Scroll down for a holiday gift for you (12 recipes!) and info about baking with me in 2026! So my intentions to write about cooking with kids each week after our sessions kinda got waylaid with, well, life! But don’t worry – we’ve had some amazing sessions since we prepared that excellent ratatouille back in … Read more
It’s been a while since we had a cooking with kids post – I only teach my junior cooking club 2 out of 3 terms a year but we just started again this week! Yay! In the past couple of years, the club has focused on baking, based on the amount of equipment (not much) … Read more
In our most recent baking session, Les Petits Chefs baking club made a recipe that I haven’t made in 6 years with the club – “Breakfast Fruit Pastries” from The Redpath Canadian Bakebook (aka: homemade pop tarts!). Last time I made these, I wrote: To be perfectly transparent, these photos don’t tell the whole story … Read more
Before we begin today’s post, did you know that May is Brain Tumour Awareness Month in Canada? Did you also know that 27 Canadians hear the words “you have a brain tumour” EVERY DAY? Many of you know that I was diagnosed with a meningioma in May of 2023 and underwent emergency surgery to remove … Read more
Before we begin today’s post, did you know that May is Brain Tumour Awareness Month in Canada? Did you also know that 27 Canadians hear the words “you have a brain tumour” EVERY DAY? Many of you know that I was diagnosed with a meningioma in May of 2023 and underwent emergency surgery to remove … Read more
Les Petits Chefs baking club welcomed a return guest chef into club last week – Kerry Beal aka The Chocolate Doctor! Kerry’s visited the school a few times before, the last time being in 2019, so it was lovely to welcome her back to our little club! Kerry is the inventor of the EZ Temper … Read more