Recipes with spices

Instead of your regular sandwich loaf, make this applesauce-honey pumpkin bread, it's moist and packed with deliciousness from cinnamon, nutmeg, all-spice and cloves. Great for breakfast, or bake some mouth-watering bread puddings.

Make-ahead pumpkin chiffon pie with a cloud-light gelatin filling of pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg folded into stiff egg whites. Lighter than classic pumpkin pie and a Thanksgiving prep-day winner.

Quite tasty and filling. I used black bean instead of pinto beans, I also squeezed half of the lime juice into the dressing, and I omitted the tomatoes that I didn't have on hand. I did think a ripe yet juice tomatoes would add more great flavor. Served it on a bed of lettuce and home-baked tortilla chips.

Pumpkin pie cognac with a silky custard of half-and-half, dark brown sugar, candied ginger, and a generous splash of brandy. The grown-up holiday pie that smells like Thanksgiving in a glass.

A quick eye opener in the morning with my coffee. I always have the ingredients on hand.

These sweet and slightly sour pickled pears are soft and melt in your mouth. Serve it with grilled meat, sausages or hot dogs. A delicious and refreshing side dish.

Christmas memory fruitcake steams then bakes a bourbon-soaked, dense old-fashioned fruitcake loaded with Brazil nuts, raisins, candied fruit, figs, and warming spices. Heirloom holiday recipe.

Indian apple chutney: apples, onion, raisins, and warm spices simmered in malt vinegar with cumin, ginger, and mustard. A sweet-tangy condiment that improves with age in the jar.

Blueberry lovers muffins soak bran flakes cereal in milk for a tender, fiber-rich crumb dense with berries and warm spice. A lower-fat breakfast muffin with cinnamon and nutmeg punch.

Pumpkin pecan bundt cake from spice cake mix, canned pumpkin, and vanilla pudding for an extra-moist crumb. A 5-minute fall dessert dressed up with powdered sugar.

Orange pumpkin bran muffins with raisins and a wheat germ topping. Healthy, lightly sweetened breakfast or snack muffins ready in 25 minutes, made in one bowl.

"This pie definitely rates 5 stars. It's easy to assemble and a fantastic addition to your Thanksgiving dinner."

Rolled baklava: walnut, sugar, and cinnamon spiraled inside crisp phyllo, sliced into bite-size pinwheels, baked, and soaked in honey syrup. An easier take on classic baklava, finished with sesame and an apricot glaze.

Perfect for a fall or winter morning, a great way to use up any leftover pumpkin from pumpkin pie.

Oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries and three warm spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom. The chewy holiday-leaning take on the classic. Four dozen per batch.

Bon Appetit Vegetarian Chili with Chipotle Chilies recipe

Homemade chickpea hummus made with whole sesame seeds (in place of tahini) blended with lemon juice, garlic, cumin, cayenne and olive oil. A pantry-friendly Middle Eastern dip ready in 15 minutes.

Low-fat oatmeal raisin cookies built on applesauce instead of butter, with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and orange zest. Soft, chewy, and warmly spiced.

Moist banana bread swaps butter for applesauce and uses egg whites instead of whole eggs. Low-fat quick bread sweetened by 4 ripe bananas with cinnamon. Freezes up to 2 months.

Enjoy the sweet aroma of this drink that can warm you up on a cold night.

Dark molasses gingerbread cookies spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Dough chills overnight to develop flavor, then rolls out easily for classic cutout shapes. Makes 80 cookies.

Applesauce oatmeal cookies are soft, cakey, and warmly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, studded with raisins and oats. Applesauce keeps them moist and tender with only a little shortening.

Cinnamon-spiced zucchini bread loaded with walnuts and raisins. Bake it as a gorgeous bundt cake or two classic loaves. The best way to use up that summer garden zucchini glut.

Make-ahead overnight French toast casserole soaked in vanilla custard and topped with a maple-pecan brown sugar streusel. Pop it in the oven the morning of brunch and you've got hot French toast for a crowd.

If you love muffins, then you will simply adore this healthy, light snack that's perfect for dessert after dinner.

Covered strawberry pie bakes fresh berries into a juicy, cinnamon-kissed filling thickened with cornstarch, all tucked between two flaky pie crusts. An old-fashioned double-crust strawberry pie, not the usual no-bake glaze version.

A lower carb twist on a Thanksgiving tradition. No crust! And a tasty pecan and candied ginger streusel topping.

These delicious cola barbecued ribs will for sure satisfy your tummy.

Bakery-style blueberry muffins with a cinnamon streusel crumb topping. Two cups of berries pack each muffin while the pea-sized streusel bakes into a crackly sweet shell.

This is the other dhal we made yesterday, when the cooking was close to the end, added some spinach that was cooked with garlic, dried hot chili peppers and mustard seeds, which gave the dhal extra zing and tang, another delicious dhal recipe, of course another good recipe that you can serve with naan bread and raita :)

Robust beer chili with ground beef, fire-roasted peppers, and kidney beans. The beer adds malty depth while three-hour simmer creates complex, layered flavor.

Classic blueberry muffins bursting with fresh berries, warmly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Tender, golden-topped breakfast treats that bake up fluffy and moist.

Robb's Low-Cholesterol Pumpkin Pie with Oil Pastry recipe

This healthier version of chocolate zucchini rum cake is made with whole wheat flour, grape seed oil, apple sauce, a small amount of butter. Also has much less sugar than the original recipe, and the cake is super moist, packed with chocolate flavor and absolutely divine.

These scones have a fine, dense crumb with a little orange and cinnamon - a delicious combination of texture and flavour.

Toasted quinoa, sauteed spinach, hazelnuts and sun-dried tomato are tossed with salty feta cheese and extra-virgin olive oil, then stuffed into colorful sweet bell peppers. Not only look divine, but they also taste delicious.

Try this fruity delicious snack that is perfect for a treat after lunch.

If your recipe calls for Pumpkin Pie Spice and your pantry is well stocked with spices here's how to make it yourself using discrete spices. This recipe makes 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.

A nice Autumn flavor to these light muffins. The optional sugar topping makes a more crispy crust. To make these more diabetic friendly, I used Splenda for half of the sugar. Feel free to use all brown sugar.

Spiced molasses cookies perfect for decorating gingerbread men. Aromatic blend of ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg in rollable dough that holds intricate shapes.

Tender chocolate muffins made with applesauce instead of extra fat. Warming spices and optional raisins turn breakfast into a treat that feels indulgent but sneaks in fruit.

Masala coffee, the South Indian spiced coffee with cinnamon, cardamom, sugar, and milk. Boiled, strained, and pulled between pans for a thick, frothy cup.

Light, fluffy and chocolaty. Well satisfied all my cravings for something sweet and chocolaty, and the recipe was easy to follow. It was so exciting to watch how these beautiful and elegant souffles puffed up during the baking. Already saved it into my recipe box, will make it again for sure.

7-Up Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze recipe

Caribbean calabaza soup pureed silky with coconut milk, scallions, garlic, fenugreek, cumin, and allspice. Vegan, naturally creamy, and full of warm island spice.

Kangaroo striploin tartlet served with sweet potato (or kumara) and Australian Bush Tomato jus.

This very rich cake from the West Indies is ideal for those who prefer not to ice their Christmas cakes.

Such a delicious way to cook tofu. Packed with flavor, the tangy yogurt sauce adds extra creaminess. Perfect for your vegetarian family members or friends when summer BBQ party arrives.