Top Ten List: Introduction to Cinnamon (6th of 10)

This is a little bit of an odd Top Ten list, but I thought I’d take you through my baking cupboard (yes, I have an entire cupboard dedicated solely to baking supplies…um, and another cupboard…and a 4-tier rolling rack…but I digress). Since a Top Ten list would make this blog post too long, I’m splitting…

Recipe Post! Let’s Have a Garden Party, Part II

As alluded to in my previous post, here are some recipes and a few pics I managed to snap of the delicious salads that were made and served by my super-awesome sister, for her dad’s birthday party this past weekend. I hope you feel inspired to try them! BLT Potato Salad Modified from Original Source:…

Recipe Post! Let’s Have a Garden Party

What a lovely day for a garden party! As promised in this post, here are some pics of what I ended up doing with that lovely fresh cherry filling I made earlier in the week. *Confession: would you believe after all the work I put into buying those cherries in a famous open market the…

Recipe Post Update! Fresh Cherry Pie Filling

Just wanted to upload some pics of this delicious fresh cherry filling I wrote about in a previous post. This stuff is totally rad, or cool, or spazz-tastic or whatever the kids are saying these days…lol… This recipe came together perfectly the first time, which is always a good thing, especially when your ingredients are…

Recipe Post! Ultimate Milk Chocolate-Toffee Cookies

Ok, these cookies are seriously a weakness for me. I can’t make them more than once or twice a year for myself, or I will eat Every. Last. One. I lovelovelove the interplay between the milk chocolate and the toffee, with the added little “kick” of the instant espresso powder which bumps up the flavour…

Recipe Post! Fresh Cherry Pie Filling

One of my absolute favourite times of the year is harvest season for fresh Ontario Cherries! Ranier cherries are delicious, and so are most other US-bred cherries, but there’s just something to be said for those sweet, deep-purple fleshed Ontario sweet cherries that makes my tastebuds weep with joy! …too florid? My apologies. I just…