Recipes with milk, 2%

Irish honey soda bread with whole wheat, golden raisins, and caraway seeds. No yeast, sweetened with honey, ready in just over an hour. Authentic St. Patrick's Day baking.

This delicious treat can easily be made at home. You can change up the flavor by adding different extracts or add-ins like cookie crumbles, fruit, chopped nuts, candy, etc.---the possibilities are endless.

We didn't have English muffins, so used rosemary-olive oil bread that we bought from Costco instead, and it worked perfectly.

Roasted garlic potato soup with crisp bacon, oven-roasted whole garlic heads, and russet potatoes simmered with onions and carrots. Lower-fat creamy soup with bold smoky-sweet depth.

Triple strawberry cake: real strawberries three ways, reduced into the batter, folded into the cream cheese frosting, and layered fresh. A moist, intensely berry layer cake with no jello or fake flavor.

Popeye Pie is a crustless spinach quiche with fresh spinach, eggs, milk, Parmesan, celery, and nutmeg. Low-fat and diabetic-friendly, this savory pie has no pastry shell to weigh it down.

Quite nice, very soft creamy and delicate texture inside the cakes. The sweet and slightly spicy parsnip and sweet corn work well together. We served them with some homemade sweet chili sauce.

A creamy, tasty yet refreshing pasta dish. It's inexpensive to make, and it's ready within half an hour. An easy yet delicious dinner for a week day.

This recipe is my Great Grandmother Thorn's recipe. (GG's mother) So that would make it your Great Great Grandmother.

We liked it very much. The flavour is strong so make sure you serve it to those who like fish or cut down on the smoked salmon.

This is an easy quick bread, made with ingredients you most likely always have in your pantry. Include this delightful sweet in your afternoon tea, or enjoy for breakfast or snack time.

One of my variations of the Bisquick "Impossible Pie" type recipe. Quick and easy...great for breakfast, brunch or a light lunch.

Honey devil's food cake uses 2 cups of honey instead of sugar for a deeply moist, fudgy chocolate layer cake. Topped with a whipped chocolate honey frosting made from cocoa and heavy cream.

A boozy coffee punch with Kahlua, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream that serves 14 from one batch. This crowd-pleasing holiday drink comes together in minutes with no cooking required.

Streusel plum cake with a light, fluffy batter topped with halved plums, cinnamon-brown sugar crumble, and a vanilla glaze drizzle. Works with peaches, apples, or pears too.

Honey carrot soup blends baby carrots, chicken broth, onion, and a drizzle of honey into a silky pureed soup finished with nutmeg. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, served hot or chilled.

Slow cooker vegetable fettuccine with zucchini, broccoli, mushrooms, and carrots tossed in a creamy Parmesan-mozzarella sauce. A vegetarian crockpot pasta that does the work while you're out.

Spiced bran muffins with molasses, ginger, cloves, walnuts, and golden raisins. Made with whole wheat flour, egg whites, and yogurt for a lighter, healthier take.

Honey-sweetened muffins studded with chewy dried apricots and crunchy walnuts, warmed by a hint of ground ginger. No refined sugar, just floral honey doing all the work.

Macaroni, tuna salad suitable for main or sid dish

One-bowl chocolate sheet cake that bakes up tender and moist thanks to melted butter, cocoa powder and milk. Everything goes in one bowl, beat just until blended, then into a 13x9 pan. No mixer gymnastics, no fuss.

Serious comfort food that makes great heat and serve leftovers. Bacon Mac n' Cheese.

Protein-packed cinnamon oatmeal pudding with eggs stirred right into the oats. Topped with dried cranberries and milk, this quick healthy breakfast is ready in 12 minutes.

Pecan sweet potato casserole for two with a brown sugar-pecan streusel topping. A small-batch Thanksgiving side that scales down the classic marshmallow-free version into a 3-cup baking dish.

Ham and broccoli casserole topped with homemade drop biscuits. Cubed ham, cheddar cheese, and cream of mushroom soup baked under a golden Bisquick biscuit crust.

Baked mac and cheese loaded with smoky leftover ham and pan-fried onions, topped with melty mozzarella and golden breadcrumbs. The tastiest way to put that holiday spiral ham to work.

Mandarin orange cornbread with orange extract and canned mandarin slices stirred right into the batter. A sweet, citrusy twist on classic cornbread that bakes in 30 minutes.

Corn and zucchini casserole with a creamy bechamel, melty Monterey Jack cubes, and a garlic-oregano breadcrumb topping. A summer-harvest bake from Gold Medal flour.

Cauliflower-carrot soup pureed silky smooth with dry sherry, nutmeg, and a squeeze of lime. A light, elegant cream soup without the heavy cream.

A sugar-free white cake for diabetics, sweetened with sorbitol instead of sugar and lightened with whipped egg whites. A tender, fluffy, snowy white layer that's a versatile base for any frosting.