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Hello weekend, we want to eat good tonight. Fresh herbs are tucked under the skin before it is cooked to crispy perfection, producing a delicious and moist chicken dinner. Accompanied with a summer succotash of corn, yellow potatoes, edamame and pattypan squash, this is the perfect meal for a late summer day.

Yeah, yeah, anybody can make brats for dinner. And in Minnesota, we all do. But how about some heritage pork, authentic German-style brats served with a fresh salad of seasonal broccoli, carrots and cabbage, with a curry twist? Yah?

Paella is a family-style Spanish rice dish that is famous for its scalability — some pans are large enough to feed a whole party. While the ingredient combinations are endless, a short grain rice is cooked with saffron, paprika, onion and bell pepper. In this version, we combine the rice with chicken, sausage, shrimp, fish and mussels.

Easy, creamy, quick, from-scratch alfredo sauce is comfort food at its finest — particularly when blanketing rustic egg fettuccine noodles. Local, seasonal broccoli and mushrooms make this fast dinner a knock-out.

Vegan brats get an exciting upgrade topped with German-imported mustard and Kiss My Cabbage's farm-stand sauerkraut, with a curried broccoli and cashew salad on the side.

Seasonal summer flavors showcased in an easy and elegant way: eggplant chars with tomatoes, and then is smothered with buffalo mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Paired with a favorite everyday salad of mixed greens, quinoa, dried cherries and sunflower seeds.