Breakfast sausage is one of those things that has always given me the heebie jeebies. It just has such a weird smell, such questionable ingredients, such an unappealing shape. But for some reason my family loves them, and they’re one of the few things I buy occasionally, but refuse to eat. But then I got […]
Lemon Chia Seed Waffles
I finally did it. Carl bought me a waffle maker several years ago, and, until now, he was the only person who made waffles on it. It does come out for me to make doughnut waffles, obviously, but this is my first legitimate non-doughnut waffle! And it is delicious. Lemon is a favourite flavour in […]
Gingerbread Pancakes
Gingerbread, minus the problem that is nutmeg, is my pumpkin spice. There is no cozier flavour or homier smell; fall and winter are just made for gingerbread. I have a recipe for chewy gingersnaps I make all year, and my kids would choose them over chocolate chip cookies any day. I also have a recipe […]
Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes
So yes, it’s almost Christmas, and I love all things Christmas and all things Christmas baking, but I have nothing new and Christmassy to share with you today because this year I’m sticking to all the recipes I’ve already posted because they work, they’re nostalgic, and they’re amazing :) Instead, the experimenting is happening at breakfast time. We […]
Slow Cooker Granola
It has come to my attention that not everyone eats granola, and I have a problem with this. Granola is so delicious, so easy, so customizable, and makes yogurt so much more edible. In an attempt to eat more protein and less sugar, one addition to the fridge has been Greek yogurt. I know I’m […]
Ricardo’s Chocolate Crepes
A recent girls’ weekend in Whistler, BC saw us searching the streets in the torrential rain at 11:00 am, having just checked out of our hotel, determined to find delicious crepes before embarking on a day of shopping. I had promised amazingness at a place Carl and I had enjoyed in the past, but alas, […]
French Toast Croissants
While I was teaching the other day, a student asked me what time it was. Caught off guard, I stared blankly at the clock. I’ve never been great with clocks, and having no watch and no cell phone means I generally don’t know what time it is, and am not too concerned about it. I […]
Cranberry Coconut Muffins
I want so badly to love mornings. I love the idea of mornings: a fresh new start, the cool, quiet morning house, a still-clean kitchen, and plans for the day. But sometimes the kitchen isn’t so clean, the plans aren’t that inspiring, and the early-morning house is anything but quiet as kids awake at various […]
Favourite Pancakes
I don’t know about you, but I am all about the practical gifts. Besides the standard socks, Carl has bought me my stand mixer, waffle maker, pastry brushes and blender on various occasions over the past few years. These are some of my favourite gifts because I get to use them all the time, he likes to use them since […]
Mom’s Recipes: Tomato and Feta Baked Eggs
It’s been almost a year since I was getting ready to move in with my parents for a few months. Despite missing Carl and being pretty nauseously newly pregnant, those were really good months, and the kids still regularly ask when we can go visit for “12 years” (12 weeks) again. Recipes like this are […]
One-Dish Oven-Baked Apple Crumble Pancake
When we were first married, I got up at 5:30 in the morning to get to work on time and was usually napping by 4 pm, while Carl rolled out of bed around 8:00 to head to classes at university, and then was busy till at least 11:00 at night, so we didn’t see a whole […]
Zucchini Muffins
You can find zucchini in just about everything right now, from cookies and cakes to lasagnas and salads. While I applaud the use of zucchini in just about everything, the most important recipes are still the classics. I don’t care how good a spiralized pickled dehydrated quinoa zucchini salad you can make and call it […]
