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Delicate crepes filled with homemade almond cream, folded in quarters, and garnished with shaved chocolate. Elegant brunch or dessert for special occasions.

Maple oatmeal loaf for the bread machine, with quick oats, bread flour, real maple syrup, and active dry yeast. A hands-off whole-grain breakfast loaf.

Fresh mushroom soup with butter-seared mushrooms, sweet onion, and skim milk thickened with arrowroot. A lighter, creamier take on the canned standby in under 30 minutes.

Moist spice cake loaded with four cups of chopped apples, raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg, baked in a sugar-dusted pan until the fruit turns tender and sweet.

Classic veal piccata with lightly floured cutlets seared in butter and olive oil, finished with a bright lemon-caper pan sauce. A timeless Italian-American favorite that comes together faster than you can set the table.

Mrs Fields almond crunch cookies rolled in sliced almonds and drizzled with a ganache-style chocolate glaze. Buttery, nutty, and crispy with a slow bake for maximum crunch.

Vereshchaka is a traditional Ukrainian pork casserole braised in beetroot rassol with bacon, allspice, and pearl barley. Topped with sour cream and fresh herbs, it's hearty comfort food.

Fudgy brownies made with pureed tepary beans, carob powder, and honey instead of butter and sugar. Loaded with walnuts and raisins. The secret ingredient? Nobody will guess.

Red snapper in a macadamia and pecan crust, pan-seared in olive oil and finished in the oven. A crispy, nutty-crusted fish dinner ready in 25 minutes.

Moist, buttery and chocolaty cake looks so appealing as well. A perfect dessert when you have company coming over.

Loaf leavened with yeast. Requires a bread machine. Here's one of my favorite breads to make. The trick here is to use stone ground cornmeal, not the powdered/bleached variety. It gives the bread a great flavor, and a really nice coarse texture. The combination of ingredients give it a very different flavor than standard banana/nut or pan-baked corn bread.

A rustic apple tart where pieces of buttery shortcrust are patched together top and bottom, layered with apricot jam and clove-spiced apples. A forgiving, no-fuss bake for anyone shy of rolling perfect pastry.

Sharp cheddar cheese crisps made with just 4 ingredients: aged cheddar, butter, whole wheat flour, and salt. Crispy, savory baked crackers ready in 20 minutes.

Slice-and-bake cream cheese cookies sweetened mostly with fructose for a lower-sugar treat. Tender, lightly sweet refrigerator cookies that bake up in 10 minutes.

Saffron bread for the bread machine, a fragrant Scandinavian-style golden yeast loaf with bloomed saffron, sweet currants, lemon zest, and warm nutmeg.

Apple sheet cake with pecans and a warm brown sugar icing poured straight over the pan. Three cups of fresh apple keep every slice deeply moist.