A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
My usual go-to for using up old bananas is banana bread or banana muffins, but I wanted to kick it up a notch. I dug up Ina Garten’s banana cake recipe. It turned out wonderfully and I only added some
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I recently picked up a new Lebanese cookbook (Saffron in the Souks) and it had a pistachio ice cream recipe in it. Unfortunately, the recipe included clotted cream, and being lactose intolerant is a no-go. I first looked at other
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I love lemon meringue pie! It’s a fine balance between the tart lemony filling and the slightly sweetened meringue. And lemon meringue pie with shortbread crust is even better! I like to use a shortbread crust that has a sprinkling
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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’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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I had quite a bit of fresh squeezed lemon juice to use up after zesting a bunch for cookies. So I went searching for recipes. Earlier this year, I had bought a small tin of lemon thins and really wanted
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When I saw these on a facebook post from The View from Great Island, I knew immediately that I wanted to try making them. I adored the idea of polar bear cookies! These were my first gingerbread cookies (the traditional
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I adore lemon bars. They are so bright and refreshing and make the perfect summer dessert. I found a lemon bars (with shortbread crust) recipe on Sally’s Baking Addiction. The only change I made was to add some culinary lavender
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We first fell in love with Thai-style coconut rice pudding when we were at a restaurant in Edmonton, who served coconut rice pudding in chilled bowls with slices of mango. I love the more creamier style vs. a dry pudding.
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