Avocado, walnuts, eggs, dark chocolate – check! Individually all good for you, combined – oh my goodness, a slice of heaven on a plate! I was out shopping the other day and bought a big bag of avocadoes. The last time I bought a big bag of avocadoes from that big store that sells everything [...]
This is a super simple cake recipe to do. Best part again is flexibility with what fruit or berries you have available at the moment or are shopping for. In my case, we eat a ton of apples so we always have apples in the fruit bowl. I'm using Ambrosia apples for this recipe, but [...]
In these stressful times we tend to gravitate to what brings us comfort. In my case it is spending enormous amounts of time looking for delicious recipes to cook or bake. Not all the recipes I look at I spend time with. Some recipes I may never try either because there isn’t flexibility in ingredients [...]
I think just about everyone has finally been able to get all purpose flour by now. If you were one of the few that bought a bag of whole wheat flour and didn't know what to do with it not that the all-purpose is available, here is a recipe for you. I have various types [...]
In my “Some Like it Hot” cooking class, I made a Mango Jalapeno Cheesecake - yes everyone loved it. Candied jalapenos, fresh (or canned if fresh ripe mangos are not available) mango puree, cream cheese and a biscuit crust. Well I’m using that as inspiration for these cookies. Only this time, I’m using habaneros (scotch [...]
Got a wonderful call a few weeks ago! A delightful couple, Alysha and John, were getting married. It wasn’t a surprise – 12 months in the making. It was scheduled at a lovely venue in Kleinburg, but circumstances changed – corona and all, so the wedding would need to be postponed. But you can't keep [...]
When life gives you lemons, exchange them for over ripe bananas then make this delicious whole wheat and all-purpose banana bread with toppings of choice. From the good folks at King Arthur Flour, I bring you this adapted healthy-ish (it has all-purpose and whole wheat flours in it plus fruit and dairy - you know, [...]
Here’s an interesting “shortbread-like” recipe that has only 4 ingredients and can be made in a food processor. What?! It’s true my friends! I must admit I’m not a shortbread fan, but l am a fan of baking and cooking. This recipe from Melissa Clark at the NY Times site is fool proof. I like [...]
This is a cake making the rounds right now on the internet. It’s unusual – I would never have thought to put turmeric in a sweet cake. But it works! It also gives the cake a brilliant yellow hue. It isn’t featured anywhere with the icing, I just thought it would be a nice finish [...]
Truth be known, this is a recipe that called for rhubarb. Couple of things, I'm not growing rhubarb in my backyard nor have I bought any as I just saw this posted by Lucy Waverman, another Canadian food icon. It would be amazing with rhubarb, I can just taste the sour/sweet rhubarb blending in but [...]
