This really delicious Baked Apple and easy-to-make recipe is perfect for the season. Cinnamon and raisins warm you during cold and windy winter evenings.
Healthy Desserts
Fig Filling for Pastry
This recipe is the traditional filling used at Christmas time as a filling for Italian cookies but surely could be used for filling puff pastry. Leftovers can be stored in refrigerator in tightly covered container. This recipe can easily be doubled.
Limeabalemon Glaciate
Slightly bitter and extremely refreshing, this is one instance of what I have dubbed blender-miracles. Throw everything in and blend away! Make sure to use a well-ripened banana to add extra sweetness. If the end result is still slightly too bitter, blend in sugar to taste. This pairs nicely with a balsamic salad.
Blueberry Pie in a Jar
This is an excellent way to can blueberries for a quick and easy pie. It’s virtually identical to the costly canned pie filling found in the grocery store.
Orange Baked Alaska
A refreshing twist on a traditional Baked Alaska! Orange sherbet and orange are served in orange shells and topped with a toasted meringue. Wow!
Healthier Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
Blueberries are both healthy and great tasting. I altered this original recipe by adding a bunch of them, along with some dried cranberries and some yogurt for butter. They are still big and chewy and super yummy but healthier as well.
Healthier Too Much Chocolate Cake
Even this healthier version of Denise’s cake might win First Prize at the county fair! We used natural cake mix and light sour cream with great results.
Chef John’s Peach Melba
Peach Melba was created for Victorian era opera star Nellie Melba by the greatest chef of the time, Auguste Escoffier, who also named some thin, crispy toasts in her honor years later.
Healthier (but still) The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
These sugar cookies are amazing but I wanted to try to cut some calories so I replaced some of the sugar with a sugar-like sweetener. They still taste great and now they are pretty guilt free. If you decide to ice them, I would keep it light — maybe some cute dots!
Healthier White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
This recipe still packs all the flavor of a great restaurant-style cheesecake, but we made it healthier by using lighter dairy products and less butter and sugar.
Plum Flummery
This is a delicious fruity mousse with a great plum tang, making good use of pre-stewed plums, especially handy at that time of year when you have too many plums and quite enough jam, thank you very much! The preparation time is mostly waiting time for the mixture to chill sufficiently.
Plum Dumplings
Traditional Macedonian recipe from my great-grandmother. The plums needed to make this are only available in late August.
Fruit Bake
The sweetness of fruit combines with the tartness of rhubarb, delivering a tasty end to a meal or an anytime snack. Serve hot or cold with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
