Bake with abandon!
5-Ingredient Black Bean Salad Who says easy needs to be boring? I’ve been making this 5-ingredient black bean salad for years. I’ve taken it to picnics, potlucks, and family reunions (back when we had picnics and potlucks and family reunions). It’s healthy, travels well, adds …
Apple CHips Yesterday, I posted about root vegetable chips. Today, the chips are made of fruit. Spring is not the best time of year for apples. While the produce section boasts apples year round, by the time winter is over, the Macs are long gone …
I’m impatient. Spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment concepts intrigue me. Once I’ve got the hang of something, I like to move onto the next shiny challenge. Follow-through and maintenance suffocate me. I offer my neglected and haphazard filing system as proof. Given my capricious nature, sourdough and I should not …
flourless chocolate chip peanut butter cookies This recipe was inspired by my cousin Donna. She loves chocolate and isn’t all that into baking, so this one’s right up her alley. Recently, she asked if it was okay to put chocolate chips in my Buttery Oatmeal …
3-Ingredient Nutty Granola Bars The grocery situation changes almost constantly now. A couple of weeks ago, the local supermarket had no toilet paper and no flour but plenty of eggs. Last week, I nabbed the second last bag of flour and picked up a dozen …
Vanilla Buttercream Icing When I was a kid, we used to ice sugar cookies with vanilla buttercream. Mom didn’t use a recipe. She’d drop a dollop of butter in a bowl, sprinkle it with icing sugar, add a splash of vanilla, and drizzle in just …
No-Egg Browned-Butter Cake Crazy as this sounds, not everyone likes chocolate. My ultra-hyphenated Egg-Free Depression-Era Chocolate Cake was popular with the chocolate crowd, but some vanilla fanciers felt left out. To keep the peace, I set about making a vanilla variation. In the chocolate version, …
Hard-Top Chocolate Sauce I endured a challenging childhood. My mother, a die-hard scratch cook and baker, refused to buy the cardboard biscuits and waxy bottled sauces other kids took for granted. For years, I suffered from a range of maladies, including Nesquik® Envy and Magic-Shell-Chocolate-Sauce …
Greek Chicken Sliders These chicken sliders are far from an authentic Greek dish. I based them loosely on my favourite Spanakopita recipe. You can easily adapt them to suit your palate. Instead of sharing how-tos today, I thought I’d share links to past recipes that …