15 flower recipes

Cut-out sugar cookies with vanilla and almond extract. Buttery, soft-set centers with crisp edges. Roll, cut into flowers or shapes, decorate with icing for any occasion.

Homemade flower bread shapes a soft enriched dough into a pretty twisted flower: strips bundled, twisted, and tucked, then egg-washed to a glossy gold. A showy, soft-crumbed bread for jam or butter.

Easter is almost here. It is another good time you can spend with your kids making some lovely and cute Easter cupcakes, these flower cupcakes are very simple and easy, and they look beautiful.

Super easy to make and lots of fun for kids. They are very easy to make!

This unique and delicious recipe calls for gummy worms, oreo cookies and whipped topping.

This variation on pancakes uses the yellow puffs of the dandelion, a good source of Vitamin A.

Chinese-style corn soup with browned pork and silky egg ribbons swirled through creamed corn broth. Just five ingredients and 35 minutes for a bowl of pure comfort.

Delicately flavored orange cookie cups, topped with an orange, almond-paste filling.

Ricotta-stuffed zucchini flowers filled with creamy ricotta, Asiago, chopped almonds, basil and parsley. Delicate squash blossoms baked until warm, elegant enough for company, easy enough for a summer Tuesday.

Bluefish fillets sealed in parchment with fresh orange segments, oregano flowers, red onion, and Italian parsley. Baked until the fish is flaky and fragrant. A simple, elegant Italian-inspired dinner.

Initial testing looks positive. A tasty chocolate cookie that is both low fat and low calorie.

Lower-fat ricotta cheesecake with no crust, no cream cheese, and no sour cream. Light and fluffy with lemon zest and vanilla, topped with fresh strawberries.

Creamy lox dip with smoked salmon, cream cheese, sour cream, and fresh chives. A Lower East Side-inspired spread for bagel chips, cucumbers, and crudites, ready in 10 minutes.

Lighter beef stroganoff with lean sirloin strips and mushrooms in a creamy paprika sauce made from light sour cream and nonfat yogurt. The mushrooms cook in broth instead of butter, so it tastes rich without the fat. Served over egg noodles.

Lower-fat Philly cheesesteak with thinly sliced flank steak, sauteed peppers and onions, and reduced-fat cheddar on hoagie rolls. Broiled until bubbly in 20 minutes.