18 lane recipes

Classic Middle Eastern hummus blended from chickpeas, tahini, garlic, and fresh lemon juice. Smooth, creamy, and ready in 10 minutes for pita, vegetables, or anything that needs a smear.

Ground almonds and cinnamon fold into stiff meringue to create these chewy Italian amaretti cookies where lemon zest and vanilla cut through the sweetness with bright, aromatic notes.

A fun take on breadsticks; baked rolls that use candied cherries twisted into the shape of a candy cane. Fun and lightly sweet, my kids adore them.

Twisted bread dough shaped like candy canes, lightly sweet with brown sugar and chopped nuts, then drizzled with powdered sugar icing. A charming Christmas baking project the whole family can help shape.

Bread-and-butter cucumber pickles with garlic, turmeric, and mustard seed in a sweet vinegar brine. Salt-and-ice draws moisture out for crisp slices that hold up through canning and long pantry storage.

Vit Tiem Mia is a traditional Vietnamese braised duck wrapped in sugar cane, stuffed with peanuts, chestnuts, ginkgo nuts, and lotus seeds, simmered in coconut water until fork-tender.

Japanese soba noodles in ginger-miso chicken broth with shiitake mushrooms, gai lan, and fresh cilantro. Restaurant-quality slurpable noodle soup ready in 40 minutes at home.

Healthy oatmeal cookies with oat flour, whole wheat, honey, and pureed pineapple replacing butter and eggs. Loaded with raisins, walnuts, and coconut for a high-fiber treat.

Marbled peppermint bark made with melted white chocolate, swirled dark chocolate, and crushed candy canes. A 3-ingredient holiday candy that breaks into shards of crackling mint.

Pear and almond pancakes with syrup-soaked Bartletts and slivered nuts pressed right into the batter, finished with warm fig-maple syrup. A weekend breakfast with real brunch-menu flair.

Quick winter apple chutney made with dried apples, applesauce, raisins, fresh ginger, and brown rice vinegar. A low-fat, vegetarian condiment for roasted meats or cheese.

This winning decorated cookie charmed us with its sophisticated look and pleasing chocolate-pepperminty flavor. It's from Deb Bonfiglio of River Hills.

Great apple pie recipe that we have used for years. Perfect with a cup of hot apple cider.

Ensalada de Nochebuena, a traditional Mexican Christmas Eve salad with oranges, bananas, beets, jicama, pineapple, peanuts, pomegranate seeds, and sugar cane on a lettuce-lined platter.

When preparing this popular breakfast dish at home you can control the type and quantity of oil being used, the type of bee hoon (organic brown rice bee hoon is widely available now and not expensive) and use as many different green vegetables as you have on hand to increase its nutritional profile.

Looking to impress family or friends? Try this dish that is simple yet delicious.