9,650 mild recipes

Crispy-edged cornbread muffins packed with crunchy pork cracklings. Baked in preheated muffin pans for that signature golden crust, this Southern classic yields 2 dozen crowd-pleasing bites.

Chocolate banana shake made with cold skim milk, ripe banana, chocolate syrup, and vanilla. Thick, frothy, and naturally sweet from the banana.

A quick one-bowl blueberry oatmeal breakfast cake that's ready in 35 minutes. Lightly sweet with a tender crumb from the oats, best served warm straight from the pan.

Ground beef, rice, and onions baked in a creamy tomato soup sauce under a bubbly mozzarella topping. This no-fuss cheesy rice and beef casserole serves two and is ready in 40 minutes.

Almond lace cookies, those delicate, paper-thin discs that roll into cigarettes or fans while warm. The classic French tuile-style cookie with ground almonds and orange zest.

Here is a classic sweet cream base for making a variety of ice creams. Nice a rich with eggs, great for a french vanilla ice cream.

Thai sticky rice with sweet coconut milk sauce and fresh mango. Glutinous rice soaked overnight, steamed, and dressed in warm coconut cream for a classic Southeast Asian dessert.

Light, citrusy orange muffins topped with mandarin segments shaped like little butterflies. A charming breakfast treat kids will love, ready in 40 minutes.

Crepe batter is not ladled onto a griddle but into a crepe pan, a shallow, round frying pan specifically designed for making crepes. If you don't have a crepe pan you may employ a non-stick eight inch skillet.

Old-fashioned griddle cakes that turn day-old bread crumbs into thick, custardy pancakes. A frugal pre-Depression breakfast that earned its keep on hungry mornings.

Mexican chocolate mousse with flambeed Jamaican rum that burns off the harsh edge and leaves deep, smoky-sweet flavor folded into clouds of whipped cream. A make-ahead dinner-party dessert.

Cream of sun-dried tomato soup thickened with rice flour and infused with a classic bouquet garni. A silky, intensely tomatoey French-style soup that works low-fat or with a swirl of cream.

Old-fashioned blackberry pudding with a simple batter that rises up around the berries as it bakes, finished with a sugar crust on top. Homestyle comfort in an 8x8 pan.

Favourite Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast recipe

Milk-poached haddock fillets in a silky butter-flour sauce with halved green grapes. Classic French sole Veronique technique applied to mild flaky white fish. Elegant in 45 minutes.

Old-fashioned spice cake loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger, plus chopped nuts and plump raisins baked into a tender loaf with a wooden-skewer-clean crumb.