Family favourites (old and new)
Rosemary ran the Queen’s University daycare back in the day and I was part of the first graduating class. Having recently immigrated to Canada from the UK I thought Rosemary had the most enchanting accent (ever) and I would do my very best to speak …
My Dad’s side of the family is Scottish so I decided to make a couple different kinds of shortbread this year. I did up a traditional Scottish shortbread which is basically butter, brown sugar and flour and a whipped shortbread which is butter (again), confectioner’s …
These are my friend Laura’s famous Christmas Tree Cookies. I forgot to write out the recipe and in truth they are super fiddley to make (even Laura says so). They are basically a linzer cookie (hazelnut cookie) filled with raspberry jam. I don’t know that I’ll ever make them on my own but they are so pretty and so tasty I’m sharing the photo. I’ll get the recipe from Laura later and post it for those of you who want to feel like Martha.
I make this recipe every holiday season. My kids love them and this recipe makes a tonne of cookies that freeze really well. In fact, they are great straight out of the freezer. My friend Stacy gave me the original base recipe and my friend …
This recipe comes via my good friend Laura’s kitchen (she makes very yummy things). It was one of the recipes we made on our cookie day. These are lovely, savoury bite sized pieces that melt in your mouth. They require restraint lest you have a …
I had a baking day with my friend Laura yesterday. Ok so it was a baking, mulled wine and cheese and crackers day. The base recipe is from Julee Rosso’s classic, Great Good Food. I thought it would be good with toasted almonds and dried cranberries…I was correct! They have a lovely complex flavour that is not too sweet but has just enough zip to keep you interested. Next time I think I may add some white chocolate chips to see what happens.
Supposed to make 45 but I think I made mine a little larger so we ended up with 2 dozen. No big deal. I can always make more.
You can also make a Gingerbread chip version of these by omitting the nuts and adding:
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp white pepper
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 c white chocolate chips
This is another recipe from the Woman’s Home Companion Cook Book. It was quite tasty with good ol’ fish sticks so I thought I’d share it. Ingredients: 3/4 c. Mayo 1 large finely chopped pickle 2 Tbsp finely chopped capers 1 Tbsp finely chopped parsley …
So…apparently only the bunny hill was open at Grouse Mountain on Friday so the girls decided they’d do some Christmas baking (aka destroying my kitchen). But, who am I to discourage the making of goodies. First up…Gingerbread with Caramel Sauce. The Gingerbread recipe came from …
My daughter loves Chinese green onion pancakes. She particularly likes the ones her friend Steph’s Mom Cathy makes. Cathy graciously shared her recipe with me and I made them tonight. They were delicious. Thank you Cathy!
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 c. water
1/4 c. flour
1/3 tsp of salt
3 chopped green onions (or you can substitute green pepper or celery)
Whisk ingredients together to make a batter. Heat a frying pan and pour in 1 Tbsp oil. When oil is hot ladle batter in (make smallish pancakes or if you have a crepe pan like I do you can make the bigger). Turn over when golden brown and cook another couple minutes until other side is golden brown. Serve hot.
These are simple but delicious and a great side dish.
So I finally managed to get some pork sausage so I could follow Jamie Oliver’s original recipe for Jool’s Pregnant Pasta. As luck would have it The Honest Butcher had not only pork sausage but pork sausage with fennel – oh happy day. I bought …