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After my last disastrous attempt to make gingerbread, I turned to my mother-in-law Lorraine for a reliable recipe. Here is how it goes… Beat 2 eggs with 3/4 cup of brown sugar. Add 3/4 cup of molasses and 3 tbsp of melted shortening. Sift together 2 1/4 cups of flour, 2 1/2 tsp of baking […]
If you are looking for a tangy and tart homemade lemon curd recipe, here is one from Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens. I cut the recipe down a little because I did not want a huge batch but I will type up the recipe as it appears in the book. I also just realized that […]
Yes, it is that time of year! Actually it has been for a while, I am just really behind this year when it comes to holiday baking. Here are my first cookies of the season. After another gingerbread debacle (will be sharing that story tomorrow) I gave up on that holiday treat and decided to […]
Remember when I made that bannock taco thanks to my dear friend Fran’s inspiration? Well this time she inspired me to make a donair using her homemade tzatziki sauce that let me do a taste test of my homemade yogurt. She agreed to let me share her recipe with you! This is my version of her […]
I wanted to make gingerbread which made me think of two things. First, that I learned from my visit to Peggy’s Cove last year that if I wanted gingerbread I had better make a lemon sauce for it! Second, to get the real east coast experience I was going to refer to the cookbook Out of Old Nova […]
I have always wondered how homemade applesauce would compare to store-bought. Until now I have depended on those anemic jars of applesauce for doing low fat baking and then that jar would sit in my fridge until I had to let it go. Eating out of jars just is not much fun as making food […]
It is cold. It is snowing. I want to cry. But I don’t. Instead, I make soup! I also bake when I am sad and cold but I kind of need a break from sweets, President’s Choice has me baking up a storm. I am craving REAL FOOD, aka, homemade soup from scratch. It is so […]
Technically, these are actually my friend Wayne’s Chipotle Pinto Beans recipe but when I went to the grocery store they had no pinto beans… at all! Not even in a can! A man at the store said, “Something ain’t right when a grocery store runs out of beans.” So true! I bought white pea beans […]
I first heard about bannock bread when I moved to British Columbia. It is a traditional fried bread of the First Nations people and I have always, always wanted to try making it. Heck, I just wanted to see what it tasted like! When I moved to Vancouver Island one of the first friends I made […]
I have been doing a lot of recipe testing for The Geometry Of Pasta: The Perfect Shape + The Perfect Sauce published by Quirk Books (review to follow) and wanted to share their recipe for Farfalle Con Broccoli E Alici with you. A wonderful pasta dish using bowtie pasta, broccoli, anchovies and cream. In a large pot bring a generous […]
