Remember earlier this month when I announced that today, February 24th, is Canada’s eighth National Cupcake Day – raising money for SPCAs and Humane Societies across the country? That’s right – today is all about cupcakes – and raising money to help animals in need all around Canada. This is my eighth year participating and […]
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Les Petits Chefs bake pear blueberry cheesecake galettes from Duchess at Home
This week the Petits Chefs baked from one of the many, many books that arrived on my desk last fall that I am slowly working my way though. Duchess at Home caught my eye because it’s French food for home cooks (you know, right up my alley 😉 ) From the publisher: In Duchess at […]
Ricotta pancakes with blueberries
Welcome to the fourth in a series of five posts where I’ll be putting a spin on some of Jamie Oliver’s healthy breakfast recipes, along with a group of Food Revolution Ambassadors around the world. For this post, we were tasked with switching up Jamie’s One-Cup Pancakes with Blueberries. Jamie says: These are the simplest […]
Blueberry-almond tartlets
This post is sponsored by the British Columbia Blueberry Council. Hurray – it’s blueberry season in Canada! Who doesn’t love the arrival of fresh BC Blueberries? I mean, they just scream “summer” don’t they? Blueberries are such a versatile fruit – on cereal or yoghurt for breakfast, in smoothies, on their own as a snack […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Blueberry-Buttermilk Pie Bars
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is essentially a bar cookie with a cornmeal crust and a custard topping. Sounded a little too much like custard slice (a childhood memory of a slice/ bar comprised of a shortbread-y crust with a gelatinous custard topping that’s been banished to a “learn how to […]
French Fridays: Ten favourite French recipes for the summer
French cuisine image via Shutterstock. Summer holidays are *this* close… I’ve got three days left with the boys then a week of professional development/ meetings and then the school year wraps up. Um… how did we get here? This year (like every year, it seems) has passed in a flash (and more of a blur […]
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