48 mac recipes

Enjoy your summer with this succulent dish that will have you eager to make dinner!

Juicy pork chops served over creamy mac and cheese cooked right in salsa-spiked water. Everything cooks in one skillet for minimal cleanup on busy weeknights.

Spiced blueberry jam simmers fresh blueberries with apple-grape juice concentrate, orange juice, and warm spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and mace. A refined-sugar-free freezer jam that captures summer with autumn warmth.

Smooth broccoli cauliflower soup blends two cruciferous veggies into a silky, low-fat puree thickened with skim milk and finished with Swiss cheese. Light, creamy, and ready in 30 minutes.

Whole wheat spice muffins with cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger sweetened with honey. A warming, low-fat breakfast muffin that smells like the holidays.

Sugar beets and carrots covered a sweet, tangy, warmly spiced coating. West Indian spices and ginger.

Buttercup squash is one of the sweetest varieties of winter squash, and its seeds make a great snack, just like pumpkin seeds.

Pickled figs in a spiced syrup with clove, allspice, cinnamon, and mace. Old-Southern preserve that turns whole figs into glossy, jewel-like jars for cheese boards and roasted meats.

Most health food stores sell many kinds of whole grain cereals. Follow directions on package, but increase the amount of water by 1/2 cup for every two servings.

Transform vibrant yellow tomatoes into a sweet, tangy preserve with hints of lemon, ginger, and warm spices. Perfect for spreading on toast, pairing with cheese, or gifting to friends. This recipe yields a beautifully translucent jam with a thick, glossy syrup.

Homemade garam masala from whole roasted cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and mace ground fresh. This essential Indian spice blend takes 20 minutes and blows store-bought versions out of the water.

Old-fashioned pickled red cabbage with a sweet spiced vinegar brine of celery seed, mace, allspice, and cinnamon. A Pennsylvania Dutch-style preserve that keeps for months.

Old-fashioned raspberry cream custard with orange flower water and mace, cooked gently in a double boiler. A silky British dessert that tastes like something from a Georgian-era kitchen.

Polish baked apples in red wine, jablka na winie czerwonym, fills cored apples with jam and bakes them in spiced wine syrup. A classic Polish Christmas dessert served chilled.

Traditional green tomato mincemeat with suet, raisins, apples, oranges, and warming spices simmered low for hours. A homestead recipe for filling pies, tarts, and turnovers from the late-season garden haul.

Homemade peach chutney with brown sugar, honey, raisins, and whole spices simmered for an hour and canned in a boiling water bath. Makes 4 pints of sweet-tart preserve.