23 halal recipes

A no-bake strawberry cream cheese pie with fluffy whipped cream filling, fresh berries on top, and a glossy currant jelly glaze. Can be frozen overnight for easy entertaining.

Festive three-layer holiday dip with green guacamole, white sour cream, and red salsa for a Christmas-colored appetizer. Three ingredients, zero cooking, ready in minutes.

Halal-style pot stickers filled with beef and lamb, napa cabbage, scallion, and a hint of orange zest, then pan-fried and steamed for crisp bottoms and tender tops. Pleated, juicy dumplings with a dipping sauce.

Deliciously moist banana nut muffins are great for breakfast. Easy to make, and freeze well. For a even healthier version, use half whole wheat flour to replace half all-purpose flour.

Deliciously moist zucchini bread. Great for breakfast or snack with tea or coffee. You can use half whole wheat flour and half all-purpose flour to make this yummy bread even healthier.

Quick, easy and delicious. The creamy potato salad was a great side dish to serve with dilly salmon, and we had all the goodness our bodies needed as well. A perfect dinner on a busy weekday.

Pretty darn easy and tasty. I had all ingredients on hand and didn't have to worry about a trip to the store. I didn't use any cayenne because we have small children, but it still came out great. The sauce was tasty over rice!

Liked it a lot. It had all the Chinese flavours that we were looking for. I used boneless-skinliess chicken thighs instead of breasts, because that was what I had on hand at the moment. I'm sure the chicken breasts would be as tasty.

Tender buttermilk teatime scones with flaky golden tops and a soft, slightly tangy crumb. Cold butter cut into flour and a splash of buttermilk are the keys to bakery-style scones at home.

Chocolate chips make everything taste better :) Made some whole wheat pumpkin pancakes incorporated in some semi-sweet chocolate chips and pumpkin seeds for breakfast. Needless to say, they turned out delicious, and chunks of melting chocolate and nutty seeds could be found in every bite.

Buttermilk oatmeal raisin biscuits combine tangy buttermilk, rolled oats and plump raisins for a tender, slightly nubbly biscuit. Hot-oven, quick-knead method bakes up flaky in just 15 minutes.

Made this apple cake a while ago, and finally got the photos uploaded. The cake was moist and delicious. I used half whole wheat flour and half all-purpose flour to make it a bit healthier, reduced sugar to 1 1/2 cups, which was sweet enough for us. Also added 1/2 cup chopped pecans to the apples, and it was a great addition.

Made these whole wheat pumpkin pancakes for breakfast, and they were delicious and packed with goodness. Served these yummy pancakes with maple syrup and orange juice, our palate and bellies were all well satisfied :)

Brooklyn bagels: chewy, shiny New York-style bagels made the real way, with a stiff high-gluten dough boiled in barley-malt water before baking. Hand-shaped, egg-washed, and seriously chewy.

It's hard to resist these addictively delicious cookies. Oats, shredded wheat, and dates add extra goodness. Feel free to use half whole wheat flour and half all-purpose flour. The result is as yummy.

These mouth-watering crepes are filled with raspberry sauce and drizzled with creamy orange syrup. No one can resist these deliciously warm crepes to be a starter of the day.