Make tender grilled spareribs that are sweet, tart and hot all at the same time. Serve with ice cold three melon salad.

Spicy Santa Fe chicken with corn salsa is an easy to make recipe since you are using canned ingredients that are usually kept on hand. It is also inexpensive because this recipe calls for chicken thighs instead of the more costly chicken breasts.

Samosa Recipe from Madhur Jaffrey's "Indian Cooking"

Salmon cakes are not only great for dinner, they are good at lunch and breakfast also. Serve for breakfast with a vegetable omelete or for a southern breakfast adding hot buttered grits to the menu.

Potatoes made this way serves as appetizers too. No dipping sauce needed.

Roasted Spiced Plums. Serve over ice cream and pound cake. Or serve with pork roast as a side dish.

Roasted Red Pepper Dip is great with raw or blanched vegetables especially celery.

Roasted bell red or green peppers are great with beef, pork, veal, chicken, other vegetables and pizza. These peppers are not spicy but have a lot of flavor.

Roasting asparagus preserves its flavor and color. The garlic and olive oil makes it tasty. Serve as a main dish, side dish or appetizer.

Try red snapper this way. It has simple flavors and is sauteed in olive oil and butter until moist and flaky. The combination helps to make the lightly crisped fish a slight buttery flavor. The cayenne pepper adds another flavor level. Add a side of coleslaw with sliced Granny Smith apples.