Mmmm, cold rolls. I have been craving them since my picnic with Ash in the park, and needed to make a set for myself! As I was off to a dinner party, it was the perfect excuse to make cold rolls: you really do need to make them for a bunch of people! I love […]
This cake is perfect. I think it’s going to be the cake that I serve whenever I need to pull out a breathtaking dessert at the end of a meal. And only when plums are perfectly in season, like right now for those of us in Ontario. As you can see, I enjoyed this cake […]
I didn’t quite make it in by July, but phew! Another Daring Cooks’ Challenge, and I get to make my own nut butter! The July 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Margie of More Please and Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Puppies. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make their own […]
Inspired by the great success of my Cherry Almond Granola, and having run out (after much Greek-yogurt-breakfast & handfuls-for-snacks gobbling, plus a prezzie for Mum), it was time for a new granola. And I wanted to play around with the flavours; the idea of ginger & lemon zest in a granola had been calling to […]
How did I not know how easy it is to make granola? Seriously, this was a fabulous discovery for me — I can customize granola to be exactly how I want it, and in less than an hour? PERFECT. I think I threw in everything but the kitchen sink here: dried cherries, coconut, almonds and […]
This is my go-to French Toast recipe. It came about after I made an amazing dessert for Christmas dinner a couple years ago with poached pears and a cream cheese topping that had both vanilla and almond extract added to it. The combination wowed me, and it sprung to mind when I made a French […]
A quick diversion from Flatbread Mania, for frozen treats! In yet another case of “ice cream” without an ice cream maker, I present to you: Chocolate Almond Soft Serve. You may remember my discovery of the Coconut Banana “Soft Serve” that changed my life, or at least my dessert-related snacking. Well, I thought I needed […]
You may remember from my Tofu Satay post, that I’ve joined an online cooking challenge: The Daring Cooks. The group cooks a new (and shhh… secret) recipe every month, and forms a community around cooking the same recipe. They also have a baking group: The Daring Bakers. And I am hooked… this month was also […]
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