Recipe Sifter

Low calorie oatmeal cookies made with oat bran, quick oats, apple juice, and just a touch of margarine. No flour, no butter, all the chew.

Oatmeal crusty top apple pie pairs a tender lard-and-oat bottom crust with a brown sugar streusel topping. Cinnamon-spiced apples bake under a crunchy oat crumble for a single-crust pie that drinks like dessert and breakfast at once.

Flourless oatmeal brownies with melted semi-sweet chocolate, quick oats as the binder, and chunky walnuts. A dense fudgy brownie with surprising oat texture and no flour at all.

Oatmeal orange-walnut cookies use yogurt instead of egg for a soft, tender crumb. Brightened with grated orange zest and crunchy walnuts. Lower-fat than classic oatmeal cookies, ready in 40 minutes.

Seared chicken breast with Mexican ancho mole-orange sauce served alongside okra rice with wild rice, almonds, and cilantro-yogurt finish. Layered weeknight dinner.

Old-fashioned chocolate caramels made with brown sugar, molasses, unsweetened chocolate, and condensed milk. Boiled to soft ball stage, studded with nuts, and cut into squares.

One-dish microwave spaghetti with ground beef, Italian tomato sauce, and Parmesan. A complete pasta dinner for two cooked entirely in the microwave in 15 minutes.

One-pot stovetop meatloaf dinner with sliced potatoes and carrots cooked together in a covered skillet. A complete ground beef meal in a single pan with no oven needed.

Lightened-up single-serving Boston clam chowder built on chicken broth and low-fat milk instead of cream, with leek, celery, red potato, canned clams and a handful of shredded spinach folded in at the end. Ready in about 30 minutes.

One-pan chicken and potatoes with salsa and corn, ready in 30 minutes. Microwave the potatoes while you brown the chicken, then toss everything together in one skillet for a fast weeknight dinner.

Provencal onion soup with eggplant, zucchini, tomato paste, and fresh basil simmered in red wine. A low-fat, vegetable-rich French soup with no butter or cheese.

Caramelized onion and basil pasta with five pounds of sweet onions slow-cooked into a golden, jammy sauce deglazed with brandy. Tossed with fresh basil and Parmesan. Simple and stunning.

Microwave sweet potatoes glazed with orange juice, honey, and orange zest, topped with crunchy peanuts. A single-serving vegan side dish ready in under 10 minutes.

Orange and white chocolate muffins scented with fresh orange zest, vanilla bean seeds, and melted white chocolate chunks. Tender crumb, golden tops, perfect with morning coffee.

Orange butter cakes are petite tartlet-tin cakes perfumed with Grand Marnier and candied orange peel, then dipped in orange liqueur glaze. Elegant 36-cake batch for gifts or a holiday tray.

Vegan orange chocolate mousse made with silken tofu, cocoa powder, brown rice syrup, and orange zest. Dairy-free, egg-free, and ready in 10 minutes plus chilling.