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Pumpkin Desserts for Thanksgiving

If a pumpkin dessert is your favourite way to end a Thanksgiving feast you’re not alone. When I surveyed our subscribers about their favourite foods to bake around thanksgiving, pumpkin recipes – sweet pumpkin recipes — came in first by a long shot. To be fair, many of you also voted for apple desserts. More […]
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Pumpkin Desserts for Thanksgiving

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 thick and chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a healthy snack

Thick & Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Crispy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are no-bake and easy. This is a nut-free recipe.

Crispy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are Wholesome & School-Friendly

Breads

Lofty cornmeal biscuits

Sweet Cornmeal Biscuits

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins Have Joy in Every Bite

Quick and easy blueberry oat muffins are wholesome and satisfying

Quick & Easy Blueberry Oat Muffins

Whole wheat chocolate zucchini muffins are true muffins -- only 1/2 cup sugar on a one-dozen batch. They aren't too sweet and get an extra flavour kick from a little molasses.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

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Cookies

thick and chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a healthy snack

Thick & Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These easy five-ingredient peanut butter cookies are chewy in the middle and crispy on the outside in that irresistible peanut butter cookie way. Gluten-free & flourless.  

Five-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are Flourless & Gluten Free

These crispy, wholesome flax gingersnap cookies are quick to mix up, and are low in sugar and fat. 

Heather’s Vanilla Flax Gingersnap Cookies

Cape Breton Molasses Biscuits: an old fashioned, not-too-sweet, thick-cut molasses cookie.

Cape Breton Molasses Biscuits

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Cakes

Old Fashioned Gingerbread

This whole wheat apple snack cake is like a muffin, only easier. Made with 100% whole wheat flour, a full three cups of apple, and sweetened naturally with honey and molasses, this cake is about as wholesome as they get.

Whole Wheat Apple Snack Cake (Refined sugar free)

This lightly spiced maple molasses zucchini cake is moist and not too heavy. A great recipe if you're feeding a crowd. 

Maple Molasses Zucchini Cake

This easy molasses chocolate cake recipe is delicious and practical. It's dairy and egg-free, makes a 9"x 13" cake or two 8" cakes for layering, and stays moist, even after a few days.

Molasses Chocolate Cake (egg & dairy-free)

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Main Dishes

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Hearty Guinness stew is late winter comfort food at it's best. Filled with root vegetables and loaded with flavour this warming meal is delicious and satisfying. Ready in an hour.

Hearty Guinness Stew (with beef or chicken)

Sweet and sour turkey meatballs make great party food but can also be enjoyed as a main dish meal. The delicious sauce comes together quickly and suits all sorts of meatballs, including beef and pork.

Sweet and Sour Turkey Meatballs

Spicy Salmon with mustard & Molasses is a weeknight meal that really is ready in under 30 minutes.

Spicy Salmon with Mustard and Molasses

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Salads & sides

This savoury molasses sauce is the best way I know to add oomph to winter vegetables. It has a wonderfully rich flavour -- sweet and buttery with a little tanginess from cider vinegar.

Magical Molasses Sauce for Winter Vegetables (+ video)

This easy recipe for spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes makes it easy to eat more vegetables. The marinade has some tang from the vinegar and bite from the mustard and hot sauce which balance the sweet of the potatoes.

Spicy Molasses Roasted Sweet Potatoes (+how-to video)

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Gluten Free

Crispy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are no-bake and easy. This is a nut-free recipe.

Crispy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are Wholesome & School-Friendly

These easy five-ingredient peanut butter cookies are chewy in the middle and crispy on the outside in that irresistible peanut butter cookie way. Gluten-free & flourless.  

Five-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are Flourless & Gluten Free

Healthy chocolate dessert hummus is a tasty treat that's filled with all sorts of wholesome ingredients. It's a good source of fibre, folate, iron and more. Refined sugar free.

Healthy Chocolate Dessert Hummus

Golden Ginger Energy Bites are a nutritious snack filled with turmeric and ginger. Gluten-free and vegan

Golden Ginger Energy Bites

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Barbecue

Ginger cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches start with spicy ginger crinkle cookies. Sandwiched in the middle is a ginger molasses toffee crunch ice cream. The result is the best ice cream sandwich of my life.

Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Quick molasses cornbread muffins

Quick Molasses Cornbread Muffins to Suit Every Meal

Easy homemade ketchup recipe is ready in 10 minutes

Easy Homemade Ketchup Recipe is Ready in 10 Minutes

This easy recipe for spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes makes it easy to eat more vegetables. The marinade has some tang from the vinegar and bite from the mustard and hot sauce which balance the sweet of the potatoes.

Spicy Molasses Roasted Sweet Potatoes (+how-to video)

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