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Spiced Sticky Toffee Pudding with Brown Butter Sauce
Some desserts never go out of style. Sticky toffee pudding is like the little black dress of desserts, if little black dresses were more fun. This dessert is warm, gooey, and unfussy. It can be made ahead, is impressive, and each person can decide how much sauce they want (all of it). Also, any leftover…
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Gingerbread Spiral Cookies
Sometimes you need a pretty cookie, and sometimes you need a delicious one. And sometimes you need both. These cookies are impressive-looking and are dangerously tasty. I’m warning you, you will definitely spoil your dinner. Now, let’s stop talking and get going. Makes: About 3 dozen cookies Ingredients: Directions: Notes:
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Invisible Apple Gingerbread Cake
There is an amazing, classic French cake called invisible apple cake. We will talk about that again soon, but for the moment, I crave ginger, cinnamon, and anything else that would have drawn Hansel and Gretel to the fateful gingerbread house in the woods. Enter the invisible apple gingerbread cake. It gives the hit of…
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Easy Stir Fried Vegetables and Tofu
It has been oh-so-gently suggested to me that if someone were to read my blog, they might get the idea that I live on nothing but cookies and cakes. Let’s pretend they are wrong and talk about vegetables for a minute. At the ripe old age of [redacted], I have come to accept that vegetables…
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Spice Cookies to Calm a Haunted Kitchen
Do strange things happen in your kitchen? Mysterious drafts, unexplained noises, objects going missing (especially chocolate chips)? I hate to break this news to you, but your kitchen might be just a teeny bit haunted. Don’t be embarrassed, it happens to the best of us, especially in late October. The good news is that there…
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Apple Crumble Pie with Pecan Topping (Dutch Apple Pie?)
I’ve always heard this kind of pie referred to as Dutch apple pie, although I have no idea whether this is accurate or not. I will say that wherever this apple pie comes from, the people who developed it are a patient bunch. I usually try to avoid 2 day recipes, but I’m sorry to…
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Thick and Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Parsnips and Carrots
This soup is substantial enough to keep you going for hours. It is also thick and comforting, with a hit of ginger that will warm you up from the inside out. And did I mention how pretty it looks? Just a friendly reminder that this is a soup recipe, not a science lab, so no…
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Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal with Lentils
I am a big fan of dessert for breakfast, but sometimes I want to feel like I’m making a grown-up breakfast decision. This recipe blurs the line between oatmeal and carrot cake. It is warm, spicy, and just the right amount of sweet. It also has enough protein and fibre to get you through a…
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Sourdough “Discard” Chocolate Chip Cookies
Even though I lived through the Great Sourdough Explosion of 2020, it took me a long time to get aboard this trend. Many jars of starter have missed out on their ultimate calling, only to become sad slime at the back of the fridge. This summer though, my friend M gave me the most durable…
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Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
September is a funny season, at least in my part of the world. Mornings and evenings are cold, tempting us to succumb to fall fashion and bring out the boots and sweaters. By lunchtime the days can be even warmer than at the height of summer and we might regret those choices. This soup is…
Measure With Your Heart 