Strawberry Thumbprint Corn Muffins Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 18 minutes Total time: 33 mintes Serves: 12 muffins Lovely Corn Muffins with a juicy heart: the strawberry jam that melts in your mouth at every bite. Ingredients 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon coarse…
Dill Zucchini Fritters with Lemon Tzatziki Dip
Dill Zucchini Fritters with Lemon Tzatziki Dip Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Total time: 40 minutes Serves: 4 These zucchini fritters are delicious, crispy and fried in the open air of our beautiful backyard on the barbecue burner and a hot pan. The insides, soft savory zucchini nicely melded with the batter…
Black bean Cake with Strawberry coulis
Black bean Cake with Strawberry coulis Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Total time: 1 hour Serves: 6-8 This is so extremely moist and chocolatey that you may wonder where the black beans are… Ingredients For the Cake: 1-15 ounce can of unseasoned black beans 5 eggs 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 1/2…
Tomato, zucchine and leek Galette with herb ricotta
Tomato, zucchine and leek Galette with herb ricotta Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Total time: 50 minutes Serves: 4 Ricotta beautifully blended with an array of fresh herbs: chives, thyme, sage, oregano and drops of extra virgin olive oil. Leeks sautéed until nice and soft are the first layer of this galette….
Lemon Berry Loaf
Lemon Berry Loaf Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes Total time: 1 hour Serves: 1 9×6 inch loaf pan Lemon Berry Loaf Cake Ingredients 1 1/2 cups (190 grams) + 1 tablespoon (10 grams) all-purpose flour (to toss the berries) 2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup (230…
Roasted beets and Feta
Roasted beets and Feta Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 35 minutes Total time: 50 minutes Serves: 4 The first bite a hint of earthiness followed by the sweetness of the juices, taste buds dancing as the olive oil and herbs hit the senses, accompanied by both the creaminess and the acidity of the feta….
Toasted Garlic Romano Beans
Toasted Garlic Romano Beans Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 40 minutes Serves: 4 A blend of herbs with some nice grape tomatoes oven roasted to a beautiful sweetness, tossed with extra virgin olive oil and first steamed green beans then pan sauteed, gives this dish many levels of flavor. Ingredients…
Fig and Apricot Newtons
Fig and Apricot Newtons Prep time: 1 hour 40 minutes Cook time: 12 minutes Total time: 2 hours 4 minutes Serves: about 2 dozen Soft, chewy and sweet, with that firm jam filling that everybody knows Fig Newtons to be. Ingredients Dough: 1/2 cup usalted butter, at room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg, at…
Extra crispy Peach Saskatoon Blueberry Crisp
Extra crispy Peach Saskatoon Blueberry Crisp Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Total time: 1 hour Serves: 6-8 The fruit, beautifully tossed with sugar and fruit juice, and zing from the zest of an orange soothed by that heavenly scented vanilla and macerated till syrupy and juicy. The topping, a mix of granola,…
Mediterranean Salad
Mediterranean Salad Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: Serves: 4 Just a can of mixed beans and chick peas, the rest is a fresh explosion of flavours and colors: yellow and red peppers, avocado, corn, carrots, green onions, grape tomatoes, raisins, walnuts, parsley, basil and celery. A drizzle of our homemade…
No-Rise Rustic Bread
No-Rise Rustic Bread Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes Total time: 1 hour Serves: 1 6-inch round loaf The crust is crunchy, the inside soft and pillowy. The spelt flour and maple syrup give a delightful taste, nutty with just a hint of sweet. It is as good eaten like that as toasted….
Blueberry-Saskatoon-Lime Cornmeal Muffins
Blueberry-Saskatoon-Lime Cornmeal Muffins Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Total time: Serves: 12 muffins The lime, with its zest in the batter and juice in the glaze, balances the sweetness of the cornmeal and intensify the freshness of the berries. Ingredients 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour 1 cup fine ground cornmeal 2…