Recipe Sifter

This recipe is fun to make.Store-bought noodles is fine, for the most part, but homemade pasta noodles offer a completely different texture and taste experience.

Making your own bread is always the way to go, it fills your entire place with great aroma during the baking, and nothing is better than a fresh loaf of bread.

Light, fluffy muffins bursting with cranberries or blueberries, kissed with citrus zest, and ready in under 40 minutes for busy morning breakfasts.

Herman sourdough starter made with active dry yeast, flour, sugar, salt, and warm water. Ferments for 72 hours and keeps in the fridge for up to 11 days.

Crispy crawfish fritters with pimentos, green onions, and a splash of liquid crab boil fried golden brown. A Cajun appetizer or snack that's crunchy outside and packed with crawfish inside.

Herman milk sourdough starter: a sweet, milk-based fermented batter that becomes the base for Amish friendship bread, cinnamon coffee cakes, and quick breads. Pass cups along to friends; the starter never runs out.

Roast goose stuffed with cornbread, Granny Smith apples, dried figs, and savory, then slow-roasted three hours with the fat poured off as it renders. The traditional centerpiece for an old-fashioned Christmas dinner.

Applesauce tea bread is an eight-ingredient quickbread sweetened with applesauce instead of butter. A heavy hand of cinnamon and skim milk keep this loaf low-fat and pantry-simple.

Traditional Shuswap Nation bannock studded with fresh blueberries, made with just 5 ingredients and baked in 20 minutes. A simple, hearty Indigenous bread that's wonderful warm with mint tea.

Soft, spiced ginger cookies using prune butter to replace fat. Crackled sugar-coated tops with chewy centers, perfect for guilt-free snacking.

Crispy oven-baked chicken tenders marinated in honey-mustard barbecue sauce and coated in crunchy breadcrumbs. Make 24 pieces for Super Bowl snacking with extra sauce on the side for dipping.

Try this different but tasty pasta salad made with mandarin oranges, pineapple and whipped topping.

Classic French creme patissiere made with egg yolks, sugar, milk, and vanilla. The essential pastry cream for tarts, eclairs, cream puffs, and fruit desserts.

Homemade string hoppers (idiyappam), delicate steamed noodle nests pressed from a soft flour dough and steamed in minutes. A Sri Lankan staple, light and lacy, served hot with curry.

Mom's banana oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy drop cookies with mashed bananas, rolled oats, butter, and a hint of lemon juice. A classic family recipe that yields nearly 80 cookies.

Low-fat blueberry muffins with applesauce in place of butter, sweetened with sugar and maple syrup, and lightened with whipped egg whites. A moist tender breakfast bake under 150 calories per muffin.