Pollo en Mole con Arroz Amarillo. Or as we say around here: Chocolate chicken with yummy rice. Chicken simmers slowly in a sauce of chilies, oranges, almonds, broth, chocolate, and aromatic Latin spices. Perfect for the slow cooker.

20 min, plus slow cook · 718 CAL · 41g PROTEIN

Some dishes are an old familiar, like a song you loved as a teenager. Such is beef barley soup, a classic mix of soup vegetables, with homemade beef stock, tender chunks of meat and soft barley — it's like a loving hug.

1 hour · 527 CAL · 30g PROTEIN

This easy dinner gives you a chance to cook outside, if the weather is nice. Shrimp, scallops, broccoli and pea pods get a curry coating, and are served with peanut dipping sauce, rice and lettuce to turn them into wraps.

30 min · 709 CAL · 43g PROTEIN

We don’t just love this dinner because of its full flavor — it’s versatile as heck! Burritos can be made ahead, frozen, or served unassembled for a taco night.

35 min · 548 CAL · 48g PROTEIN

Bite-sized hunks of bread make each forkful of this salad a delight. A luscious ball of burrata cheese is the topping of choice for a medley of fresh, spring vegetables.

45 min · 627 CAL · 23g PROTEIN

When it's mushroom season (and we are now in mushroom season), we want to get as many of them as we can. This rich soup is filled with beauties procured by Forest Mushrooms in St. Joseph, MN: chanterelles, oyster, shiitake, etc.

45 min, plus soak · 240 CAL · 9g PROTEIN

This unconventional pizza is both surprising and delightful. Fresh, organic asparagus, Meyer lemons (they are sweeter and less acidic than regular lemons), cave-aged Swiss Gruyère cheese, hand-made dough for pizza crust.

30 min · 739 CAL · 32g PROTEIN

For the pickiest eaters among us: we present, Fettuccine Alfredo. The ultimate clean-plate-club dinner. Mixed greens with seasonal vegetable on the side.

35 min · 1035 CAL · 59g PROTEIN