4 simple spiced sweet Recipes

walnut halves, brown sugar (dark or lite (may use more if you prefer the nuts sweeter), cinnamon, smoked paprika, five-spice powder, roasted garlic cloves, butter

beef chuck cut into chunks, sweet potatoes (about 1 lb) cut into 1/2-inch-thick half-moons, whole peeled tomatoes, red onion cut into wedges, dried apricots, ground cumin, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, cayenne, kosher salt, couscous (1 1/2 cups), chickpeas rinsed, baby spinach (1 1/2 oz), roasted almonds chopped

whole-wheat pastry flour, kosher salt, earth balance vegan margarine (make sure it s good and cold), canola oil (olive, sunflower, and vegetable oils work too), plain unsweetened soymilk (or other nondairy milk, approx see directions), onion powder (1 tsp for savory pies), cinnamon sugar (1 tsp for sweet pies), sugar (1 tsp for sweet pies), pumpkin pie spice (1 tsp for pumpkin pies with pumpkin puree in place of soymilk)