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Comforting and satisfying, chilaquiles make for an easy, hearty breakfast or lunch. What Are Chilaquiles? Chilaquiles are basically corn tortilla pieces that are fried, cooked in salsa, and sprinkled with cheese. Sally Vargas They are often served for breakfast with eggs and a side of beans ornopalitos. Recipes for both follow. Do you like enchiladas? Sally Vargas Chilaquiles are basically the same ingredients, but with a lot less work. For easy homemade salsa verde and red chile sauce recipes, look at the bottom of the page....

Its just what you need on a chilly night or game day. Moms chili was great, by the way. It took hours of simmering. Simply Recipes / Photo by Fred Hardy / Food Styling by Jennifer Wendorf / Prop Styling by Lindsey Lower This chili dip takes a shortcut by using canned chili and bulking it up with freshly browned ground beef. Use your favorite brand or even leftoverhomemade chili....

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm Theres frosting, which is okay. And then thereschocolatefrosting, which is really what all frosting should be. Ive learned to leverage this reward for getting my daughter to hustle finishing chores she despises. Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm Heres the recipe Ive relied on for school cupcakes and birthday surprises for years. Its chocolatey enough to be decadent and sweet enough for kids to embrace unilaterally....

Make the filling in the microwave. Use a pre-baked crust. What is better than chocolate pudding? Sally Vargas Chocolate pudding pie, of course! Give me some fruit in a crust and you will be my BFF. But sometimes you just need chocolate. Sally Vargas This chocolate cream pie comes together quickly. It is easy to make the whole pie in one day without feeling stressed. You Choose the Crust Pick a crustany crust!...

This dark and dreamy chocolate pudding cooks in minutes in the microwave! This recipe is so easy and fool-proof, you’re going to love it. Yes folks, its here! Sally Vargas You will either love me or hate me for this. A combination of cocoa powder and 60-percent dark chocolate chips yields a deep chocolate flavor and a dreamy texture. Speaking of chocolate, for convenience, I recommend buying baking chips or baking disks....

30-minute coconut shrimp curry is perfect for a midweek meal. Coconut shrimp curry is one of those quick and easy weeknight dishes. Unadorned, but so satisfying. Elise Bauer We then did a taste test comparing regular coconut milk to the light variety in their cans. The regular coconut milk was lovely, rich, and coconut-y. The light coconut milk? Elise Bauer Coconut flavored milk of magnesia. Just pull out half a spoonful from an opened can....

It’s an easy, flavorful way to eat your greens. They are also pretty good on their own with onions and garlic. Our recipe works great as a base; feel free to add the BBQ sauce! Elise Bauer The leaves are dark green and the stems are tough. Look for collards that have an even green color and look fresh. Avoid collards that have browned or wilted leaves or show other signs of age....

This fresh, delicious salad is ready in just 5 minutes. You don’t even really need the herbs! Cucumbers are crunchy and cool with just some vinegar, salt, and pepper. Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek I like adding a mix of regular basil and Thai basil (the one that tastes somewhat licorice-y). If you are a gardener, you know how prolific cucumbers are, right? Again, it depends on the variety and maturity of the cucumber....

My take on the classic dessert is easy to whip up. It ranked pretty high on the school lunch trading hierarchy, not that I ever gave it up. Once I made a devils food cake at home, it blew those Devil Dogs out of the water. Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm I mixed the cake in one bowl and frosted with a thick, fudgy frosting right in the pan. it was so easy and everyone loved it....

What Is Duck Confit? Gently cured duck legs bathed in their own fat and slowly cooked to falling-off-the-bone perfection. Itll roll your eyes back it’s so good. Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek Real confit takes more than a day to make. But I have a work-around that takes just a little more than two hours and is nearly as good. And its easy I mean super easy. Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek...

Real ingredients are just as easyand so much tastier! I was first introduced to the concept of a dump cake when I was in high school. What Is a Dump Cake? Cindy Rahe The ingredients were dumped into the panfruit first, then cake mix, followed by the melted butter. No mixing; just layer and bake. The whole thing came out of the oven resembling something between a cobbler and streusel....

This easy recipe for Tex-Mex cheese enchiladas is a family favorite! Note that there are many kinds of enchiladasgreen chile, shrimp,chicken,red chilito name a few. This recipe is much more “Tex Mex” than Mexican, and is easy to make. Elise Bauer You soften some corn tortillas, put some Jack cheese in them, and roll them up. (Do not use flour tortillas for this recipe; the flavor isn’t right.) The corn tortillas must be softened before they are rolled and baked in the casserole....

20 minutes start to finish! There are just so many variationsI have to try them all, right?! I’ve had tacos with halibut, snapper, and even salmon. Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas I’ve enjoyed tacos withdeep-fried fishand tacos with grilled fish. I’ve sampled tacos with tongue-tingling tingling mayo and tacos withtangy fruit salsa. They’reready in about 20 minutesand they hit the spot every time. Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas Make your life easier and pick up filets that have already been skinned....