baking
Baked Chocolate Pudding
Dessert is one of the things I tend to drag my heels on when planning a meal. It can be the highlight of the meal OR it can be the opposite. Let me explain. By the time I come around to serving dessert, my belly is about to burst. No matter how diligently I focus…
Read MoreMelrose Peanut Butter Cookies
This peanut butter cookie recipe is from my maternal grandmother. I’m not sure what the name Melrose has to do with the cookie but I can definitely say it had absolutely nothing to do with Melrose Place! As much as my grandmother enjoyed cooking her first love was being an artist. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
Read MoreParmesan Crisps
Entertaining can seem like a daunting task whether it’s your first time or 100th! The key to any successful party is in the planning. When I plan a dinner party its roots are usually based on a country we have been to and have enjoyed the food. From there I start thinking about what I’d…
Read MorePeach and Blueberry Crostata
It’s peach season, along with other stone fruits, in Nova Scotia. I, like many, look forward to this time of year when local produce hit the shelves of grocery stores and farmers’ markets. It also signals the end of summer and even though the days are warm, daylight hours are beginning to shorten. There’s nothing…
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