2,304 mild recipes

Raisin oat muffins made with blended oats instead of flour, egg whites, and skim milk. A hearty, lower-fat breakfast muffin with a tender crumb and plump raisins throughout.

Kasha-Patate Sucree from Montreal's Le Commensal: fluffy buckwheat groats topped with sweet potato puree and a savory tamari-garlic sauce. A hearty vegetarian dish with deep, earthy flavors.

Diabetic-friendly chocolate peanut butter pie with a cooked custard filling using skim evaporated milk and minimal sugar. Thick, creamy, and lower in sugar.

Fragrant coconut and spice rice cooked in coconut milk with lemongrass, curry leaves, cardamom, cumin, and turmeric. A golden, aromatic South Asian side with toasted peanuts.

Homemade power bars with whole wheat flour, peanut butter, molasses, sunflower seeds, raisins, and wheat germ. A dense, chewy energy snack that stores for days.

No-bake English toffee refrigerator cake with rich chocolate mousse, graham cracker crumbs, and pecans, chilled for 24 hours. A make-ahead icebox dessert.

Alsatian apple cake with four pounds of Golden Delicious apples, honey, rum, and a caramelized egg-butter-brown sugar topping. A rustic French apple dessert.

Cherry cheesecake muffins with a cream cheese and cherry jam filling hidden inside brown sugar batter with orange zest. Topped with chopped pecans.

Whole wheat orange pancakes layered with ricotta cheese and drizzled with orange sauce. A bright, citrusy brunch stack made with honey and fresh orange zest.

Cream cheese snowflake cookies with lemon zest, topped with powdered sugar icing and edible glitter. Delicate, buttery Christmas cutout cookies that sparkle.

Hearty wholegrain coffeecake with Bisquick, rolled oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon with a crunchy oat-nut-butter streusel layered through the middle and on top. Served warm for breakfast.

Nonfat cheesecake fruit pie with a crisp corn flake crust, fluffy marshmallow-and-cream-cheese filling, and a swirl of fruit cocktail. Light, no-bake-style cheesecake with serious retro charm.

Jumbles are old-fashioned filled sandwich cookies, two rolled rounds enclosing a smear of grape jelly with three peek-a-boo windows cut into the top. Vintage pantry treat.

Cocoa bars with a buttery shortbread base and a fudgy cocoa-almond topping baked on top. Two-step build in one pan, sliced into 24 squares while warm.

Quick pasta primavera with broccoli, carrot matchsticks, and Parmesan in a creamy soup-based sauce. A pantry-friendly weeknight pasta ready in under 30 minutes.

Bread machine onion bread with whole wheat flour, dry onion soup mix, molasses, and milk powder. Savory, herby loaf for sandwiches and toast, hands-off baking.