Form recipes

Chunks of beef steak are slowly cooked in a crock pot with carrots, potatoes, onions and tomatoes. In the end, top the succulent casserole with some buttery and flakey pastry to form a pie, after baking, it's golden brown and delicious.

Soft spiced pumpkin cookies with surprise caramel centers. Stuffed inside each one is a sticky Kraft caramel that melts to form the filling. They have a subtle pumpkin flavor highlighted by cinnamon inside and out.

Mmmmm... Yumyyy! One more slice please!

Sicilian pizza is known for its spongy and thick crust. This can be hard to achieve when you are avoiding gluten, but this is the right recipe to accomplish that goal. Tomatoes, anchovies and cheese top this pizza to form the perfect marriage of ingredients. On top of the crust being gluten free, the anchovies are heart healthy and good for lowering bad cholesterol. When tomatoes are combined with good fats, like those found in anchovies, it helps the body’s absorption of carotenoid phytochemicals that are said to help prevent cancer and improve cardiovascular health. Adding all these ingredients to your diet will keep your heart feeling good for many years to come, just like a good Sicilian marriage.

I used lightly-toasted flaked coconut instead of the nuts and baked it in a 9-inch spring form pan. YUM!

Favourite Pumpkin Chiffon Pie recipe

No bake, 7-up lemon pudding cake made in a spring-form pan. It's more like a pie than a cake.

This very dense chocolate cake is named after the famous California fault becaus it forms big cracks as it bakes and cools.

These eggplant rolls are from Apulia, the region that forms the heel of the Italian boot. They make a wonderful antipasto or a delicious luncheon dish. Serve at room temperature to enjoy their fullest flavor.