Cooking with Kids: Banana Boats Cooked Over the Campfire
Banana Boats are a gooey, sweet classic dessert to cook over the campfire – utterly delicious, and they need only three ingredients and a few minutes to put together! Cooking with Meredith Yay! It’s...
View ArticleChocolate Bark or Mendiants – Take Your Pick
Take chocolate bark to new gourmet heights by adding a wide array of tempting toppings, from fun and spunky, to healthy hippy, to irresistibly exotic. What is it about chocolate that makes it such a...
View ArticleBig Batch Meat Sauce – Serve Some Tonight and Freeze the Rest
Make up a big pot of bold, hearty meat sauce to satisfy the hungriest appetites – a wonderful recipe to have in your cooking repertoire. This recipe makes enough to serve a crowd or to freeze ahead in...
View ArticleCooking with Kids: ‘Rickety Uncles’– Easy No-Bake Cookies
Rickety Uncles are no-bake cookies that only use 5 ingredients and take 15 minutes to make. Peanutty toffee and crunchy flakes – they may look rickety but they taste fantastic! Cooking with Meredith I...
View ArticleBlueberry Mayonnaise
Slather a hamburger bun with sweet and zesty blueberry mayonnaise, then top with crumbled feta or blue cheese, a juicy burger, a slice of red onion, tomato, and lettuce for a taste of summer heaven. We...
View ArticleCold Brewed Iced Coffee
Taste the difference when you cold brew your iced coffee – mellow, smooth, and frostily delicious on a sweltering hot summer day. We’re in the dog days of summer. What does that really mean? ‘Cause our...
View ArticleLazyman Skillet Bannock – Cooking at the Cabin
This simple skillet bannock is made for the lazy man (or woman). Stir it up like a pancake batter and in no time you can have a slab of warm, tender bannock to slather with butter. Summer has been...
View ArticleSummer Herb Vinaigrette and Zucchini Salad
Drizzle this zesty herb vinaigrette over summer salads, plop onto steamed or baked potatoes, or dress up some grilled salmon, chicken breasts, or steak. Serve it with spiralized zucchini salad and...
View ArticlePimm’s Cup Cocktail (lightened-up version) – the Perfect Sip for a Day of...
Pimm’s Cup is a classic British cocktail that livens up any summer gathering – a herby libation all dressed up with citrus, mint, and cucumber. This version’s lighter on the sugar so it’s even more...
View ArticleCooking with Kids –‘Pigs in Pillows’
A spoof on ‘Pigs in Blankets’, this variation uses slices of sausages wrapped in little pillows of corn dough and fried – a favourite with kids and easy for them to help make. Cooking with Meredith...
View ArticleNo-Bake Cherry Coconut Bars – a Delightful Use for Evans Cherries
Tangy, creamy, chocolate-covered and bursting with fruit flavour, no-bake Sour Cherry Bars are a decadent treat and a great way to use tart, juicy Evans cherries. (Plus you’d never guess they’re made...
View ArticleSpicy Zucchini Salsa
Make up a big batch of this zesty, spicy zucchini salsa to use the glut of zucchinis overflowing your garden, and you can enjoy the harvest bounty all winter long. The Zucchini Monster has struck...
View ArticleCooking with Kids: Mason Jar Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette
Beat the lunch-making-blahs with an easy, colourful mason jar salad. Kids will love helping prepare it as much as eating it. And it makes fantastic adult lunches, too! Cooking with Meredith Make up a...
View ArticleThe Mighty Mushroom Hunters (and Some Giant Puffball Recipes)
Giant puffballs make some mighty fine eating! If you’re lucky enough to find one in a field or forest’s edge, try whipping up a few of these delicious puffball recipes. This has been the autumn of...
View ArticleApple Beet Juice – Good for your Gut
Fresh apple beet juice has healing properties for digestive problems, plus it just tastes good. It’s like the sweet, earthy essence of the summer garden in a glass. Thirteen years ago I had a...
View ArticlePumpkin Slab Pie – Easy Crust Method
Whip up a pumpkin slab pie in minutes. Just press the nutty pastry dough into the pan, fill with creamy pumpkin filling and bake. No messy rolling of dough, but all the delicious spicy flavour of...
View ArticleWild Mushroom Risotto (and we’re off to Italy!)
The rich earthy flavour of wild mushrooms in this mushroom risotto makes it a wonderful belly-pleasing comfort food on a cool autumn day. (Forget the notion that risotto is too time-consuming – it’s on...
View ArticleCioccolata Calda – the Italian Hot Chocolate I Fell in Love with on our Trip...
One sip of Italian hot chocolate – Cioccolata Calda – and you will be having a MOMENT. The world will slip away as you indulge in this thick, rich, dark, liquid velvet in a cup. Italy is so easy to …...
View ArticleChicken Breasts in Orange Sauce and a Cooking Class in Rome
Whether for a quick and easy weeknight family dinner or elegant entertaining, you’ll be impressed with these light and tasty Chicken Breasts in Orange Sauce. Just 4 ingredients and 20 minutes to a...
View ArticleSicilian Almond Cookies and People-Watching in Italy
We discovered these Sicilian Almond Cookies while on holiday in Italy this fall. They are the perfect chewy, nutty, not-too-sweet treat to nibble with your coffee or hot chocolate, or whenever you need...
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