Happy Thanksgiving! I’m currently working on thanksgiving dinner #2. Yesterday I made 2 pumpkin pies and a pumpkin pudding to send off to a big family dinner I could not attend. All desserts were gluten free and the 2 pumpkin pies were vegan. 1 pie I made with canned pumpkin and the other I made…
Tag: Baking
Brown Bread + County Clare
In June 2015 my boyfriend and I went on a whirlwind tour of Ireland. It was his first time in Ireland and our first time with a car since we moved to the UK in March – so we wanted to see as much as possible and drive until the wheels fell off. We got an outrageously cheap flight…
Heritage Kitchen
St Patrick’s Day, the holiday that has everyone wishing they were Irish, is fast approaching. It is with that good-natured green envy that I will be sharing Irish morsels of family, food, and travel with you this week. But first, a few words on Heritage in my Kitchen: I love learning about heritage in the kitchen (my own…
Wholesome Island Oats
The pretty packaging of Heatherdale Wholesome Goods’ Organic, Cold-pressed OATS caught my eye. I picked up a 1kg bag of these Prince Edward Island grown oats at the newly opened (and much welcomed) Murphy’s health centre and food-mart on Queen St. (Islander directions: “where the old Co-op was”). At $6.99/bag they were worth every penny….
An Ode to the Angels of Bread
There is something so beautiful and pure about homemade bread: The way butter melts on it -golden- when still warm from the oven. How it serves as the perfect vessel to be slathered with whatever spread you desire. How it sops up the too-good-to-leave-behind sauces at the bottom of your bowl. What it feels like…
The More Muffins the Merrier
Made a few heaps of healthy muffins. Froze them. Now I have a freezer-full of tasty treats to-go. Do you have any favourite muffin recipes? Share the muffin love with me, please! I prefer low-fat (using applesauce or oil instead of butter), wheat-free (I like using spelt, brown rice flour, almond meal, buckwheat) or vegan muffins…
Cake fit for the King
Elvis Presley was born on January 8th, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. When you have multiple loved ones who share the King’s birthday, it seems only right to make their cakes as delicious as possible – Graceland good. Although I feel a Peanut Butter cake would be more up Elvis’ alley, this Black Forest cake was…
Rosemary Cornbread
I was testing out loaf recipes for potential gifts. This makes a delicious appetizer accompanied with homemade rhubarb chutney and aged cheddar cheese. It would make a great hostess gift. (And yes, 2014 brings with it the goal that if someone is nice enough to invite me to a dinner party, I will be “with…
An Island Christmas
Like the song, I do always dream of a white Christmas. Christmas 2013 on the Island was the snowiest in a long, long time. Last year there was just a sprinkling. This year over 60cm had fallen by Christmastime. Dreaming, was not necessary. Islanders were living the Christmas dream. If you can forget about the…
The Abandoned Rolling Pin
I’m not a big consumer of processed flour and never buy store bought pastries. But I always want to try my hand at making my own dough, because there’s something so honest and age-old about the process; mixing it, kneading it, shaping it, filling it, baking it, and savouring your hard work. I’m not the…
Island Hearth 