2,830 mia recipes

Apple snack cake mix shortcut: stir cake mix, egg, and milk right in the baking pan, press sugared apple slices into the top, and bake. A single-pan dessert ready in 40 minutes.

German chocolate cookies are a 4-ingredient shortcut bake using German chocolate cake mix, vanilla yogurt, an egg, and a topping of coconut-pecan frosting. Soft, chewy, and ready fast.

Butterscotch pull-apart bread (monkey bread) made with frozen dough, butterscotch pudding mix, brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts. A gooey weekend breakfast bake.

Checkerboard cookies made easy with a fudge marble cake mix: build a black-and-white checkerboard from vanilla and chocolate dough strips, chill, slice and bake. A showy slice-and-bake cookie without the fuss.

Salad presto: mixed greens dressed with olive oil, red wine vinegar, and a pinch of dried basil. A bare-bones, 3-minute side salad using pantry staples. No more excuses for skipping the greens.

Summer fruit crumble with a hazelnut and whole-wheat breadcrumb topping, sweetened with honey instead of sugar. Use raspberries, strawberries, currants, or whatever is ripe.

Classic Knorr-style spinach dip with sour cream, mayo, water chestnuts, green onions, and dry vegetable soup mix. The overnight-chill party dip everyone hoards.

Painted peach cake: cake-mix shortcut tube cake with cream cheese, sliced peaches, and red cinnamon candies baked right in. Pretty pink-flecked pound cake in under an hour.

Cookies in a jiffy use a box of yellow cake mix plus oats, butter and an egg for fast, chewy drop cookies you can load with chocolate chips, butterscotch or M&M's. Five ingredients, ready in about 20 minutes.

Easy mandarin orange cake doctors a lemon cake mix with ground hazelnuts, mandarin orange chunks, and fresh orange zest, baked in a tube pan and dusted with sugar or glazed with chocolate.

Idiot's Delight: a layered no-fuss dessert with pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, butter pecan pudding, whipped topping, and praline pecans. Potluck royalty.

Cappuccino brownies rich with bittersweet chocolate, toasted hazelnuts, and a whisper of cinnamon, plated with a warm white chocolate-coffee sauce. A dinner-party dessert with unmistakable coffeehouse flavour.

Blueberry bundt cake from a mix: yellow cake jazzed up with lemon yogurt, applesauce, and 3 cups of fresh blueberries, with a hidden cinnamon-sugar-nut layer in the middle.

French-style yogurt salad dressing with double mustard, olive oil, lemon, and mixed herbs. Thick like ranch but tangy and light. A versatile everyday dressing ready in 5 minutes.

Sparkle cookies rolled in red and green sugar for a festive Christmas look. Made with cookie mix, almond extract, and cream of tartar for a soft, tender bite. Makes 4 dozen.

Grilled emu burgers seasoned with taco spices and topped with cheddar, sour cream, lettuce, and tomato. A lean, red-meat alternative with bold Mexican-inspired flavor.