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
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 made a favourite bake last week – Blueberry Galettes! I love galettes because they are MEANT to be rustic so there’s no worry about the pastry needing to be perfect. Weird shape? It’s meant to be like that! Hole in the pastry Patch it up – noone will notice! I … 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
A couple of weeks ago, Les Petits Chefs baking club worked with sweet shortcrust pastry – always a popular item to work with because “it’s just like Play Doh, only tastier” 😉 Lots of people are intimidated by pastry but it’s actually much easier than you think and kids, particularly, are fearless, so they just … Read more