The sour juice of marmalade oranges is terrific in mayonnaise or as a marinade for turkey breast.

This sheet pan dinner is a take-off on Spanish party food–flame-roasted spring onions served with romesco sauce for dipping.

Bake a meatloaf in a pumpkin shell. Easy and very tasty.

Festive food in Spain: Ear-shaped pieces of dough fried crisp and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Fun food.

Fillets of fish–fresh or frozen– bake on a layer of potatoes with a smooth cider sauce.

Sautéed red and green peppers form the base for baked eggs. Brunch, lunch or supper.

Simmered with wine and aromatic herbs, chunks of lamb are tender and flavorful. So good for a cold weather meal.

The trick to making better vegetable soup: use double the quantity of olive oil with vegetables, legumes and pasta.

This is not paella! A rice dish from northern Spain is chock full of pork and sausages. Hearty food for cold weather.

In Spain, this traditional cake/bread is served for the holiday of the Three Kings (Jan.6). This adaptation makes it great for any occasion.

An elegant dish for a holiday meal–rich mousse of smoked trout with a spinach filling.

This soup, chock-a-block with meat, sausage, chicken, chickpeas and vegetables, is special for the holidays in Spain.

Moist and chewy, these fig brownies, aka blondies, are made with olive oil instead of butter. Perfect holiday sweet.

A mélange of sweet leeks with potatoes make a base for pan-grilled salmon fillets.

A colorful autumnal salad–clementines, avocados, pomegranates and walnuts.

Tender chunks of liver cook in a savory sauce of onions and Sherry.

Chard, carrots, beans, potatoes cook in savory sauce with topping of fried ham and garlic.

Tapa or dinner–lamb kidneys skewered with mushrooms and peppers and grilled on a plancha.

Easy–canned chickpeas and frozen cooked octopus combined with chorizo in a slightly spicy sauce. Ready in 30 minutes.

Parsley-garlic picada sauce can accompany baked fish or be stirred into the potato-spinach mélange.

Apples and raisins sweeten the cake with no sugar added. A luscious syrup of honey and sweet wine adds sweetness to taste.