Sticky Toffee Pudding

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This is one of our family's favorite desserts. It's a baked pudding, so realistically, you could call it toffee pudding cake. And the sticky part comes from the simple but delicious sauce. Brits call this pudding, we call it cake. In the end, it's … [Read more...]

Quinoa Chocolate Cake – Gluten-free

We recently entertained friends, one of whom benefits greatly from gluten-free food.  As in, he feels like death after eating foods laden with gluten.  So we decided to try some gluten-free baking for the first time. I have taken issue with … [Read more...]

Sage and Prosciutto-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

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This will be the quickest and easiest recipe I'm ever going to post here. First of all, we can't take a shred of credit here, as we were told about it - and secondly, there are plenty of variations out there.  But I still wanted to share it because … [Read more...]

Spicy Potato Meatballs

Spicy Potato Meatballs

It's exactly what it sounds like - not to mention a family favorite and a crowd pleaser! This is a really straightforward and easy dish to make, and you can try some variations too. They can be made in advance and frozen, which is pretty awesome - … [Read more...]

How our anniversary dinner echoed our life together

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We recently celebrated our 11th anniversary and I made arrangements for us to go to d'lish, an amazing little place here in Edmonton on 124th Street, who promised me they'd make our evening special. Though we were excited by all the choices on … [Read more...]

Portobello Mushroom Eggs Benedict

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We've been looking to cut a few calories from our dinners lately.  In searching for good meals, it's difficult to find or develop your own recipes that are very tasty and remain relatively healthy and low in calories when you use the tried and … [Read more...]

Creamy Dill Salmon

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We've been toying with a salmon recipe - trying to make it as easy as possible with the biggest taste returns.  I'll offer you some choices along the way, which make this recipe flexible and easy to adjust to your pantry's or fridge's … [Read more...]

Custard French Toast

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This is such a quick recipe, basic ingredients and an amazing result.  My kids have always loved French toast, and we've been toying with recipes since we got married.  We finally figured out that it's less dependent on the particular recipe and … [Read more...]

Meatballs and Balsamic-Apple Chutney

Tonight we had a very simple dinner, and I thought this would be great as an appetizer too.  Simple to prepare, a nice mix of flavours, not too complex for kids and ingredients that are easily accessible, and possibly already in your … [Read more...]

Indian Vegetarian Curry

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I was going to make my first food post about the dinner tart we made the other night, but I need to do some more work on the recipe.  So here it is: my first food post. We often make a variation of this simple Indian curry - it's meatless, yet … [Read more...]