Recipe Sifter

Homemade flatbread you cook in a frying pan, no oven needed. A soft yeast dough rolled into thin rounds and toasted until lightly golden and pillowy, ready to fold around curry or any savory filling.

Eggnog waffles use leftover holiday eggnog instead of milk for warm spiced flavor and a tender, custardy interior. Optional pecans or walnuts add crunch. A festive December brunch.

Healthy whole wheat bread for the bread machine, layered with rolled oats, wheat germ, bran, sesame seeds, and a drizzle of molasses for deep flavor. Multi-grain texture and a tender, sliceable crumb. Set it and forget it.

Tavern biscuits are a colonial-era American sweet biscuit spiced with nutmeg and mace. Crisp at the edges, tender in the middle, and just sweet enough to serve with tea, coffee, or a glass of cold milk.

Apple and black currant scones with dried apple chunks, tart currants, and a hearty whole wheat plus wheat germ base. High-fiber, lower-fat scones with deep flavor and a crisp golden top.

Chicken with stir-fry vegetables tosses sliced chicken breast with celery, carrots, red bell pepper, mushrooms, zucchini, and water chestnuts in a lemon teriyaki glaze. Quick wok dinner ready in 40 minutes.

Sweet sour pickled mushrooms in tarragon vinegar with garlic and a hit of hot sauce. No-cook overnight marinade for an easy antipasto, salad topper, or party appetizer.

Six Can Casserole is the easiest dump-and-bake dinner you'll ever make. Canned chicken, cream soups, chow mein noodles, and melted cheddar bake into bubbly comfort food with just 5 minutes of prep.

Soft, pillowy Czech-style yeast dumplings (knedliky) made from bread flour, milk, egg, and yeast. Simmered in boiling water and sliced thick to soak up gravies and sauces.

Favourite breakfast apple muffins are sweetened entirely with apple juice concentrate, no white sugar at all. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped fresh apples make these a real morning muffin.

Basic naan made from just four pantry ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, and water. The two-stage cook (griddle then broiler) gives you those signature blistered, charred spots without a tandoor.

Amaretto coffee: hot coffee laced with almond-sweet amaretto liqueur and topped with whipped cream. The 5-minute after-dinner cocktail-coffee for cozy nights and dinner parties.

Rhubarb strawberry jam preserves the brightest pairing of early summer in jars, with crushed strawberries, simmered rhubarb, sugar, and liquid pectin. Sweet, tart, and water-bath canned for shelf-stable storage.

Old-fashioned cornmeal pancakes with a hearty corn flavor and tender, slightly grainy texture from a hot-water cornmeal soak. Heritage breakfast pancakes from grandma's Sunday-morning rotation.

Melted butter mixed with brown and white sugars creates thick, bakery-style chocolate chip cookies that stay soft in the center with crisp edges when baked at precisely 325°F.

Just like the name, this bread pudding is buttery, creamy and it looks beautiful as well. I adapted this recipe from Donna Hay magazine. If you love bread pudding, give it a try and you will love it.