Scroll to the bottom of the post to get ALL the “12 Days” recipes from 2019 – 2024! It’s back!!! Welcome to Day 1 of The 12 Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Tenderest Shortbread is a “keep it in your back pocket” recipe because it’s so easy and SO GOOD! The melt-in-your-mouth texture comes from two egg yolks (originally an accident when Dorie added both yolks to a recipe she was making instead of using the … 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 made a favourite bake last week – and an appropriate one, given that ANZAC Day was last Friday. Wait, what… What is ANZAC DAY ? This day commemorates the anniversary of the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landing on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915. Every year, ANZAC … Read more
Les Petits Chefs baking club is back for the term! We had a “trial run” session last week where we made a simple but delicious cookie – Sablés Bretons. Because I didn’t know how many kids to expect in the trial week, I stuck to a recipe that doesn’t use many ingredients and ones that … Read more