Recipes
Banana Oatmeal Muffins, Kefir Friendly, Gluten Free
This recipe is a modified version of this recipe: https://thelazychef.ca/muffins/banana-oatmeal-blueberry-zucchini-nut-muffins/My husband and I have decided (surprisingly) that we like these ones even better than the regular version - which we also enjoy. This...
No Bake Cheesecake, With Baked Crust
No Bake Cheesecake, photo to come 🙂 A light and delicious no-bake cheesecake recipe with the option of either a baked crust, an unbaked crust (lots of recipes online) or no crust at all. Spoon your favourite fruit sauce over top along with a dollop of whipping...
Bacon Wrapped Dates & Water Chestnuts
Bacon Wrapped Dates & Water Chestnuts The photo used for these is from Canva, as I forgot to take a picture before they were devoured by my guests. BaconDatesWater Chestnuts Cut whole water chestnuts in half.Marinate water chestnuts in enough soy sauce to...
Kheer Rice Pudding Made With Cooked Rice
Kheer Rice Pudding Made With Cooked Rice 11/2 cups cooked Rice3 cups Whole Milk1 tsp Cardamon (ground or seeds extracted from cardamon pods and coarsely crushed with mortar and pestle)1/2 cup Brown Sugar1 tbsp Ghee3 tbsp chopped Pistachios2 tbsp chopped Sliced...
Ken’s Easy No Knead Pizza Dough
Ken's Easy No Knead Pizza Dough This easy no knead pizza dough recipe is from my brother-in-law, Ken, and it is my favourite pizza dough recipe! It makes a delicious, almost flaky tasting, pizza dough. As someone who usually prefers a thin pizza crust, this one...
Banana Oatmeal Blueberry Zucchini Nut Muffins
Banana Oatmeal Blueberry Zucchini Nut Muffins Easy to put together Banana Oatmeal Blueberry Zucchini Nut Muffins. Moist, healthy, tasty muffins that work great for a light breakfast or snack. Also, very flexible ... works with rhubarb, strawberries with blueberries or...
Gluten Free Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Gluten Free Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies Looking for something easy, fibre rich and healthy for breakfast? These gluten free breakfast cookies should do the trick. During the week, and even sometime on the weekend, this is my go to breakfast. They’re also a...
Blueberry Scones With Einkorn or White Flour
Blueberry Scones With Einkorn (or White) Flour Dry Ingredients & Cold Butter2 cups all purpose flour (or 1/2 white and 1/2 Einkorn flour or spelt flour)2 teaspoons baking powder1/4 cup sugar1/2 teaspoon salt (Himalayan sea salt is my favourite)1/2 cup...
Baking Powder Biscuits
Baking Powder Biscuits This is a delicious baking powder biscuit recipe inspired by Bill the head cook at the Hope Food Bank. I made very minor tweaks, only cause I like to do that. But in my mind it’s the best baking powder biscuit I’ve ever enjoyed. And, the...
Easy Chana Masala
Easy Chana Masala The original recipe for this easy Chana Masala cam from the Minimalist Baker at Original recipe link https://minimalistbaker.com/easy-chana-masala/. I've made some slight modifications and the following recipe is the result. Ingredients3...
Oatmeal & Date Cookies
Oatmeal & Date Cookies These are what I call ‘Heart Healthy Cookies’ … inspired by a recipe that my mother-in-law used to make. They are quite flexible and also often work for me as a light breakfast.These have enough good things in them that it isn’t...
Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Easy Chicken Enchiladas This recipe is EASY and tasty! I was looking for a way to use up leftover meat from frozen rotisserie chickens that I had thawed. I made a big batch of chicken soup for the freezer … 15 containers! And still had more chicken left over....
Easy Sourdough Bread (With A Touch Of Yeast)
For a little more than a year I've been making sourdough bread. I've loved it but getting the extra rise that makes it a nice sandwich bread has been difficult. So, I decided to test out adding a bit of yeast to my sourdough recipes and the difference is night and...
Red Curry Chicken, Thai Style
This Red Curry Chicken recipe was inspired by the Thai Red Curry Chicken recipe by Jennifer Segal of Once Upon A Chef. I didn't have all the ingredients on hand so tinkered to make it my own. We loved it! Ingredients for Red Curry Chicken, Thai Style 15 ml (1 Tbsp)...
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies With Hemp Seeds & Nutracleanse, Using Einkorn or Spelt Flour
This is a modificiation ... a delicious one, in my opinion ... of my Oatmeal & Date (Heart Healthy?) cookies. No, I don't usually eat cookies for breakfast. But these have enough good things in them that it isn't uncommon for me to have three of these (without...
Delicious Brownies Made With Chickpeas
A while back a friend introduced me to chocolate chip cookies made with chickpeas. They were so good I decided to try whipping up some brownies made with chickpeas. This recipe is the result! (Modified and improved in July 2021 from original 2015 version.) They are...
Sourdough Starter From Scratch
Making sourdough starter from scratch is so much easier than I ever thought it was! I've bought sourdough starter in the past, although I have only recently really begun to make sourdough bread. Until recently, I hadn't had a lot of success. I think this was largely...
Nanaimo Bars
My mother-in-law's recipe for Nanaimo Bars. Easy to pull together and delicious. A Christmas favourite! Ingredients for Nanaimo Bars Nanaimo Bars Base - 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter 1/4 cup (60 ml) white sugar 5 Tbsp (75 ml) cocoa 1 egg 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla 1 3/4 cups (425...
Swedish Loop Cookies
I've had this recipe for Swedish Loop Cookies for years - and for the life of me can't remember where it came from. A good Christmas Cookie recipe that is super easy to make with lots of options. Very similar to a shortbread cookies, but not. Sprinkle or roll cookies...
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Easy, melt in your mouth Chocolate Shortbread Cookies. A twist on the usual shortbread for those who like chocolate - and they will LOVE these! Ingredients for Chocolate Shortbread Cookies 2 cups (500 ml) butter 1 cup (250 ml) sugar 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla 3 cups (750...