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Any stir fry!

His tip on using instead of stock, definitely!

Besides a big pot of slow-simmered sauce, I love throwing together a quick sauce with whatever veggies I have on hand and a can of crushed tomatoes.

My Nana makes this dessert she calls Rice Dainty - cold rice mixed with lightly whipped cream, marshmallows, pineapple, and coconut flakes. It's surprisingly delicious.

My dad's sweet tea with lemon, hands down.

Homemade pesto, frozen, or purchased pesto, jarred.

I like having a tub around for a quick pasta dinner. I boil up some pasta, throw in some peas towards the end, and then mix it with ricotta, pesto, and a little olive oil.

Unsweetened apple sauce. I hated taking medicine as a child, so my mom would smash baby aspirin and mix it into the apple sauce. So, so bitter. I can eat sweetened apple sauce now, but the thought of unsweetened just makes me gag.

My Nana's spaghetti sauce, my Grandmom's pound cake, and my Mom's tonkatsu.

If I could find a recipe for beef stew that got close enough to Grandmom's, that would be up there too.

I have the UK version of Joy of Cooking and it has a really easy chicken dish that they claim is Greek-inspired. You make a bed of onion rings (as in, onions that have been sliced into rings, not the deep fried wonders) that have been tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper & rosemary, put some chicken pieces on top, then cover it all with more of the onion rings. Bake it til the chicken is done. You could also add a little fresh lemon.

I've used a recipe from her magazine for sweet potatoes roasted with butter and maple syrup twice, but sung its praises often. It also turned me to the wonders of real maple syrup.

I agree with the votes for turkey breast. Last year I joined my brother in Ireland for Thanksgiving and we roasted sweet and regular potatoes under a turkey breast. It's much easier than fretting over an entire bird! Add in a nice salad, some cranberry sauce, and a steamed green vegetable and you've got a meal!

I'm another Scorpio in this crowd, my birthday is the week before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, this means that it's always fallen right in the busiest time, school-wise. This year is no different, but hopefully it's my last year in school for a while! My family's tradition is similar as the ones above, the birthday girl or boy gets to choose a restaurant or a meal. This year, because of the aforementioned madness, I'm just going to have a small dinner out at a new Mexican place nearby with my parents and friend to celebrate the actual day. Then, the following week when my brother is home, we'll go to Sang Kee, a Peking duck place in Philly that I'm obsessed with. It's become my "go-to" place for birthday dinners the past couple of years.