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This delicious salad is perfect in the height of apple season, Mixed greens are dressed in a champagne vinaigrette and topped with poached chicken breast, sliced tart apples, creamy goat cheese, sprinkled with red onion and candied spiced almonds.

Arepas are amazing … and once you fry them in bacon fat you’ll be like [*drooling*]. This BLT arepa comes with a seasonal South American twist salad.

Capellini pomodoro is one of the best ways to enjoy end-of-summer tomatoes, basil, and angel hair pasta. This version gets some plump shrimp added to take it over the top.

This dinner was a sleeper hit in my house. Parnsips, apple, tomatoes, coconut milk, and ginger create a wonderful fall soup with Indian seasonings of cardamom, chili, cumin and garam masala.

This recipe, from the Serious Eats website, is a stunning dinner. Layers of flavor come together in symphony: breaded and fried eggplant, roasted poblanos, refried beans, chipotle pepper and pickled red onions, lettuce, cilantro and avocado. For a dinner like this, a simple radish salad is the perfect non-compete.

Anecdotally, Drunken Noodles gets its name because it goes great with beer, or it’s great after a night of beer. Either way, it’s yummy! Rice noodles with a heavy sauce and tofu, onion, hot peppers, Thai basil and tomatoes.