96 smart recipes

Mom's pecan pie is a classic Southern five-ingredient holiday pie: eggs, sugar, light corn syrup, butter, and toasted pecans baked into a flaky crust. The hot-start oven gives a glossy, set top.

Bread machine white bread that doubles as a hand-shaped recipe: dump everything in, hit start, or pull the dough out after the second knead and bake two small loaves in the oven. Seven pantry ingredients.

Coconut pound cake baked from cold-oven start to a tall, golden tube cake. Built on cake flour and shortening for ultra-tender crumb, with shredded coconut and coconut flavouring throughout. Drizzle with sugar glaze if desired.

This potato and spinach frittata was delicious, and it had enough goodness for me to start off my day. You can use sweet potato, and other leafy greens such as kale and Swiss chard to make this frittata.

Cornmeal-crusted chicken breasts topped with creamy avocado slices, melted cheese, and cool sour cream. This baked chicken avocado melt uses cumin and garlic salt for a Southwestern kick and takes just 45 minutes from start to table.

Foolproof bread machine white bread enriched with butter, egg, and powdered milk for a soft, bakery-style loaf. Just layer the ingredients in your machine and press start for fresh-baked bread with a tender crumb and golden crust.

Wild rice, mushroom and egg mixture, sprinkling Parmesan cheese and prosciutto on top, under boiling melted cheese with brown edges prosciutto, there are all the nutrition you need as a breakfast, wild rice gives you extra fiber, a good start of a day.

The other day while we were watching Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen, chefs were making flatbread, basically like pizza, just different shape, which really made my craving for pizza come back to life. Then start making this sun-dried tomato, olive and basil pesto flatbread, and it was so good...

Who doesn't like coffee?! Love the aroma roasting flavor from the coffee beans, and you can enjoy it hot or cold. There are so many ways to make delicious coffee, such as this frozen mochaccino. Easy and tastes amazingly refreshing. Instead of starbucks, start to make your own. Not only help you save money, you will also fall in love with it!

"This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. I wish that I had that old crock."

Soft, tender bread machine loaf made with cream of wheat cereal for a uniquely smooth crumb. Just add ingredients, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Bread machine buttermilk wheat bread with tangy buttermilk, brown sugar, and an egg for soft, sandwich-ready slices. Dump, push start, walk away. Whole wheat cycle.

Clam and corn chowder with minced clams, creamed corn, and dill in a milk base. A pantry-friendly chowder ready in 20 minutes from start to bowl.

Pumpkin wheat bread for the bread machine: an autumn-spiced whole wheat loaf with real pumpkin puree. Set the cycle to whole wheat, press start, and walk away.

Start a fiesta in your kitchen with this scrumptious dish that's easy to make and enjoy!

A soft, honey-kissed buttermilk bread made entirely in the bread machine. Just add the ingredients, press start, and let the machine do the work.