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Spiced gingerbread cupcakes topped with tangy lemon cream cheese frosting. The warm spices meet bright citrus in every bite, creating a holiday treat that's cozy and refreshing at once.

Mushroom-stuffed eggs baked on a bed of sauteed mushrooms with grated cheese. A Marguerite Patten classic that turns simple deviled eggs into a warm, elegant vegetarian starter.

Milk-poached haddock fillets in a silky butter-flour sauce with halved green grapes. Classic French sole Veronique technique applied to mild flaky white fish. Elegant in 45 minutes.

This delicious heirloom white cake can be used to make a delicious Boston Creme pie, iced with your favorite frosting as a layer cake, or baked in a 9x13 pan and served with lemon curd or another fruit filling!

Hungarian-style cream cheese triangles (kiflis) with a tender pastry dough wrapped around prune butter or fruit jam, baked golden, and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic holiday cookie tin staple.

Bafla are Rajasthani wheat dough balls boiled in spiced moong dal, then baked until cracked and golden. Break them open, drizzle with ghee, and pour the aromatic dal right over top for a soul-warming vegetarian meal.

Quick sauteed apples with amaretto glaze, raisins, and toasted almonds. Warm, boozy dessert ready in 15 minutes, topped with whipped cream.

White chocolate macadamia nut cookies with chunks of real white chocolate (not chips) and buttery toasted macadamias. Soft centers, lightly browned edges, classic bakery-style cookies.

Crab and artichoke flautas: crispy rolled flour tortillas stuffed with crab meat, artichoke hearts, Monterey Jack, and sour cream, pan-fried golden and served with roasted tomato sauce.

Quick sautéed mushrooms and kale cooked under a smothering lid with garlic, butter, and sherry. This easy vegetarian side dish is ready in just 15 minutes.

Impossible pecan pie makes its own crust as it bakes, no rolling required. Six ingredients blend up in seconds and yield a pecan-studded custard pie in 45 minutes.

A puffy, golden oven-baked pancake with just 4 ingredients. This Yorkshire pancake puffs up dramatically, then gets a squeeze of lemon and dusting of powdered sugar.

Slow-baked trout fillets with butter pats, thin onion slices, lemon juice, and celery salt. Covered and baked low and slow until the fish is tender and butter-basted.

Thick, creamy potato soup made with grated potatoes, leeks, Muenster cheese, heavy cream, and a whole stick of butter. No blender needed, just pure richness.

Just had this chilli for supper, and it was so soul-warming and very flavourful. I like the idea of using a mixture of beef and pork, which gives the chili more depth on flavour. Never tried to add beer before, but I also like that too. I can see that I will be making this green chili a lot from now on.

Parsley-stuffed Cornish game hens browned in butter, braised until fall-off-the-bone tender, and served with a silky whipping cream pan gravy. Simple ingredients, stunning results.