A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
I love lemon meringue pie! It’s a fine balance between the tart lemony filling and the slightly sweetened meringue. I like to use a shortbread crust (click here) that has a sprinkling of lemon zest or culinary lavender. Just make
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I came across a photo of haupia pie and knew immediately I wanted to make it, on looks alone. Haupia pie is a fairly simple pie to make and reminds me of chocolate silk pie, but with a coconut kick.
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I was going through my spice cabinet the other day and noticed a packet of Moroccan seasoning. Later that week, I pulled a whole chicken out of the freezer and put the packet to good use for some Moroccan chicken
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For coffee lovers, we all know how good a fresh ground bean tastes. If you add fresh-roasted coffee beans to the equation, it’s even better! Hubby bought me a wee home-sized coffee roaster for Christmas and I have to admit
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Pork chops in mushroom gravy is one of my favorite old-school dishes. I’m not a huge fan of pork chops, but there is something about adding mushroom gravy that makes it divine. As I’m lactose intolerant, I can no longer
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I wanted to make some scalloped potatoes, old school style, but of course, kicked up a notch. I looked up Julia Child’s recipe, but it looked to be a bit of fuss to make and ended up settling on scalloped
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I wanted to make beef wellington for Christmas dinner, but due to the storm that rolled in and dumped a metric tonne of snow on us, we moved dinner to mid-January. We were at a local deli (before Christmas) and
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I find nuts and bolts a great treat to have out on the table as the sweets come out in force at Christmas, and after your umpteenth Christmas function, most people have reached their sugar limit. I have to admit
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I’ve always been scared to try madeleines. They always gave the impression of being hard to do, in the way that fancy French desserts are wont to do. But with a birthday dinner for my mother and one of my
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I had to start my baking early this year as we are seeing folks starting this weekend. I went a bit old school and nostalgic and made some butter pecan tarts. I tried to dig up my mother-in-law’s recipe, but
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