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A vegetable side dish that can be easily made vegan.

This is what was known as an square meal: meat, vegetables and milk or cheese.

Serve this Italian style casserole any time you can think. You cook and freeze so, one day you fancy a rest from the stove, the only thing you need to do is reheat and eat. Just use a red and white squared table cloth and you have the feel of the trattoria.

A casserole to freeze that will bring the warm Hawaii to your table.

Empanadas, this delicious Spanish and Latin American dish, can use almost any filling one can imagine. They are perfect to take advantage of leftover meat. This version is of Mexican inspiration.

Give an Italian air to that leftover roast or your favorite ham as in this fiesta frittata.

My grandmother and mother made it. I make it, as do all my brothers and sisters. Their grown grandchildren are making it - 5 generations! And now my children are making it. I call it southern kicken chicken with a sweet jacket.

A delicious Southern style sauce to go with barbecued chicken.

This is one recipe that can be used when one has a potato omelet left over from the previous day but it is so good that you will make sure there is leftover tortilla. The sauce will also make the omelet stand out when guests are coming for dinner.

Serve this bacon and cheese omelet for a breakfast or brunch  buffet. It also makes an enticing supper or snack.