You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • shortening
  • eggs
  • buttermilk
  • mashed bananas - about 3-4
  • flour
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • chopped nuts

This recipe is a different twist on the traditional crème brûlée. This dessert is just like those served in restaurants, only better because you prepared it with quality in mind—not quantity!

ready in about two hours; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • dark chocolate
  • granulated sugar
  • granulated white or brown sugar
  • powdered sugar
You might need to buy:
  • 8" whole wheat tortillas
  • olive oil
  • minced garlic clove
  • black soybeans
  • scallions thinly sliced
  • lime quartered
  • salt and pepper
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • Peanut Oil
  • raw cashews
  • roughly chopped onions
  • roughly chopped mushrooms

If using a kosher chicken, skip brining and begin with step 2. Broiling the fully roasted and quartered chicken skin-side up as it sits in a shallow pool of sauce crisps and browns the skin while keeping the meat succulent. If you decide to skip the broiling step, go directly from quartering the chicken to finishing the sauce with lemon juice, butter, and herbs. See the related Quick Tip for more information on closing the cavity of the chicken with a wooden skewer.

You might need to buy:
  • kosher salt or 1/2 cup table salt
  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • medium lemons
  • ground black pepper
  • low-sodium chicken broth
  • minced fresh parsley leaves
  • minced fresh thyme leaves
ready in about 20 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • butter
  • creamed honey
  • rum
  • mixed spice

Serve with baked potatoes, baked butternut squash, steamed broccoli, and a green salad.

serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • vegetable oil
  • brown sugar
  • apple cider vinegar
  • corn starch
  • worcestershire sauce

Eliminate the Nilla wafers to make this a gluten-free dessert!

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • 8oz packages of cream cheese
  • eggs
  • sugar
  • Nilla wafers cookies
ready in about an hour and 45 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • chilled heavy cream
  • pure peppermint extract
ready in about 40 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • yellow cake mix w/pudding
  • sugar
  • lemon juice
  • eggs
  • oil