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These quick and easy pizzas make great use of store-bought pizza dough, which is available in your grocer's freezer.

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 40 min

Brining the shrimp and then grilling them in their shells will help retain flavor and the natural juices.

This stock is even easier to put together than <epi:recipelink id="105266">Strong Fish Stockepi:recipelink. It does not require fish heads, only the bones of flat fish — sole, founder, halibut, or turbot — and it doesn’t call for the extra step of sweating the bones. It has a more delicate seafood flavor, and it is not as gelatinous as the Strong Fish Stock, making it very versatile. In addition to chowder and seafood stews like bouillabaisse, you can use this to make fish velouté and delicate French sauces such as Bercy (based on velouté and shallots) or bonnefemme.</epi:recipelink></epi:recipelink>

These potatoes and the fish can be roasted at the same time, using the upper and lower thirds of the oven.

This colorful couscous can be prepared in about 15 minutes. To cut that down to 10 minutes, mince the carrots in a processor.

This recipe is an accompaniment for Grilled Steaks with Red Chile Sauce.

This poultry dish features many of the flavors of the classic Moroccan dish b'stilla but is much easier to make.

Despite its name, this luau classic is actually a noodle dish (rice-free). At least there is chicken in it — stock as well as shredded chicken.

Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 15 min

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