Adventures of a Home Cook
I am in love with this frittata recipe. Typically my frittatas have more of the ‘kitchen sink’ approach; a way to use up the vegetables and herbs in my fridge that are starting to look a little past their prime. There is nothing wrong with …
Over the next few weeks I am going to be highlighting one of my favourite cookbooks this year: Julia Turshen’s latest release, Simply Julia, 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food. Turshen speaks about healthy eating in a way that is far more balanced and …
I get absurdly excited about the first spring produce. Asparagus, fiddle heads, rhubarb, and garlic shoots hold a special allure that comes from emerging first after a long, cold, and grey winter. What results is a two week span where I put asparagus in everything …
My family has this adorable (or if you ask my husband annoying) habit of singing all the time. On my birthday I receive no less than five phone calls where I am serenaded to the tune of not just Happy Birthday, but our own additional …
Most people’s bucket lists include travel plans; places they want to see, the odd and slightly dangerous adventure they want to brag about. I have those too. Except that my bucket list includes a number of cooking challenges and large baking projects that I want …
My mother’s family is known for their love of a somewhat unusual bundt cake we refer to as “Lemonade Cake”. I am not sure the origin, but I have made it every year for Mother’s Day, my mother’s birthday, and my grandmother’s birthday. It involved …
I recognize that this is the third waffle recipe I have posted, but I love all three of them, they serve three distinct purposes and you need all of them in your life. We should not have to choose! This is my go-to recipe for …
According to my children, the best part of the weekend is breakfast. I can’t really argue. After a week of rushing out the door and subsiding on bowls of cereal, there is something wonderful about a lazy Sunday morning filled with pancakes, a proper pot …
This year marked my parents 40th wedding anniversary. An amazing accomplishment and constant reminder of how old I am getting. Did I just make this about me? To mark this momentous occasion my sisters and I decided to book a cottage in Grand Bend for …
A Dutch Baby is really a funny name for a giant pancake that you cook in the oven. Apparently it is not actually Dutch but German. The term Dutch baby originated from the term “Deutsch”. Like most bastardized translations, English-speaking Americans heard “Dutch” and the …