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Big-batch chicken casserole for 24 with green chiles, olives, almonds, cheddar, and a crushed potato chip topping. Church supper approved, potluck tested, crowd demolished.

Le Papet Vaudois is a traditional Swiss dish of leeks and potatoes braised in white wine and vegetable broth with nutmeg, finished with milk. Serve with sausage and crusty bread.

Easy kielbasa bean soup uses condensed bean and bacon soup as a smart shortcut, simmered with smoky Polish sausage, potato, carrot, onion, and celery. A weeknight pantry-staple soup ready in 35 minutes.

Summer bean and basil soup is a classic Provençal soupe au pistou. White beans, leeks, potatoes, zucchini, green beans, and macaroni in a light broth, served with a fresh basil-garlic pistou sauce on top.

Italian braciole, a butterflied round steak rolled around prosciutto, Parmigiano, breadcrumbs, and herbs, then braised slowly in red wine and pear tomatoes until fork-tender.

Thai green papaya salad layered with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, tomato, scallions and cilantro, dressed in a chili-lime-soy sauce with crushed roasted peanuts. A fresh, no-cook Thai salad ready in 15 minutes.

Caldo Verde: Portuguese green soup with kale, chorizo, white beans, potatoes, turnips, and smoked ham in chicken broth. One pot, one hour, and even better the next day.

Easy Italian mushroom spaghetti sauce built from fresh roma tomatoes, tomato paste, and four herbs, simmered with plenty of mushrooms. Vegetarian as-is, or add meatballs or browned beef.

Homemade liver-sage sausage with chicken livers, veal, bacon, capers, and white wine. Marinated overnight, ground, and stuffed into casings or shaped into patties for the grill.

Peg's many bean soup simmers a pound of mixed dried beans with pork, hot Italian sausage, peppers, carrots, and grated potato that thickens the broth naturally. A rib-sticking, two-hour pot of soup.

Light summer vegetable soup with green beans, yellow squash, and spinach. Garden-fresh vegetables in a Worcestershire-seasoned broth ready in 50 minutes.

Ham and potato chowder with corn, green peppers, and a creamy flour-thickened milk broth. A hearty stovetop soup that uses leftover ham and pantry staples.

This recipe is definitely worth the effort for the holidays and special company. Broiled stuffed tomatoes and a fresh green salad are perfect accompaniments with this meat dish.

Six pounds of beef and venison cubed and simmered in cast iron with beer, whiskey, cola, ancho chiles, jalapeños, cayenne, and hot sauce. This is not a chili for the faint of heart. Bring a cold drink.

A traditional Thai salad with boiled chicken, pork, shrimp, and Chinese sausage over fresh greens, drizzled with a fiery lime-chili-fish sauce dressing. Bold, bright, and ready in 40 minutes.

One-pan chicken and broccoli rabe sautéed in oil from sun-dried tomatoes, finished with black olives and crumbled feta. A Mediterranean weeknight dinner ready in under 15 minutes with bold, salty, garlicky flavor.