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Potluck favorites

Asian slaw

Asparagus gruyere tart

Barbecued brisket

Beef and green chile stew

Broccoli, basil and pasta salad

Burgers

Chicken curry, Lombok style

Chicken fingers

Chicken marbella

Chicken paella with slow roasted tomatoes

Chicken ratatouille

Chicken with molé colorado

Chicken with prunes and almonds

Chipotle meatloaf

Chocolate truffles

Cold curried orzo

Couscous for a summer night

Couscous with orange and dried fruit

Cuban shrimp in savory sauce

Curried shrimp and pasta salad

Enchiladas

Falafel-turkey meatballs and pasta

Farfalle with spinach and sausage

Fennel, pear and olive salad

Floribean chicken chili

Four-cheese lasagne

Fregula sarda with leeks and sausage

Gazpacho

Gluten-free gazpacho

Gingered Napa cabbage salad

Grilled chicken salad

Grilled tofu with soba noodles

Hot roasted vegetables

Jambalaya

Kasha varnishkes

Lentil, herb and feta salad

Mango-mint gazpacho

Mexicali meatloaf

Mixed grain and dried fruit salad

Mixed grain salad

Moo shu chicken

No-cook summer antipasto

Pesto soba

Pineapple-cucumber salad

Potato salad with sesame dressing

Pueblo vegetable stew

Pumpkin stew

Rice noodle salad with chicken

Salt cod cannelloni

Sicilian-style spaghetti

Spicy peanut noodles

Spicy pesto soba

Tex-Mex penne

Turkey-green chile chili

Turkey meatloaf with fig gravy

Tyropita (cheese-filled phyllo triangles)

Vegetarian couscous with dried fruit

White chili

Wild rice and chicken salad

Wild rice salad

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