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The secret to making the cucumbers crunchy is to salt them first and let the salt draw out excess moisture before use.

Chicken and biscuit casserole with bacon, cheddar, mixed vegetables, and cream of chicken soup topped with drop biscuits and crispy French fried onions. Comfort food in one dish.

Traditional Scottish Highland oatcakes made with just 4 ingredients: oatmeal, salt, lard, and hot water. Griddle-cooked and oven-dried for a crisp, nutty flatbread.

Halloween horrific witches brew floats a frozen blood-red severed hand of raspberry-cranberry ice in fizzy ginger ale and sparkling cider, garnished with gummy snakes. A spooky non-alcoholic party punch.

Crustless crawfish quiche made with Bisquick, cheddar cheese, and sauteed crawfish tails with garlic and celery. A no-fuss, one-dish Cajun brunch or dinner in about an hour.

Hot Mexican blender salsa with canned tomatoes, green chilies, fresh cilantro, garlic, and cayenne. Chunky, spicy, and ready in 5 minutes flat.

Hot sausage and mirliton casserole is the New Orleans Creole classic: chayote squash baked with Italian sausage, bell peppers, bread cubes, mozzarella, and fontina. A holiday-table staple.

Impossible pizza bakes a self-forming Bisquick crust right in the pie pan, then loads on sauce, sausage, peppers, and mozzarella. The 1970s no-knead dinner miracle, still weeknight gold.

Microwave-steamed globe artichokes with a zesty mustard dipping sauce made with brown mustard, Italian dressing mix, Worcestershire, and hot sauce.

Prawn pate with minced shrimp, cream cheese, butter, sour cream, and a kick of hot sauce. A smooth, no-cook seafood spread served on hot toast triangles as an elegant appetizer.

Having company over for dinner? Try this simple and scrumptious casserole recipe that will satisfy everyone's hunger.

Mini salmon burgers made with canned salmon, crushed saltine crackers, dill, and lemon juice. Pan-fried until golden for a quick appetizer or light main.

Halloween veggie platter with a deliberately lumpy, yellowish cottage cheese dip that looks horrifying but tastes like a savory onion dip. Gross-out party food that's secretly healthy.

Pork chops baked on a bed of cornbread stuffing with golden corn soup, topped with a brown sugar mustard glaze. A one-dish weeknight dinner.

California-style stir-fry with broccoli, zucchini, squash, and cauliflower tossed in garlic, herbs, and white wine with a bright squeeze of lemon. Vegetarian and vibrant.

Light English pea soup blended with fresh spinach, lettuce, and green onions. A low-fat pureed soup with bright green color and clean garden flavor.