrup shortbread bars with a buttery shortbread base topped with a brown sugar, maple syrup, and toasted walnut layer. A two-layer cookie bar that's part shortbread, part praline.

Slow-baked trout fillets with butter pats, thin onion slices, lemon juice, and celery salt. Covered and baked low and slow until the fish is tender and butter-basted.

Pretzel and peanut butter truffles roll crunchy peanut butter and chopped salted pretzels into bites, freeze them firm, and dip in melted milk chocolate. Three ingredients and no baking required.

You can try, but they taste great and your guests will have trouble figuring out what they are.

This very quick and easy sidedish can be made very quickly. A great compliment to the grilled salmon I had with it.

Norwegian fiskepudding: a silky cod mousse bound with cream and cornstarch, baked in a water bath until firm. Classic Scandinavian fish pudding served hot with sauce.

Shrimp Creole omelets stuffed with a spicy tomato sauce built on the Cajun holy trinity of onion, bell pepper, and celery. Fold them soft, fill them hot, and serve with rice.

Skillet shredded potato, zucchini, and carrot sauté with butter and basil. Quick 30-minute vegetable side dish, naturally gluten-free, diabetic-friendly.

Brighten up your pork chops with this succulent recipe that uses oranges and powdered ginger.

Pork chop and acorn squash foil packet dinner with butter, brown sugar, and honey. Sealed up tight and baked into a single-serving meal. Six ingredients, no dishes to wash.