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Bananas, oats and yogurt make these muffins healthy and moist while the chocolate chips and walnuts add that touch of decadence.

Basic biscuit baking mix is a homemade Bisquick-style staple with flour, baking powder, dry milk, salt, and shortening. Makes 90 biscuits over 6 weeks of pantry storage. Just add water.

Lower-fat chewy oatmeal raisin cookies use applesauce and egg whites in place of butter and yolks. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, ready in 40 minutes. Drop cookie or 9x13 bar pan option.

Chickpeas toss with crisp bell peppers, scallions, and cilantro in a cumin-spiked dressing brightened by ginger, garlic, and fresh lemon juice. Chill overnight for a make-ahead potluck winner.

Crusty artisan-style French bread from your bread machine with just 6 ingredients. Poppy seeds add visual appeal and a subtle crunch to the golden exterior.

Vibrant pink beetroot dough swirls through pale yeast dough in this stunning two-tone loaf. Natural beet juice creates the vivid color while butter enrichment keeps the crumb soft and tender.

This is a great way to use up extra home made dressing. Cook pasta the day before. Then add your leftover dressing and marinate in the refrigerator overnight. The pasta will absorb all the goodness from the dressing and is perfect for a quick and easy lunch or supper.

A vegan pumpkin pie with a silky tofu-set custard, spiced with cinnamon, ginger and mace and sweetened with molasses, in a flaky from-scratch crust. An egg- and dairy-free holiday classic.

Lower-fat banana bread with fresh berries, made with whipped egg whites instead of whole eggs and just a third cup of margarine. A lighter quickbread that stays moist for days.

Cheesecake pancakes fold small-curd cottage cheese and vanilla into buttermilk pancake mix for protein-rich, slightly tangy breakfast stacks. Topped with a warm raspberry-lemon zest syrup that mimics cheesecake's classic berry sauce.

Pumpkin pie with ginger cookie crust trades pastry for crushed gingersnaps and lightens the filling with applesauce, maple syrup, and egg whites. A holiday pie with serious spice and a leaner profile.

A scrumptious vegetarian kind of Sloppy Joes' that's made with green bell peppers, tomato sauce and TVP.

Pannacotta is a bit like like very creamy "Jello", this one is sweetened slightly with sugar and gently flavored with a real vanilla. Panna cotta has roots as an Italian dessert. It is eaten all over Italy typically being served with fresh berries, caramel and chocolate. This recipe was inspired by a recipe in one of Gordon Ramsay's cookbooks.

Smooth and creamy, fresh and clean. Canned tomatoes work equally as well as fresh.

Potato leek soup pureed silky-smooth from russets, sweet leeks, onions and chicken broth. A five-ingredient French bistro classic, no cream needed.

Old-style wheat biscuits: tender, fluffy whole-wheat biscuits made with canola oil and a quick buttermilk substitute. A homestyle baked good ready in 30 minutes flat.