Like jewels in a crown, colorful fruit sits atop puff pastry, nestled in a sweet, creamy filling. This special-occasion dessert lives up to its name: It's beautiful and easy.
Give a classic dessert a twist and you've got a smart breakfast option: cottage cheese, crunchy almond cereal and sweet peaches top a waffle. Waking up never tasted so good.
This homemade pudding in this layered dessert is divine, economical, and uses on-hand staples such as milk, eggs, flour, sugar and bananas. The peanut butter sandwich cookies take this trifle over the top.
This frozen dessert requires no ice-cream maker--just freeze the mixture in a pan, and scrape with a fork. If you'd like to spruce up the granita, top with chopped or halved fresh strawberries and grated lemon zest.
If you are seeking comfort food on the sweet side, this warm and yummy apple dessert, made with cinnamon and nutmeg, fits the bill. —Megan Maze, Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Whole strawberries are dipped once in melted semi-sweet chocolate and a second time in chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs for a simple, yet elegant, dessert.
“This is one of my favorite cakes…it’s moist and light yet so satisfying. I’ve been adapting it for years and now it’s almost guilt-free,” says Pam Sjolund of Columbia, South Carolina.
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to love this meat-free twist on the classic French dish coq au vin (chicken and mushrooms simmered in a red-wine sauce
No need for specialty ingredients to make this Italian dessert. Reduced-fat cream cheese and whipped topping make it easy to prepare and under 200 calories per serving.
