10,000 fat free recipes

Homemade tartar sauce with sweet and dill pickles, green olives, scallions, and a kick of hot sauce. Chunkier and bolder than anything from a jar, ready in 5 minutes.

Sweetish Hill bakery-style blueberry muffins: a tender cake-flour-and-AP-blend batter loaded with three full cups of fresh blueberries. Tall, golden-domed, bakery-quality muffins from a beloved Austin bakery.

Low-calorie fresh apple muffins use sugar replacement and skim milk for a lighter breakfast bake studded with chopped apple. Diabetic-friendly and ready for the lunchbox.

Chocolate banana bread for the bread machine folds mashed ripe banana, cocoa powder, and warm cinnamon into a yeasted loaf with optional walnuts. A toaster-friendly sandwich bread with the soul of a banana muffin.

Super crispy without greasy taste. This is the best crispy fried chicken you will enjoy ever.

Pretty basic, but delicious. I serve with rice pilaf and homemade cole slaw.

Bob's hot chili: ground beef simmered low and slow with whole tomatoes, tomato paste, red beans, chili sauce, and a kick of cayenne. The classic two-hour chili with serious heat.

This belly filling one dish meal is perfect for Octoberfest or a cool fall or winter day. It is sure to warm the belly.

Classic cowgirl cookies: hearty oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with rolled oats, brown sugar, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Big-batch recipe makes 4 dozen.

Burgundy burgers stretch ground beef with red wine, onion, and Worcestershire for juicy, deeply flavored patties grilled or broiled to order. A 20-minute upgrade on the basic backyard burger.

Cuban-style picadillo with capers, pimento-stuffed olives, burgundy wine, and a touch of nutmeg. Ground beef braised in a savory-sweet sofrito. Serve over rice with plantains.

Spicy pumpkin pie with two teaspoons of cayenne pepper hidden in the warm spice blend, balanced by honey, half-and-half, and ground pecans. A Thanksgiving showstopper that surprises every guest at the second bite.

Creme brulee, the classic French dessert: silky vanilla custard made from just cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla, baked gently in a water bath and finished with a crackly torched sugar crust.

Cornbread stuffing that straddles the Mason-Dixon line, blending crumbly cornbread with white bread, buttery onion and celery, sweet corn, and toasted pecans. Keep it dry for Western dressing or moist for Southern.

Buttermilk drop biscuits with a tender, tangy crumb and crisp cornmeal-dusted bottoms. The easier biscuit method, no rolling pin or biscuit cutter required.

Drunken apple-pumpkin pie blends pumpkin and applesauce in one custard, finished with a dramatic flame of warmed rum poured tableside. Topped with pecan halves and warm baking spices. A holiday showstopper for Thanksgiving and Christmas tables.