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Try this easy to cook and delicious side dish. Nearly everyone likes potatoes, the creamier, the better.

Serve warm raspberry sauce with chilled Danish rice pudding for a contrast of textures and temperatures.

Think of Easter and what comes to mind? Baskets, yes. Egg hunts and the Easter bunny. To be sure. But for many both young and old it's a chance to enjoy some fine treats. With Christmas more than two months past, even the thought is delicious.

Ham is a traditional Easter meat that can form the centerpiece of an easy-to-fix meal. A 6-pound ham takes a while to cook, but is ultra-easy to prepare and there is a great apple chutney recipe to go with it.

Not your usual stuffing, but equally delicious. It is worth a try.

If you carve your own pumpkins, cook the pulp and keep it to make a crustless pumpkin cake.

Pasta with pumpkin sauce brings out the best of the harvest.

Very much the thing to accompany turkey or a large chicken for a celebration meal.