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Caramelized apple crepes for breakfast or brunch: tender whole wheat crepes folded around tart apples cooked down with brown sugar and cinnamon, finished with a dollop of yogurt. Lighter than they taste.

A dutch baby is a german pancake that is baked in a skillet. This version adds summer fruits to make a recipe that serves as a dessert as well as a breakfast treat.

Oversized chocolate chip cookies baked low and slow to giant lemon-sized rounds. Buttery, crisp-edged with chocolate chunks and pecans. Special-occasion bakery-style cookies.

This delightful dessert is so good, the crust is buttery and flakey, and the pear-almond filling is scrumptious and juicy.

Peter Island banana pancakes are fluffy tropical breakfast cakes laced with mashed banana, served with rum-spiked maple syrup. A Caribbean resort favorite at home.

When making smoothies, use the whole fruit or vegetable and blend in a good high powered blender (Vitamix and Blendtec are two of the best ones). Fresh fruits and vegetables contain large amounts of soluble and insoluble fibre which will help keep blood sugars stable and keep you full for longer. The combination of ingredients in this smoothie makes it an ideal breakfast as it contains protein, fibre, omega-3 fatty acids and probiotics for healthy digestion.

Chocolate ice cream blends melted unsweetened chocolate with cocoa powder, milk, eggs, sugar, and heavy cream for double-chocolate scoops. Custard-free Philadelphia-style at home.

Grainy mustard mashed potatoes simmered right in cream infused with garlic, thyme, and bay, then mashed silky and spiked with whole-grain mustard. A rich, tangy upgrade on the classic side dish.

Quesadillas are so easy to make at home, and you can add whatever you like into the filling. Sprinkle your favourite cheese, and adjust the seasoning to your own taste. Much better taste and much healthier than those restaurant ones.

It's easy to make your own home-made pasta. Many Italian families do it every day. This is a very traditional original recipe from Larousse Gastronomique the French bible of fine dining and cooking.

Six-ingredient pumpkin bundt cake from yellow cake mix, eggs, oil, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and nuts. The shortcut autumn bake for potlucks and last-minute hospitality.

Zucchini bread with dark brown sugar and vanilla, baked into two moist loaves. The garden-rescue quickbread that puts late-summer squash to delicious use.

Double orange muffins flavored with both fresh orange juice and grated orange zest. Tender, lightly sweet quick breads with bright citrus flavor in every bite.

Banana bread with bran cereal and chewy dried apricots, baked into a hearty fiber-rich loaf with brown sugar warmth and a tender crumb. A wholesome breakfast quickbread.

Pumpkin pie sweetened with honey and molasses, lightened with whipped cream folded into the custard, in a buttery short pastry crust. A holiday classic with a silkier-than-usual filling.

Chunky banana bran muffins, hearty and high in fiber, with buttermilk-soaked bran, diced banana, walnuts, and raisins, deepened by molasses and orange zest. A wholesome, satisfying breakfast muffin.