From the category archives:

Quick breads

Rosemary, Raisin and Pecan Crisps

December 16, 2009

I can’t believe I’m about to make these again. The recipe makes a two loaf pans’ worth and the entire batch is almost gone.
Bored with plain crackers and still hyperventilating from the sticker price on the artisanal crisps, I was thrilled to find a knock-off recipe in Julie Van Rosendaal’s book Grazing: A Healthier Approach [...]

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Rhubarb Muffins Two Ways

June 17, 2009

Since I didn’t blog yesterday I’m double dipping today.
First I’m answering Debbie’s question from her contest entry. She asks.
What’s the difference between a sweet potato and a yam?
Seems Debbie isn’t the only one who’s confused. Google yielded 24,700 hits when I typed in her question. Even the Library of Congress has an article about the [...]

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Christmas Breakfast – Buttermilk Scones

December 16, 2008

I don’t know how my mother did it. She used to serve a homemade Swedish tea ring, fresh scones, fruit salad, scrambled eggs, sausages and hot chocolate for Christmas breakfast. We faced this gargantuan meal mere hours after gorging on a full Christmas Eve dinner, complete with a chocolate Yule log. No wonder it was [...]

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Shrove Tuesday

February 5, 2008

Shake up the old Batter Blaster. It’s Shrove Tuesday. This means there’s pancakes for supper and no one will stop you from having seconds or even thirds. In some circles, it’s even encouraged — but be warned. They’ll take gorging as a sign you intend to give up something really important for Lent – like [...]

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Pushing the Organic Envelope

January 2, 2008

Organic is a real buzz word these days. I’ve seen organic choco-bears cereal, organic peanut butter cup cookies and admit to indulging in embarrassing amounts of organic chocolate, myself. While all food is technically organic because it contains carbon, people assume if it’s bears the label it must be good for you (which I’m [...]

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Breakfast, Canadian Style

April 10, 2007

Ten-year-old Nicholas and his family are coming to visit from Australia. Being fresh out of Vegemite, I was a bit worried about what to give him for breakfast. While his parents assure me he’s easy to feed, after hearing his enthusiastic request for pancakes, I’m now concerned we won’t be able to fill him up.
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Super Bowl Sunday Scones

February 4, 2007

No fan of football, I usually spend Super Bowl Sunday hosting a civilized English tea to counteract the intolerable testosterone levels. Relish Magazine liked this idea and published my article, Tea, Anyone? in their current issue.
For copyright reasons, I won’t post the recipe here, but if you want to make the most mouthwatering Super Bowl [...]

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Zen Bread

September 9, 2006

Someone restrain me. I’m about to go to the year’s biggest knitting fair and spend all my life’s savings on ridiculously expensive wool and patterns I’ll never have time to knit. Even if I started right now, gave up sleep and did nothing else 24 hours a day I still couldn’t knit my stash of [...]

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Blueberry Goo

September 1, 2006

Sometimes recipes shouldn’t get past the theory stage. Crockpot desserts fall into this category.
I was in an experimental mood one Super Bowl Sunday and decided to make a new dessert for my annual girls-only I Hate Super Bowl Sunday High Tea — Crockpot Blueberry Crumble. Although I questioned how a crumble topping would crisp if [...]

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Pancakes in The Patio

June 30, 2006

Tomorrow is Canada Day and my family usually gathers sometime during the long weekend for a tradition we call Pancakes in The Patio. As the title suggests, we get together and eat pancakes. On the patio. In fact, we make the pancakes on the patio. This involves many yards of orange electrical cord and a [...]