Includes index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Breakfast: Banana bread -- Sausage and egg bake -- Hash brown casserole -- Cinnamon rolls -- Chocolate chip scones -- Buttermilk pancakes with blueberry syrup -- Roman apple coffee cake -- Fried apple rings -- Spinach and mushroom quiche -- Crepes with fresh strawberries and cream -- German apple puff pancake -- Baked french toast -- Breakfast burritos -- Snacks: Potato skins -- Caramelized onion, mushroom, and roasted red pepper focaccia -- Chili cheese dip -- Pot stickers -- Vegetable maki rolls -- Nachos with salsa and guacamole -- Chicken empanadas -- BLT dip -- Buffalo wings -- Cinnamon sticks -- Strawberries with marshmallow dip -- Goat cheese and tomato crostini -- Deviled eggs -- Crab rangoons -- Soup/salad: Split pea soup -- Corn chowder -- Baked potato soup -- Broccoli cheese soup -- French onion soup -- Wonton soup -- Taco salad -- Tuna and macaroni salad -- Steak cobb salad -- Chicken caesar salad -- Spinach salad with honey-mustard dressing -- Dinner for one: Spinach and cheese ravioli -- Tuna melt -- Vegetable stir-fry with tofu -- Shrimp fettuccine alfredo -- Chicken quesadillas -- Steak fajitas -- Fried rice -- Egg salad tortilla wrap -- Grilled portobello sandwich -- Grilled cheese with bacon and tomato -- Vegetable lomein -- Turkey-bacon puff pastry pockets -- Family meals: Baked macaroni and cheese -- Chicken piccata with rice pilaf -- Sloppy joes -- Ratatouille with chickpeas and couscous -- Cheese and chile enchiladas -- Chicken and dumplings -- Vegetable lasagna -- Mexican lasagna -- Eggplant parmesan -- Chicken pot pie -- Chicken schnitzel with fried potatoes -- Potato chip-crusted whitefish with potato wedges -- Meatloaf with scalloped potatoes -- Red beans and rice with cornbread -- Salmon and vegetable en papillote -- Desserts: Banana cream pie -- Cheesecake -- Peanut butter cookies -- Toffee bars -- Peach turnovers -- Seven-layer bars -- Apple crisp -- Creme brulee -- Snickerdoodles -- Frozen bananas with chocolate and toffee -- Chocolate spice cake -- Cream cheese brownies.