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You won’t find this at the drive-thru! Serve with a mixed green or spinach salad.

The fried asparagus is a perfect use for the thick stalks that you find from time to time in the market.

You’ve heard of everything bagels—why not everything chicken! These are great hot or cold, for picnics or tailgate parties with cut raw veggies.

This dish is fast and healthy and incorporates a favorite Sicilian combo: oranges, red onions, and oregano.

Serve with chopped raw vegetable salad and fancy store-bought chips of choice.

This meal and the next have appeared in other books of mine. I did not invent the dishes—they are classics. My take on these classics are my two favorite meals, ever. I simply could not have you (or me) live through a whole year without having these dishes in there somewhere. Enjoy these oldies-but-oh-so-goodies!

Eat well, eat more! I cut out the bun so I can have more dogs and veggies with less guilt. Chicago-style dogs are my favorites, with pickles, tomatoes, onions, mustard, and slaw on top. This salad reverses the order and piles the veggies up high underneath the dogs.