When I was a kid, every fall my mom would make homemade sweet pickles. I am not one for sweet pickles very much but I did love to snack on these beauties. I always found them so unique, something you would not find at the grocery store but only in my childhood. I was inspired […]
Lorraine’s Newfoundland Blueberry Grunt Recipe
Normally I like to start off with a pretty picture but this is the closest to a pretty picture I can get when it comes to the Maritime traditional dessert, blueberry grunt. Don’t believe me? So what is blueberry grunt exactly? Dumplings cooked in a blueberry syrup. Heaven! Seriously, I think this would make a […]
My favourite salsa recipe
Lorraine’s British Baking Powder Blueberry Tea Biscuits
Those who subscribe to my newsletter may recognize this cookie jar! I sometimes have problems with my iron levels so my mother-in-law Lorraine suggested I make her tea biscuits and have them with molasses which are high in iron. Well you know what is also high in iron? Blueberries! So I compromised and made her […]
Wild Nova Scotia Blueberry Freezer Jam
Peaches and Cream Panna Cotta
This who subscribe to my newsletter may recognize that glass bowl holding the peaches! This is my first panna cotta. This is also my recipe. Yup, I have been a mad scientist in the kitchen lately. Why? Everybody seems to make the same type of panna cotta (which sounds a bit boring) and I really wanted […]
Celebrate National Barbecue Day!
Recently the charity Meal Exchange wrote and informed me that Saturday August 7th is National Barbecue Day! Canadians are invited to register their own backyard barbecue parties to bring their friends and neighbors together for a good cause and potentially win the trip of a lifetime with Westjet! In honour of National Barbecue Day I made this grilled veggie salad. Unfortunately […]
Giant Portobello Mushroom Pizza
We had a dark, stormy and unusually cool day yesterday so I decided it was time to experiment in the kitchen. With the temperatures much lower than “scorching” I could finally turn on the oven. Believe it or not I used one portobello mushroom to make this entire pizza! My hands are small but they are […]
