Recipes with eggs

A traditional Swiss Appenzell honey cake made with wholemeal flour, warm honey, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, and cinnamon. Dense, fragrant, and beautifully scored on top, this European classic is finished with icing.

Swiss aniseed and lemon chrabeli cookies with their signature half-moon shape and three slashed edges. Crisp, slightly dry cookies that rest overnight before baking for traditional texture.

A scrumptious lasagna made with ground beef, ricotta cheese and red pepper flakes.

Traditional egg-enriched challah bread with a golden crust and soft, pillowy crumb. This from-scratch yeast dough recipe makes beautiful braided loaves topped with poppy or sesame seeds.

This carrot cake well satisfied my sweet tooth without making me feel guilty. Whole wheat flour and wheat germ provided the cake with some good fibre, by replacing half amount of oil with yogurt reduced the calorie and fat, and eliminating the frosting all-together made the cake much less rich and calorie-dense. But overall it was a very moist and delicious cake indeed.

A yeast based risen bread-like cake that's filled with a spiced apple mixture with an attractive lattice style presentation.

Mixed nut biscotti bake twice for that signature dry crunch, with pumpkin pie spice and a handful of mixed chopped nuts folded into a brown-sugar dough. Coffee-shop biscotti at home.

Shrimp in lobster sauce, the classic Cantonese takeout dish: egg-white-marinated shrimp tossed with ground pork, fermented black beans, garlic, ginger, and silky egg ribbons. No lobster, all flavor.

Southwest pork stew with chorizo, butternut squash, and corn, baked under a sour cream cornbread crust. A hearty one-dish Mexican-inspired dinner.

New Orleans-style seafood rice salad with shrimp, tuna, hard-boiled eggs, sweet pickles, and pimentos in a creamy mayo dressing. Chilled and served on fresh greens, Creole-style.

Kadin budu kofte, the classic Turkish meatball of ground lamb and boiled rice studded with feta, parsley, and dill, egg-dipped, flour-coated, and fried golden. Crunchy crust outside, soft and tender within.

Mai Mai sweet potato pie with coconut milk, maple syrup, orange juice, crystallized ginger, and walnuts in a coconut-maple crust. Topped with orange-scented whipped cream.

Homemade dog biscuits packed with wholesome whole wheat, rye, and cracked wheat, baked until golden and crunchy. Made with real beef or chicken broth, these bone-shaped treats store for months and make tail-wagging gifts.

Microwave brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate, butter, and chopped pecans in just 20 minutes total. Fudgy, rich, and no oven required.

Favourite lemon sponge pie is a heritage 8-ingredient dessert that bakes into two layers from a single filling. Tangy custard at the bottom, fluffy lemon sponge on top, all from one whole lemon.

Handmade pumpkin ravioli filled with ricotta and pumpkin, served in a creamy pumpkin seed sauce with green chiles. A from-scratch fall pasta project.