Fruit

Filling the Knowledge Gap – Apricot Pistachio Tart

Ever feel like you’re the last person to learn something? For example, did you know WTF does not stand for “What’s the fuss?” Or maybe you were absent for the lesson on narwhals. How else would you know they’re real creatures and not some Disney …

Baking, Desserts, Egg-free, Fruit, Original, Recipes, Sweet

Stuffed Mushrooms with Plums and Hazelnuts

Perhaps it’s the difference between European and North American sizes. Maybe our crops are bigger and our platters smaller. If shown the same mushroom, would French and Canadian eaters argue over whether it was small, medium or large? I don’t know. But I do know …

Egg-free, Fruit, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Mains, Recipes, Savory, Side Dish, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Hazelnut-Stuffed Baked Peaches with Mascarpone Cream

Gravity. It makes things fall. It’s why sauces drip and eggs crash to the floor when dropped. It’s why coffee pours out of the carafe and into the mug — not onto the ceiling. It’s why the milk bottle stays on the shelf after you …

Desserts, Egg-free, Fruit, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Recipes, Summer, Sweet

Chocolate & Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream

Next time I go to the Farmers’ Market, stuff wax in my ears and lash me to the shopping cart. Cherries are the Sirens of the fruit world and I can’t resist them unaided. Last week, I ventured forth on a mission to buy easy-to-hull …

Desserts, Fruit, Gluten-free, Ice Cream & Frozen Treats, Recipes, Summer, Sweet

Maple-Blueberry Buttermilk Ice Cream

Whoever perfected commercial buttermilk is part genius, part half-wit. On one hand, they found a way to mass produce a low-fat, tasty dairy product that makes loaves tender, muffins moist and scones split into perfection. On the other, they sell it in cartons with two …

Desserts, Fruit, Gluten-free, Ice Cream & Frozen Treats, Recipes, Save Money, Summer, Sweet

Strawberry Sour cream ice Cream

Strawberry Sour Cream Ice Cream This post was originally part of the Canadian Food Experience Project. As I update my recipes, I’m separating stories from instruction. As a result, you’ll find a recipe-free story in my Sunday Story section. Just look for Strawberry Sins. Years …

Egg-free, Fruit, Gluten-free, Ice Cream & Frozen Treats, Recipes, Summer, Sweet

Raspberry-Maple Frozen Yogurt Popsicles

Dizzy. If I were to sum up childhood summers in one word, it would be dizzy. Dizzy from spinning in endless circles on the tire swing. Dizzy from chasing each other round and round and round the yard. Dizzy from watching the leaves sway as …

Desserts, Fruit, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Ice Cream & Frozen Treats, Original, Recipes, Snack, Sweet, Vegetarian

No-Bake, Dairy-Free Berry Pudding

One rainy summer day, unable to build blanket forts on the climbing bars or soar through the sprinkler on a tire swing, I decided my younger sister and I should do some baking. “Baking” meant raiding Mom’s pantry and dumping everything within reach into a …

Dairy-free, Desserts, Fruit, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Recipes, Summer, Sweet, Vegetarian

Spirited Fruit (and Sangria)

I am not to be trusted. I head to the Farmers’ Market with a clearly written list and rock solid resolve. And what do I return with? Way more items than intended and a feeling of panic. Where will I store all these plums? When …

Autumn, Dairy-free, Desserts, Egg-free, Fruit, Gluten-free, Improv, Preserves, Recipes, Summer, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian