About a year ago, when parks were closed, schools shut, and schedules emptied, a dear friend asked if I wanted some sourdough starter. The sourdough train was just leaving the station, not yet quite as full as it became later in the year, and I was definitely hesitant. I had heard horror stories about the […]
1-Hour (or less!) Homemade Hamburger Buns
Actually, 1-hour hamburger buns is misleading. In fact, from start to finish you can have homemade hamburger buns in LESS than one hour. I wanted you to give yourself extra time the first time so you aren’t mad if I’m wrong…but you are going to be seriously in love with these buns if, like me, […]
Blackberry Crumble Cinnamon Rolls
The other evening, around dinner time, I did something I swore I would never do: I barbecued. It has always been my fear that if I barbecued just once Carl would give up barbecuing duties, no longer feeling needed in that particular realm. Turns out my fear was unfounded. Carl came home just in time to put out […]
Brown Eggs and Jam Jars {Giveaway closed}
Seriously, do cookbooks get any more beautiful than this?! Brown Eggs and Jam Jars is the gorgeous new cookbook from Canadian food writer Aimee Wimbush-Bourque, editor of the Simple Bites website and urban homesteader extraordinaire. I was so excited to receive two copies of this book fresh off the press – one you won’t be able […]
Simply Scrumptious Cinnamon Buns
I’m not one to get easily annoyed. Most things roll off me pretty easily, and I consider myself fairly patient. As a parent, for instance, I can handle whining, complaining, puking, sniffing, questioning and crying without batting an eye or letting my blood pressure rise. But the second you introduce a cough? I become downright murderous. One of […]
Peach Crumble Cinnamon Rolls
Fellow carb lovers unite, and rejoice! This recipe may hold the title for “best your kitchen will ever smell”, guaranteed to thrill guests, sell homes, win over neighbours, or any other form of persuasion you may be looking to enact. Cinnamon rolls already give off one of the most amazing smells known to man, and […]
Chocolate Cranberry Sweet Rolls with Orange Glaze
Well, I now have something besides a baby on which to blame my ever-and-rapidly-expanding girth. Sweet roll baking has completely taken over bread baking in my life and kitchen, and I’m not even sorry. Leftover cranberry sauce has to be one of my favourite leftovers, and these sweet rolls are proof of why. Just thinking […]
Homemade Naan Bread
It’s officially April 1st, which means as you read this we are likely en route back to home-sweet-home, done our lovely 3 month sojourn at my parents’ home in Ontario and gearing up for a month of single parenting until Carl wraps up his semester at the end of the month. I honestly can’t believe […]
A Canadian Resolution: Homemade Bread (Molasses Oat Bread Recipe)
With a new year, many people are focused on new resolutions, or the revival of old resolutions that were cast to the wayside at some point in the last year or years. This month’s Canadian Food Experience Challenge focuses on resolutions, and when it comes to food resolutions, the one I’ve made (and broken) the […]
Hot Cross Buns
Happy Easter weekend, everyone! Hot cross buns were an Easter tradition in my house growing up, but this is the first time I’ve made them myself. I find anything involving yeast is such a commitment for me – 3+ whole hours with the same recipe? What if I want to look around? What if something […]
