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Having a dependable turkey chili recipe in your culinary repertoire means that a hearty, crowd-pleasing weeknight dinner is never far from reach.

Transform your orchard or farmers market haul into a spiced applesauce you’ll want to eat by the bowlful.

This old-fashioned recipe is simple and memorable; the secret is starting with fresh, juicy corn on the cob.

This spaghetti with fennel and sardines turns a few simple pantry ingredients into a rustic seafood feast.

Creamy butter beans turn this dish of sesame broccoli into a hearty one-bowl meal, though you could leave out the beans and serve the tofu and broccoli with rice.

With lemon juice, gin, and sparkling wine, the French 75 makes any cocktail hour feel like a special occasion.

This make-ahead Sicilian dish makes a great party appetizer, but you can also eat it all by yourself with a few slices of crusty bread.

In addition to potatoes, this creamy springtime side dish is made with lightly simmered rhubarb.

Turmeric gives this rice its vivid color and earthy flavor.

Cut to look like cucumber spears, zucchini makes terrific pickles.

With a no-frills ingredient list and a cook time that comes in under an hour, this spiced coconut lentil soup is simple and unfailingly forgiving.

Dry-roasting the lentils before cooking gives the dish a wonderful smoky, earthy fragrance.

Poach perfect eggs in saucy, tomatoey shakshuka with this recipe from chef and cookbook author Einat Admony. It’s the ultimate all-purpose meal.

Cooking the polenta covered allows condensation to build up, eliminating the need for constant stirring.

This hearty black bean soup gets lots of heat and flavor from a purée of chipotle peppers and garlic.

Lima, or sweet limes, are the key to the citrus flavor of sopa de lima Yucateca, but bitter orange also works well in this Mexican soup.

Caldo de camarón is a classic cantina dish, offered two ways, on its own or with the vegetables and shrimp.

Sopa de fideo is one of the most traditional soups in Mexico, and is usually part of the midday meal in households and in small family restaurants.

Garnishes make tortilla soup special (and famous)—top each bowl of sopa de tortilla with a combination of crispy tortillas and creamy avocado chunks.

There are as many version of lentil soup as there are days of the year—this Sopa de Lentejas recipe features diced carrots and celery.