A smooth and flavorful pureed vegetable soup with watercress and habanero peppers. Served with crusty French bread and a drizzle of good extra virgin olive oil and vinegar for the perfect finishing touch.

A combination of ground beef, onion, green pepper, and Cheddar cheese baked in a loaf.

Steaks are pan-fried and served with a rich mushroom-wine topping. This is an easy recipe. My family just loves the mushroom topping. Add some boiled carrots and mashed potatoes to make a wonderful meal.

Bright, crisp and spicy with crushed green peppercorns, fresh red chile pepper and garlic, these green beans will add lots of flavor and color to your meal. If you can't find Chinese yardlong or 'snake' beans, then regular green beans will do just fine.

This is a simple clear soup made by simmering carrots, potatoes and ribs in seasoned water for several hours.

These muffins can also be made with grated apple.

This creamy fudge is everything you would expect in a fudge; creamy, very chocolate-y, and addictive. It has reduced fat ingredients to take away some the guilt associated with a dessert of such proportions.

A traditional Easter fruitcake decorated with marzipan balls that represent the 11 Apostles (Judas was excluded.)

This West African seafood stew is a delightful departure from cooking your old standby. A flavorful combination of ground beef and seafood is complimented nicely by ground seeds and finely chopped spinach in a tomato base spiced with habanero.

Individual 'pizzettes' with roasted onions and butternut squash, seasoned with rosemary and finished with Parmesan or Asiago cheese.

Don't worry! It's not really eagle! This is an easy elbow macaroni salad that my Aunt makes. Everybody LOVES it!

This punch is so delicious, I sometimes make a batch without the rum because the kids enjoy it as much as the adults!

My family's favorite vegetable. They are great for the holdiays, too!

Use this stock to make the Awesome Sausage, Apple and Dried Cranberry Stuffing. It can be made up to two days ahead, stored refrigerated in an airtight container.

My favorite Valentine breakfast. A sheet of sponge cake with dollops of cherry pie filling in each serving. Perfect for brunch, or anytime.

Dates and raisins are simmered in a touch of wine, rolled with cinnamon and nuts into bite-sized balls, and dusted with confectioners' sugar to make a scrumptious treat for your holiday gathering.

Mock chopped liver in this recipe is made out of lentils. This dish tastes just like the real thing without the cholesterol of real liver! Serve mounded on a platter with crackers.

Simple country styled pork ribs with low-carb BBQ sauce.

After finding tons of recipes calling for ginger-garlic paste, but only finding ginger paste or garlic paste, but not both, at local grocery stores, I decided to find a recipe for it myself. Basically it is just equal amounts of ginger root and garlic pulsed together. Store in the refrigerator or freezer. You may use water in place of the oil, but it will not keep as long.

If you're looking for a new twist on tomato sauce, you've found it in this recipe! Tomatoes are simmered with onion, garlic, bell peppers and peanuts.

Very easy to make and delicious.

More egg whites than yolks and low-fat sweetened condensed milk are the signature features of this altered flan.

I have cut back the oil and sugar in this recipe while maintaining all the moistness of the original, and even added an extra boost of flavor in the process! This is a free sample recipe from our Quick-Smart (TM)premium recipe collection. The complete Premium Collection is available by subscription only.

This recipe is high in simple sugar; so, if the plums are sweet reduce the sugar to taste. This recipe goes very well with Praline Sweet Potatoes. If you are making more than 1 pound of turkey, add 20 minutes per pound to your cooking time. Remember, plums are just prunes with better complexions. They're high in chromium and fiber, too.

A homemade mustard spread that's great on sandwiches.