East Coast Garlic Fingers & Donair Sauce
Garlic fingers (French: Doigts à l’ail), also known as garlic cheese fingers, are an iconic Atlantic Canadian dish. This recipe tastes as good as you’ll get from Pizza Corner in Halifax. Prep Time: 1.5 hours Cooking Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy One of the biggest things I miss from my time living on the East …
Kransekake: a Norwegian Celebration Cake
Kransekake is a traditional Norwegian celebration cake made with ground almonds, egg whites, and icing sugar. It has a light texture and nutty flavour, quite similar to marzipan. Prep Time: 3 days Cooking Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Moderate Christmas traditions This recipe comes from my children’s Norwegian grandmother, and every few Christmases, I make one for …
Pepperkaker – Norwegian Gingerbread Cookies
Pepperkaker are traditional Norwegian gingerbread cookies. They are a deliciously spiced, slightly sweet festive treat and make perfect edible gifts for friends and neighbours. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 36 hours Difficulty: Easy What are pepperkaker? Pepperkaker translates as ‘pepper cakes’. They are traditional Norwegian gingerbread cookies made at Christmastime. They are gently spiced …
Roasted Shetland Black Potatoes with Sea Salt and Rosemary
Shetland Black potatoes are an heirloom variety of potato from Shetland (little island, 60 degrees North, middle of the North Sea, check it out on your map!). They have a gorgeous dark purple skin, yellow flesh and a distinctive purple ring inside and they make wicked roast potatoes.
Potato, Cheese & Onion Pierogi Recipe
These Polish potato, cheese and onion pierogi are easy to make and they’re utterly delicious when served fried with plenty of bacon, onions and soured cream. Prep Time: 2 hours Cooking Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Moderate I love Polish pierogi. When I lived in Canada, I used to be able to buy packages of ready-made ones …
Dad’s Sesame-Crusted Trout
My father is visiting for a few weeks and our elderly ex-whaler neighbour took him loch fishing yesterday and they caught dinner!
Black Forest Waffles
I came up with this interesting take on the Black Forest Cake for our weekly Wednesday Pudding Night. My children are so hard done by they usually only get pudding once a week – but Wednesday’s Pudding Night is something they really look forward to.
BBQ’d Pineapple
My father has been visiting from Canada and he introduced me to this fantastic barbecue dish. Something happens to pineapple when you barbecue it. It becomes even more heavenly – caramelised, sweet, chewy, perfection. Just try it!
Lasagna with Spinach, Ricotta & Pesto
Some time ago I had an assortment of ingredients in the fridge needing used up and quite fancied making a lasagna. This new lasagna recipe was an experiment created by myself and it went down really, really well with the family.
Roasted Trout with Thyme
We’ve never had trout before. I used to go fishing off the end of the pier in the summer and ice fishing in the winter as a child and I could out fish the boys (much to their frustration!), but we never ate what we caught. We just threw it back because no one knew …
Pineapple Squares
When I was a little girl growing up in a village in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, our family used to attend gatherings called Pot Luck Suppers in the village hall.
Sunflower Seed Cookies
These healthy, wholesome and deliciously moreish chewy sunflower seed cookies have been a family favourite for years. Dip in chocolate for an extra delicious treat. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy These cookies are just wonderful, crisp, buttery morsels of awesomeness. I’m unsure where the recipe originated, but it’s been in …
How to make a ginger white wine spritzer
A quick and easy six-ingredient ginger white wine spritzer recipe, perfect for when the sun shines! Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 0 minutes Difficulty: Easy The sun came out yesterday. It was gloriously bright and warm as the wind had died down for a while. At 9 am I was hanging out washing on …
How to make Dandelion Honey
Do you have an abundance of dandelions in your garden? Turn them into this tasty dandelion honey! It has an unusual but pleasant taste and it’s great on waffles, scones, pancakes, ice cream, or whatever your heart desires. Prep Time: 12 hours Cooking Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Easy One woman’s weeds, another woman’s ingredient The …
How to make Recycled Newspaper Easter Baskets
This easy recycled newspaper Easter basket project is perfect to make with the kids over the Easter school holidays. Prep Time: 2 hours Drying Time: 48 hours Difficulty: Easy Several weeks ago, I was invited by my friend Julia to join her at a local SWRI meeting as an assistant (moral support!) while she taught …
Tomato and Goats Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing
In this recipe, sun-ripened tomatoes, red onion, goat’s cheese and kalamata olives are drizzled in a homemade balsamic vinegar dressing for a quick and easy salad. Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 0 minutes Difficulty: Easy It’s officially Spring, and what a better Spring-time lunch is there than a lovely tomato, red onion and goats …
How to make Baking Powder Biscuits
A classic baking powder biscuits recipe, as I was taught to make as a child growing up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. An easy 15-minute recipe, start to finish, and a perfect one to get the kids involved. Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Difficulty: Easy Baking with the kids, a perfect first …
How to make a Pirate Ship Birthday Cake
Step-by-step photo instructions on how to create a pirate ship birthday cake from two 9-inch round chocolate sponge cakes. Prep Time: 2 hours Cooking Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Easy A pirate party! Not every day one’s child turns three; a celebration is required! What better cake for a swash-buckling, pirate-obsessed three-year-old than this pirate ship …
Clara’s Arizona Devil’s Food Cake
This classic devil’s food cake is super easy to make. It makes two 9-inch round cakes, perfect for any celebration, or just because you’ve got a chocolate craving. No celebration needed. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Difficulty: Easy My first chocolate cake recipe I started baking around the age of 12, and …