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Quick, easy and delicious recipe for you to make your own mincemeat that can be used for cookies, pies and other desserts!

This turned out quite nicely, was surprised at how well it held together considering there was no egg to help bind the ingredients together. We made a vegetarian shallot gravy to go along with it. Nice herby flavor throughout.

If your recipe calls for Pumpkin Pie Spice and your pantry is well stocked with spices here's how to make it yourself using discrete spices. This recipe makes 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.

This soup is great, hot or even cold. Creamy and delicious, even better topped with some cheddar cheese! A great way to use up broccoli stems and save the florets for another use.

A delicious cross between cheesecake and pumpkin pie without cheese or the need to bake. If you love cheesecake but have a stomach that is sensitive to cream cheese - this is the one for you.

Dress up your chicken breasts with this tasty recipe that uses sweet bell peppers, sage and dry vermouth.

This simplest of pesto recipes becomes an easy and delicious cracker spread by adding softened cream cheese.

This is an easy quick bread, made with ingredients you most likely always have in your pantry. Include this delightful sweet in your afternoon tea, or enjoy for breakfast or snack time.

Four cheeses mixed with spinach is the cheese layers, baby portobello mushrooms, dried porcini mushrooms and tomatoes make this delicious ragu. The lasagna comes out cheesy, juicy and full of flavors.

A delicious way to make your breakfast shine, and it's also packed with goodness.

Instead of store-bought pie crust, we made our own with most whole wheat flour and olive oil, which made the crust a lot healthier with flaky texture and delicious flavor. Now enjoy this juicy-fruity pie without feeling guilty at all.

Buttery and delicious, you can definitely taste the aroma from saffron.

I make triangles and leave out the mizithra or cottage cheese (too wet for these). Great appetizers if you make them small.

These apples are gently spiced and good for brunch as well as dessert.