Family Ties to Beef My great-grandfather on my mom’s side of the family was a butcher in Jelgava, Latvia. My Auntie Laima told me that my grandma actually left school for a while to work at the butcher shop and learned a ton about cooking with meat. My mom said that her grandfather would just shake […]
President’s Choice Gluten-Free Crackled Chocolate Cookies
Tantalizing Treats for Creating Birthday Bliss As I mentioned the other day, I am a President’s Choice Ambassador for their “-free” products to help Canadians with food sensitivities. As a result, they sent me this high-tech basket full of goodies so I could make some of their gluten-free recipes. One of them is the following recipe […]
Littlest Hobo Chocolate Chip Muffins
I have been wanting to make Hobo Muffins FOREVER! I have been talking about it on Facebook non-stop but sometimes life gets in the way of baking. I hate it when that happens. But it finally happened! The inspiration and revelation came from 100 Desserts for $5 or Less by Angel Shannon. I love that these used […]
Inta Ridler’s Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe
Instant Pot Beef Barley Mushroom Stew With Sour Cream
Julie Ridler’s Christmas Breakfast Casserole
Easy No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake
I want to thank my sister Shannon for bringing this amazing super-easy no-bake Nutella cheesecake recipe to my attention. I made it right before my brother and Dad came to visit for Christmas and it was so simple to make. The Recipe In a large bowl, beat 2 room temperature packages of cream cheese and […]
Star Wars Bossk Brownies
In honour of the new Star Wars movie coming out, I turned to Wookiee Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook from some fun foodie inspiration. I choose Bossk Brownies. “Bossk was a male Trandoshan bounty hunter and the son of Cradossk who was known for hunting Wookies… Following the Battle of Hoth, Bossk would be called upon by Darth […]
Deconstructed Cordon Bleu
How To Make The Japanese Soup Broth Dashi
I came across the term dashi thanks to the Craftsy class Building Flavorful Soups, Peter Berley. Such a good class, I learned so much! I had always wondered why my miso soup did not taste like a miso soup from an authentic Japanese restaurant and dashi is the reason. It is a soup broth traditionally made […]