Cathy Thomas

Whether your roasted chicken is homemade or store-bought, combine it with rice, lemon juice, eggs and broth to create this creamy concoction.

The delicious and versatile fruit can be used as a side dish, appetizer or dessert.

Younger tykes can unwrap peanut butter cups to add to the dough, while older ones can press candy corn into fresh-baked cupcakes.

This dish uses 3 types of unpitted olives spiced with cumin, coriander, garlic, paprika and cayenne pepper.

The recipe also calls for six whole eggs in the batter.

Use the sweet stuff to make a maple bourbon pie, to coat roasted Brussels sprouts or in the dressing for a kale salad.

This brightly colored sauce is made with kiwi fruit, papaya, pineapple and mango.

Warm and delicious “dinner-in-a-bowl” entrees.

These puff pastry delights are popular in France as a way to use up leftover dough.

Fire up the coals and cook Mojo Pork Tenderloins, Smoked Chicken Thighs or Rosemary Steak Skewers.