Recipes with margarine

Sliced apples tossed with pudding mix, layered over a press-in oat crust, topped with shredded American cheese and a buttery crumble. A sweet-savory apple pie with no rolling pin needed.

Quick focaccia dough with bread flour, active dry yeast, and a touch of milk powder for soft tenderness. A simple Italian flatbread base that rises in about an hour and bakes into a golden, dimpled loaf.

Quick cinnamon rolls using refrigerated biscuit dough filled with brown sugar, raisins, and cinnamon. Ready in 40 minutes with simple powdered sugar glaze.

Ribeye steaks dipped in melted butter and coated with a fiery three-pepper Cajun seasoning blend, then pan-seared in minutes. A quick blackened steak recipe with serious Louisiana heat.

This ultra-rich chocolate bar poundcake melts milk chocolate into buttermilk batter for a dense, velvety crumb that practically dissolves on your tongue. A showstopper dusted with powdered sugar.

Classic Southern red velvet cake with cocoa-tinted buttermilk batter and traditional cooked-milk ermine frosting. The original layer cake before cream cheese frosting became standard.

Great gorpies are trail mix cookies loaded with chocolate chips, peanuts, and raisins in a chewy brown sugar dough. A grab-and-go snack cookie inspired by classic gorp.

Grilled garlic butter shrimp skewers basted with a white wine, parsley, and red pepper sauce. Serve as a main dish or appetizer straight off the grill.

This colourful starter makes a great supper or lunch dish served with new green peas or a leafy salad. Its bright colours make it appealing to both adults and children and it easy to make.

Honey-nut ladder loaf bread made in just 60 minutes with rapid-rise yeast. A braided bread filled with almonds, raisins, coconut, honey, and cinnamon.

Honey-nut ladder loaf bread made in just 60 minutes with rapid-rise yeast. A braided bread filled with almonds, raisins, coconut, honey, and cinnamon.

Indian French toast: savory vegan besan-and-tofu batter with green chiles and onion, soaked into bread slices and pan-fried golden. A spicy eggless twist on breakfast toast, inspired by Indian besan toast.

Cream of green chile soup with potatoes, Monterey Jack cheese, and crispy corn tortilla strips. A rich, cumin-spiced bowl straight from New Mexico's kitchen.

Lighter cheese blintzes made with skim milk crepes and low-fat cottage cheese filling, pan-fried golden and topped with a quick homemade raspberry sauce. A diet-friendly brunch classic.

Crustless apple crunch pie with a brown sugar crumble and homemade cinnamon ice cream. Juicy, sour apples baked until tender and served warm with a quick no-churn cinnamon ice cream.

Quick herbed macaroni Parmesan tossed with fresh basil, Roma tomatoes, parsley, and grated Parmesan. A 15-minute weeknight pasta side dish.