OK, we are not allowed to deliver beer with this meal, so it really is "soda-can chicken." Paired with a blackened corn salad with Pecorino and avocado dressing, this is a low fuss meal that is great for either grilling or your oven.

A properly made Cubano is something of an art form. Two different kinds of pork, each with it’s own sauce, stacked on a sandwich with tangy cheese, mustard, bread and butter pickles, and grilled to melty perfection.

Jumbo lump crabmeat is folded with a creamy dressing with kick and topped on a ripe avocado. The side dish of pea and dill pasta salad can even be combined with the crab mixture to make an extra kid-friendly dish.

This is a happy, happy soup. Roasting the vegetables brings out their natural sweetness, and a touch of white miso and curry powder add depth and complexity. Garbanzo beans are puréed into the soup for protein and little corn dumplings are packed with corn kernels and fresh herbs for little bites of goodness.

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.

Simple. Fast. Healthy. Sicilian spaghetti uses end-of-summer bounty like delicious grape tomatoes, hearty eggplant, and fresh basil. A quick sauté, to bring out all the flavor, and toss with olive oil and spaghetti.

This is the type of meal where people gush, "What is in this? It's amazing!" It is incredibly simple, both in ingredients and preparation. The key when you have a simple dish is to make sure you have quality ingredients: good chicken and good butter. Making spaetzle is incredibly easy as well.

I searched for an original, authentic Coney Dog recipe and unearthed a legend as storied as the Illuminati, closely guarded secrets and all. However, based on hours of research, I pulled together the details that everyone agrees on — like the very specific hot dog, and to NEVER confuse a Coney Dog with a Chili Dog.

Did you see the "kid-approved" on this recipe? It's true. They might eat all the pomegranate before you get it mixed in with the rice. This recipe is from Sophie Dahl, a chef who creates dishes according to the seasons. The flavors go together beautifully, with a wasabi-coating on the salmon for a little extra kick.

It’s pretty hard to describe why you should be psyched about peanut soup, other than taking my word for it that it is delicious. The base (the “Holy Trinity” of West Africa, onion, ginger and pepper) lays the groundwork for tomatoes, sweet potatoes and ground peanuts. This soup is satisfaction for the soul.

This vegetarian version of the Coney Dog is as authentic as the beef version (note all the *SECRET* ingredients!). Vegetarian tofu hot dogs are prepared the exact way as the original, along with crumbled cauliflower for the topping.

Local chef Sameh Wadi's cookbook The New Mediterranean Table is filled with gems. Wadi's spin on this Greek dish uses cinnamon to bring baked giant beans, tomatoes, and dill to life for a hearty, delicious vegetarian dinner.

This recipe is deliciously healthy. One of my favorite salads: organic, farm fresh beets dressed with a soy-ginger dressing, mixed with edamame, greens and sesame seeds. The dressing pairs perfectly with the marinade for the ginger-honey glazed chicken, which we bring you free-range and organic.

In Minnesota, we have a vibrant Somali community here. This dish originates from a type of stew that is very typical for this region. Beef or lamb are cubed and cooked with okra, squash, and seasonings, and served along with a fried flatbread.

New Zealand mussels are bathed in a spicy coconut milk curry broth prepared by frying coconut, then infusing it with red curry, kaffir lime leaves, palm sugar, garlic, ginger and tomatoes. Serve them over a heap of steaming Jasmine rice sprinkled with fresh cilantro leaves.

This is one soup deserving of a main entree status. After the bourbon and sherry cook down, what remains is a smoky complex depth of flavor that perfectly complements the butternut squash, tangy crème fraiche, salty sage pecans and sweet maple syrup.

This is one those dinners that makes the menu because — even if you've never heard of this dish — the flavors are undeniable. Plus it's a major bonus when my kids clean their plates. Okra is the star ingredient of this dish, coupled with potatoes, squash, tomato and spices. Serve with some fresh Somali flatbread.

Heidi Swanson is a chef with an obsession with superfoods, which are ingredients that make your body happy. Lucky for us, she is very talented at creating superfood dishes that make our mouths happy, too. These crepes are from her cookbook Super Natural Cooking, and make a delicious meal out of healthy grains, potatoes, cheese and homemade Chile de Árbol sauce.

In Cincinnati-style Chili the sauce gets some extra something special from Mediterranean spices, and it is served on a bed of spaghetti with cheese and onions. This version packs on the protein and fiber with ground turkey and whole wheat noodles, so this became a hearty low-fat dish that was completely satisfying.

To Brits, Toad in the Hole is a traditional sausage and Yorkshire pudding dish. To a Yankee, it could best be described as hot dogs combined with popovers. The resulting dish sort of tastes like a corndog hot dish! The tangy onion “gravy” elevates the flavor, but this is an all-around favorite for the whole family.

Both of these recipes come from "Jerusalem," a must-have cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Both of the recipes have a new, yet universally enjoyable, flavoring for staple foods. In fact, you may ending up licking your plate clean.

Here we get full flavor of chickpeas, parsley, cilantro, garlic and seasoning of falafel, without all of the work. Homemade pita bread is ridiculously delicious, and easy, so this meal comes with dough for that and fixings for a side Greek salad.

This vegetarian version of Toad in the Hole uses delicious vegetarian sausages, keeping favor for all the comforts of this dish. Pillowy Yorkshire pudding (basically, a popover) bakes around the sausages, topped with a tangy red onion gravy and simple steamed broccoli.

These quesadillas are all about the details. They are simple, but tweaking the individual ingredients make them special. The sweetness of corn is brought out by blackening it in the broiler. Black beans cook with avocado leaf and coriander seeds. Real quesadilla cheese that melts perfectly and no microwaves!