The preponderance of pumpkins and cranberries signal that harvest season is here at last. With November not too far off and Canadian Thanksgiving a mere week away, it’s time to make a plan. I’ve picked some of my favorite cranberry recipes to share with you. Bags of fresh cranberries should be readily available for the next three months. All of these recipes, except for the … Continue reading Cranberry Celebration: 10 Sweet & Tangy Recipes
Pour some fresh apple cider onto old fashioned oats and the next morning you can start your day with oatmeal that is magically sweet and naturally delicious! Once upon a time I made oatmeal almost every morning. Then things got complicated. First, I got a little bored with brown sugar as my sole flavoring. Until one day I discovered that you can mix in all sorts of sweet … Continue reading Apple Cider Overnight Oats
While I love strawberry season, the deeper flavour of cherries should not be missed. Now that summer is officially here, cherries are in season at last! And when cherries meet coconut, it’s a storybook match. How I did I discover this? The neighbourhood bakery of my childhood made some of the most amazing cherry coconut bars I have ever tasted. They were my mom’s favourite. … Continue reading Cherry Coconut Pudding Popsicles
Molasses adds a distinctive deep flavour and rich colour to these fresh buns based on traditional east coast brown bread. I asked a very good friend of mine from New Brunswick what typical maritime food is like. Besides the obvious seafood specialties, freshly baked brown bread, she told me, was a staple that you would find quite often on the table. And the inclusion of … Continue reading Molasses Brown Bread Buns
All fruit, totally refreshing cherry and watermelon blend together in these popsicles. Frosty fruit treats take the edge off summer’s heat in a most delicious way. Bring on the sunshine–so long as we have our freezer stocked with naturally sweet popsicles. I really would rather steer clear artificially coloured sugar water, which somehow becomes popular once it is frozen. Real fruit tastes so much better. … Continue reading Cherry Watermelon Popsicles
Just four simple ingredients and “bam!”–you’ve got cookies! Coconut and banana need no other sweetener, so these flourless cookies are impossibly healthy too! When I want to make cookies both delicious and healthy, I usually turn to sweet potatoes. My Cocoa Nut Breakfast Cookies and Healthier Samoa Coconut Cookies are proof of this trend. But sometimes I would rather skip shredding or cooking sweet potatoes. … Continue reading Banana Coconut Spice Cookies with Turmeric
Swirls and Spice 