Oven Bake

Complementary ingredients give the yams a deliciously sweet and tart flavor.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Toasted walnuts and oven-roasted onion add great flavor to this lovely winter salad.

Low-fat mozzarella cheese makes this a rich-tasting dish for brunch or a simple supper.

Regular button mushrooms are a nice substitute for the portobellos in this side dish.

Start with crudités and dip, and accompany the entrée (opposite) with sautéed carrots.

The chef at Kristina's makes this dish with haddock; we call for sea bass, which is more readily available.

Delicious with chicken, pork or steak.

Great with chicken, turkey burgers or steak.

To complete the menu, serve seeded Italian breadsticks and a salad of radicchio and marinated artichoke hearts tossed with balsamic vinaigrette. Spumoni ice cream is a perfect ending.

This crunchy old-time favorite is an ideal gift for families, because both adults and children will eat it by the handful. For a gift, place the popcorn in glass jars tied with ribbon and decorated with sprigs of holly. And for immediate eating, put the popcorn in a cellophane-lined basket or box, and set it out for everyone to enjoy.

Clyde's Restaurant Group owns several successful restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area. Tom Meyer, head of restaurant development, is especially fond of this popular dish, served with mashed potatoes at Clyde's of Chevy Chase. If you can't find broccoli rabe (an Italian green), collard greens, Swiss chard or mustard greens will work well also.