Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat until hot, but not smoking. Add onions, carrots, and ginger; cook until golden, stirring constantly. Stir in the water, chicken broth, pumpkin, and nutmeg. Reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.

Puree soup in a blender, carefully working with small batches at a time. Do not fill blender more than half way each time. Pour pureed soup into a soup tureen or back into stock pot. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Serve each bowl of soup with a dollop of sour cream, and sprinkle with additional nutmeg to garnish.

Preheat the broiler.
Whisk egg whites, eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a mixing bowl until well blended.
Heat a 9 inch nonstick oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray and add the mushrooms and onions; saute until softened and juices evaporate. Add the zucchini and saute until tender, about 5 minutes, stirring well. Decrease heat to medium low. Puor the egg mixture over the mushroom and zucchini mixture. Sprinkle with the cheeses and thyme. Cover and cook until the frittata is almost set but the top is still runny. Place the skillet, uncovered, under the broiler and cook until golden brown on top, about a minute or two. Remove from oven, then loosen from skillet with a spatula and slice it onto a plate. Cut into 4 wedges and serve.

Orange-Caramel Sauce:
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350*F. Lightly coat a 9×5-inch loaf pan with vegetable cooking spray. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl; set aside.

With vegetable peeler remove peel from orange; coarsely chop. Cut orange in half and squeeze 1/2 cup juice. Process sugar and peel in food processor, pulsing until peel is finely chopped. Combine buttermilk, 1/4 cup orange juice and vanilla in a small glass measuring cup. (Reserve remaining juice for caramel sauce.)

Beat butter and orange-sugar mixture in large mixer bowl on medium-high speed until combined. Beat in egg and egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 15 minutes; invert and remove pan.

Make Orange-Caramel Sauce: Meanwhile, combine water and sugar in small saucepan; stir with wooden spoon until sugar is moistened. Bring to simmer over medium-low heat; cover and simmer 2 to 3 minutes until sugar dissolves. Uncover and cook until sugar turns amber, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat and slowly stir in reserved orange juice (mixture will bubble vigorously). Return to heat and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Cool sauce and serve with cake.

Rinse any ice glaze from frozen Alaska Sole fillets under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Heat butter and oil in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add sole fillets; cook 2 to 3 minutes until browned.

Gently turn fillets over and season with salt and pepper. Cover pan tightly and reduce heat to medium. Cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes. (Reduce cook time by half for fresh or thawed fillets.) Cook just until fish is opaque throughout.

Spoon sauce over fillets to serve.

Rinse any ice glaze from frozen Alaska Pollock fillets under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Heat a heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Brush both sides of fillets with 2 teaspoons oil. Place fillets in heated skillet and cook, uncovered, about 3 minutes, until browned. Shake pan occasionally to keep fish from sticking.

Turn fillets over; cover pan tightly and reduce heat to medium. Cook an additional 2 to 5 minutes. Cook just until fish is opaque throughout. Remove from skillet and keep warm.

In the same skillet, cook onion and garlic in remaining oil over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in cumin; cook 1 minute. Add beans, tomatoes, and chiles. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Stir in lime juice and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve seafood fillets over the black bean compote.

Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until soft but not brown. Remove from heat.

In the bowl of a food processor or blender jar, combine half of the onions, lime zest, garlic, red chiles, half of the cilantro, cumin, chili powder and chipotle powder. Process until smooth.

Return stockpot to medium heat and add spice paste, stirring until fragrant. Whisk in broth and bring to a boil and stir in rice. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.

Stir in the pumpkin puree, black beans, 1 tablespoon lime juice and remaining cilantro. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Add additional lime juice if desired.

Just before serving, check consistency, and thin soup with more broth or water. Serve immediately, garnished with 1 tablespoon sour cream or yogurt, and a few toasted pumpkin seeds.

Combine first seven ingredients in a bowl, stirring well. Coat mini muffin tins (32 cups total) with nonstick cooking spray and gently press 1 wonton wrapper into each muffin cup, allowing ends of wrapper to extend above edge of cup. Divide crabmeat mixture evenly between each wonton, then sprinkle with cheese and chives. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until crabmeat mixture is set and wrappers are lightly browned.

Combine first five ingredients in a small bowl, mixing well. Spread 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture over each slice of bread. Top with one-quarter-ounce salmon.

Serving size = 2 canapes

Combine all ingredients except bread in a medium bowl. Mix well and set aside. Slice bread into 24 1-inch slices. Arrange slices on a baking sheet and bake at 300 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until crisp and dry. Spread each slice with I tablespoon shrimp mixture. Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F and return to oven for five minutes of until cheese melts. Serve hot.