This year I decided to give my in-laws muffins for Christmas. They are elderly, it’s just the two of them, and she doesn’t bake much anymore. They still enjoy baked goods–especially muffins–so I gave them nine muffins from each of my very best muffin recipes. I baked them all the week of Christmas, then froze… Read More
Win this gorgeous Le Creuset 2-Quart cherry batter bowl! Don’t you need this in your kitchen? For a chance to win: Show me your family favorites! Whether it’s a main dish, a dessert, a side, or anything else, show me what your family is loving right now. Submit a recipe then leave a comment on… Read More
I am still in a scone-y mood, which I find surprising since I have never enjoyed the scones you can buy in coffee shops. Similar to hockey pucks or compressed hard tack, to me, they’ve always held the appeal of a urinal cake. But! Since I have started cooking, I’ve learned I like all sorts… Read More
These are wild choke cherries, also called “pin cherries” by some. They are very bitter, but as with most of the small wild fruits, such as crab apples, they have a lot more flavour than their domesticated cousins do. The secret is to use the clear juice alone and NONE of the pulp, and more… Read More
Since true clafoutis are always made with cherries, calling this a cherry clafouti is redundant. Sorry about that. I did it to differentiate between clafouti and flaugnarde, which is like a clafouti only made with some other kind of fruit. According to Wiki, the proper word is Clafoutis, from the verb clafir, meaning “to fill”… Read More
In my house, the kitchen is the most used room. At any given time there is something going on in there. The only time the kitchen is quiet is when everyone is asleep. My kitchen is the hub of the household. Everything comes through the kitchen at some point in time. It is where pockets… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More