I love Saturdays, Canada Day and Thanksgiving as it means I am definitely having pancakes for breakfast! (Okay, well not every Saturday as that would be a bit much!) And I definitely love making pancakes since I discovered this recipe for basic pancakes - so much better, lighter, more flavourful, less cardboardy (if there is … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Blueberry Compote
With the collection of the next Ice Cap veggie box looming and a bowl full of ripe Champagne Peaches from Snowy Mountain Organic Farm still to use up (I have the fruit option with my veggies), I embarked on a mission to find a recipe that meant I wouldn't waste this wonderful fruit. Luckily I stumbled … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Spiced Peach and Carrot Bread
We recently had some friends round for dinner and, being a dessert fiend and Bree Van De Kamp wannabe, I searched for the most impressive looking recipe I could find to finish the meal with! Having made several different variations of Semifreddo in the past, with it having always been well received, and apricots in this weeks … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Apricot and Amaretti Semifreddo
I am a huge fan of broccoli and really look forward to it's arrival in our veggie box. So I set out to find a recipe that uses this wonderful Brassica, which is high in both vitamin C and dietary fibre. Having always wanted to try and make Broccoli and Stilton Soup (but not being very … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Creamy Broccoli and White Bean Soup
Last year I picked up a book, "Well Preserved - Small Batch Preserving For The New Cook" by Mary Anne Dragan so that I could learn how best to preserve beets and other veggies from my Ice Cap Veggie Box, as well as give me more ideas for jams and chutneys. My first attempt at … Continue reading Recipe Of The Week: Sweet Spiced Pickled Beets
So, Ms. Richardson has been asking me to provide her with the recipes of all the things I have been making with the contents of our Ice Cap Organics veggie box, so here is my first, personal, contribution... Due to all the rain, the Ice Cap fruit partners didn't have any fruit in week 3's … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Zucchini, Feta and Basil Quiche
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