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• Real Simple Magazine,

When dinnertime rolls around (again), do you sometimes wish you could disappear under Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak? Or say, “Tarantallegra!” and have a beautiful meal suddenly materialize on your table? (Oh, wait--that’s the spell that would make your family’s legs dance. Fun, but not helpful. They would just work up an appetite.)

Here’s a better idea: Flip open this book from the editors of Real Simple, and abracadabra-- easy, delicious solutions will appear.

You don’t have a lot of time, so more than half the meals take 30 minutes or less, and tips along the way point you to time-savers and other tricks of the trade. All the recipes are arranged by season, to help you take advantage of what’s freshest in the market, and shown in beautiful color photographs for a little inspiration. So enjoy, and after a great dinner you whipped up in no time, you may not even have to say “Tarantallegra!” to see dancing feet.