These little cabbages just don’t seem like their usual selves, not when thinly sliced and sautéed like they are here.

Mashed potatoes collide with root vegetables to create a deeply flavored yet satisfyingly healthy side dish.

This wintertime salad is composed of salad greens, pomegranates, and tender pears. Caramelized pumpkin seeds round out this leafy delight.

Clams casino, the classic American dish, get a facelift here. The clams get the casino treatment with big shards of bacon, parsley, and garlic.

A hit not just with kids, this chocolate and peanut butter pudding is rich, creamy, and pretty darn irresistible.

This pepperoni spinach frittata is great for brunch. Have the ingredients ready and make the frittata while guests watch. The frittata can be an appetizer.

These beef paupiettes are stuffed with pancetta and herbs, and rolled. The beef rolls are then sauteed. Once seared, the rolls are simmered.

For this Sicilian dish, mahi mahi is stewed with tomatoes, onions, olives, and seasoned with briny capers. The mahi mahi becomes infused with tomato flavor.

This citrus-olive tapenade is filled with lemon-orange flavors, olives, and fresh herbs. The tapenade, because of its citrus notes, is perfect for lamb.

The nutty beigeness of quinoa creates a blank canvas for pistachios and cranberries to do their spirited dance in this holiday side. (Did we mention that it’s both vegan and gluten-free?)