Rye soda bread rolls with 1847 Stone Milling flours on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Rye soda bread dinner rolls

Bread. It’s something I am working on mastering. Slowly…  The thing I find with bread is the timing is often the biggest challenge – when I work backwards from the time I want to be enjoying my freshly-baked loaf, it sometimes means I am starting it in the middle of the night. I never seem … Read more

Kids making Amy Bronee's cranberry sauce on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Les Petits Chefs make cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the generosity of the Toronto food community is something I am grateful for every single day.  When I launched my guest chef programme with my Petits Chefs cooking club a few years ago, I never imagined they’d be working with some of Toronto’s top chefs, both … Read more

Slow cooker curried squash soup with naan on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenge for November 2014: Slow cooker curried squash soup and Naan

I’m completing two of November’s Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenges today – working with slow cookers and making something starting with the letter “N” !  First up, let’s talk slow cookers. I know we often think about using a slow cooker for something like chili or stew but how about a soup?  Normally when I … Read more

Flatbread, sweet potato hummus and yoghurt dip on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Les Petits Chefs make Jamie Oliver’s flatbread and dips

Healthy snacking. It IS possible and you CAN make your snacks from scratch, cheaper and healthier than store-bought versions. That was the lesson I wanted to teach Les Petits Chefs this week – inspired by this article by Ren Behan over on JamieOliver.com about bread, pizza and pasta with kids. Ever since I read her … Read more