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Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 1 3/4 hr

Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 30 min

The perfect picnic sandwich for summer.

For a picnic, transport the soup in a thermos.

Ravigote sauce is piquant vinaigrette that typically contains onions, capers, and herbs. The hard-boiled egg in this rendition gives the sauce body. Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 1 1/2 hr

These crusty potatoes go well with the tuna in tomato sauce .

Linguiça is a garlic-flavored Portuguese sausage available at most supermarkets. Serve with: Frisée salad drizzled with a red wine vinaigrette.

Plain nonfat yogurt heightens the texture of this easy dip while adding a nice tang. To thicken the yogurt properly, it needs to be drained, so begin preparing the guacamole at least two hours ahead. Offer light beer and iced tea throughout dinner.

A nice accompaniment to grilled sea bass, scallops or shrimp.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Harira Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 12 1/2 hr

These hors d'oeuvres are a nice addition to a cocktail party.

Stir some chopped fresh mint into yogurt for a cool topping on sliced tomato and cucumber salad, with warm pita bread alongside. Pistachio ice cream on sweetened orange segments is perfect afterward.