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No-Churn Double Raspberry Ice Cream Have some ice cream. It’ll make you feel better. If you’re hot, it will cool you down. If you’re hungry, it will fill you up. If you’re tired, it will fuel you. Ice cream is one of my favourite summer …
No-Churn pralines and Cream When I was a kid, store-bought ice cream was plain and simple. Chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla. You might get a carton of Neapolitan on a special occasion or some Spumoni at Christmas. But if you wanted fancy, you had to get …
Classic Rhubarb Pie I grew up with a scrappy patch of rhubarb in the back garden that survived the coldest, snowiest winters — despite neglect bordering on abuse. I assumed rhubarb was a hardy Canadian crop, bred for our climate. Not so. Rhubarb originated in …
No-Churn Chocolate Crackle Ice Cream In a classic case of “Do as I say, not as I do” I decided to place the plastic wrap OVER the container of ice cream, not directly on the surface. I know better, but I did it anyway. I …
No-Churn Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream When I was a child, ice cream was a black-or-white choice. Vanilla or chocolate. Those were the two standard grocery store options. If we were lucky, Mom would bring home a carton of Neapolitan with its impressive layers of chocolate, …
Orange Dream no-Churn ICe Cream Well, that took longer than expected. I’d meant to take a week off to clean up some of the maintenance issues on the blog and — gulp — do my taxes. (Thanks to the pandemic, the Canadian tax deadline has …
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 …
Crispy Root Vegetable Chips So far, I haven’t noticed a shortage of root vegetables. The produce section in the local grocery stores has plenty of potatoes, beets, turnips, parsnips, sweet potatoes and even rutabagas. The only issue you might have with this recipe is finding …
Classic Split Pea and Ham Soup I first posted a recipe for classic Split Pea and Ham Soup more than a decade ago. The soup hasn’t changed but a few questions have cropped up over the years. If you’re new to this type of soup …