5 scrumptious maple Recipes

dates, chopped (250 g), italian biscotti cookie (125 g), cashew nuts , roasted, chopped (200 g), superfine sugar (400 g caster sugar), cornstarch (15 ml cornflour), baking powder, salt, egg whites, at room temperature, vanilla, cocoa powder, green fig , preserve (or bottled watermelon pieces or any fruit you think suitable), honey or maple syrup, sweetened whipped cream

baby spinach leaves (very fresh ), red onions (chopped ) or 1 other mild sweet onion (chopped), jicama , cut into match sticks (let sit in ice water awhile, to crisp), sweet red pepper (chopped ), carrot , cut into matchsticks, tomatoes, cut into halves (preferably vine ripened), toasted pecans (whole or chopped ), pure maple syrup, salt, rice vinegar (i use brown ), canola oil (other mild flavored vegetable oil ok), ground mustard

ham (7 lb. uncooked ), pepsi (or any dark colored soda -- coke, root beer, etc. not diet), maple syrup (plain or butter-flavored), light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, nutmeg

whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, low-fat milk, reduced-calorie maple syrup, margarine, melted, vanilla, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, egg whites