Per serving: calories 206, fat 13.1g, 54% calories from fat, cholesterol 15mg, protein 10.3g, carbohydrates 14.6g, fiber 2.4g, sugar 3.8g, sodium 352mg, diet points 5.2.

Traditional Shepherd’s Pie is usually made with ground meat and white potatoes. I like this one because it has sweet potatoes mixed in and omits the meat filling. The curried lentil filling is sandwiched between two layers of creamy potato filling sitting on a crouton crust baked on top of sweet zucchini. I serve this as an entree with a simple chopped tomato salad.

This lush smooth soup from Thai-Lao cuisine lends itself beautifully to a Thanksgiving feast. Large wedges of cooking pumpkin, with pale gray-green skins, are sold in Caribbean and Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian groceries. Choose the pumpkin with the reddest flesh. You can also use North American pumpkin or kabocha squash.

Wonderful mild chocolate brownie like dessert.

Something different. Colorful

Fun and easy to make. Looks rather like dog food