Category of: All Recipes

Roasted butternut squash with hazelnut butter and pomegranates

November 11, 2019

As much as I missed summer, fall produce kind of makes me forget about it eventually. This is late fall squash season and butternut, acorn, delicata, buttercup and more are piled high on the stands at the markets. I do my share to support local producers so I buy a lot of them. They look lovely on the counter, waiting their turn to be cooked, bringing a seasonal element and beautiful shapes and colour... View Article

Pumpkin Waffles with salted caramel whipped cream

November 9, 2019

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon A pinch of salt 1/2 cup roasted pumpkin puree (I had leftovers) 3/4 cup oat milk 1/4 cup orange juice 1/4 cup melted butter 2 eggs Directions: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and mix. Combine pumpkin puree, oat milk, orange juice and melted butter in another bowl and mix until... View Article

Chocolate Bundt Cake

November 8, 2019

Bundt cake is my go to cake for everyday “countertop cake”. I also make it when I have guests, so they can help themselves to a piece of cake without much ado. Usually the standard bundt pan is fine but recently I bought these beautiful cake pans by Nordic Ware and have been enjoying the interesting shapes they create. They also slide out of the pan with ease. I made a couple of... View Article

Canneles de Bordeaux

November 6, 2019

These little beauties have a reputation of being very complicated to make. True, if you plan to use the bees wax the traditional Bordeaux method calls for greasing the inside of the molds. This did not appeal to me for some reason, although I did start with good intentions and went out and bought the wax (who knows if it’s the edible kind, I bought it at a candle shop). In any event,... View Article

Chocolate Ganache Truffles

November 5, 2019

I had leftover ganache from something I made the other day so I indulged in a few truffles. I tripple rolled them first in honeycomb I had also made the other day, then in cocoa powder, and last in ground candied hazelnuts, one of my favouriote things to have on hand in the kitchen. My leftovers only made a few but her is a recipe to make more. You should keep them in the... View Article

Roasted beet soup

November 4, 2019

Making a beet soup doesn’t have to be a big production. You can use raw or cooked (roasted) beets and simply grate them in a food processor instead of chopping with a knife. I had a few roasted beets in the fridge that didn’t get used so I made them into a soup. I usually add a few potatoes at the beginning, or put cooked potatoes in the soup bowl when serving and pour... View Article

Roasted Butternut Squash Mini Pancakes, vegan

November 3, 2019

With all the beautiful squashes that are available at the markets of course I am buying and cooking them frequently. Roasting squashed of all kinds is probably my favourite way of serving them and then I can also use the roasted flesh to make into soups, use in baking and like this morning, use them in pancakes. I made these with leftover roasted butternut squash from yesterday and they were lovely, although I... View Article

Scrambled egg tartine on sourdough bread

November 2, 2019

My foodie friend Val and I traveled a couple of hours south a few weeks ago especially to get a sourdough bread from a chef who offers them at the local market. The bread was so outstandingly good that I made a few tartines with it, topping it with roasted peppers, figs and gorgonzola, beautiful ricotta and a couple of more toppings. The only one that got photographed was this breakfast tartine with scramble... View Article

Chocolate Ganache Tart with Plum Sauce and Salted Caramel Whipped Cream

October 31, 2019

Ingredients: Tart pastry: 1 2/3 cups flour 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes (I put it in the freezer for 20 minutes). 2 egg yolks Place flour and sugar in the food processor and pulse to mix. Add the cold butter and pulse until the dough forms crumbs. Add the egg yolks and process until mixed in. If necessary add a tablespoon of water or so. Don’t wait... View Article

Fritters with Haskal Berry Sauce

October 30, 2019

Once autumn descends on our little town it puts me in the mood to fry things and one of the easiest things in this category is fritters. But there is a story to go with the recipe. Our local co-op One Big Table issued a challenge to submit recipes using two or more ingredients from the store. OBT is unique co-op dedicated to offering local produce and artisanal products from the Okanagan and surrounding area... View Article

Roasted Carnival squash with crispy lentils and cashew cream

October 29, 2019

So I am trying to keep up with my instagram posts and post them on the blog with a recipe at the same time. This can be a problem as I often have more than one Instagram post a day. I’ll have to figure out a happy balance but the problem is the followers on Instagram are asking for the recipes and I feel that I need to provide. We’ll see how it... View Article

Cranberry orange cinnamon cakes