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Traditional Tiramisu Recipe: The Classic
What is more Canadian than baking with a friend? Lynda called and asked for my traditional Tiramisu recipe. It wasn’t that she hadn’t made tiramisu; it was that she wanted to make it with the biscuits...
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Almond Pie Crust
Excellent almond crust for a variety of tart fillings Sometimes I get bored with the same old pastry crust and like to switch it up. For the most part, I am a traditional gal. Old fashioned lard pie...
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Homemade Quince Paste or Membrillo
A perfect compliment to my aged homemade cheeses! The Farmer’s Market in Old Town Dubrovnik was my first introduction to quince paste. I had never seen a quince. Tasted the paste and thought, “Hmmm....
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Thermomix Algarvian Almond Cake
Only Three Ingredients: it is what you do with them, that makes all the difference. A recipe is a recipe is a recipe. But, watching the hand of the master execute that recipe makes all of the...
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Orange Sunkist Cake
The famous 30 second Thermomix Cake! Once upon a time, at least 7 years ago, when I first purchased my favourite kitchen machine, I learned how to make this cake. I learned how to make so many things...
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LaHave Bakery Oatcakes
A great recipe and a testament to the Real McCoy! LaHave Bakery in LaHave, Nova Scotia is famous for its oatcakes. And so it should be. They are scrumpdillyishous! Unforgettable. A trademark of this...
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Valerie’s Freezer Raspberry Jam: I am going to be Gramsey!
This Freezer Raspberry Jam has less sugar and a gorgeous consistency Growing up, I didn’t eat jams or jellies. Still rarely do, unless on vacation. The exception: mom’s freezer jams. Oh, my. I have...
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Spinach Salad with Preserved Sour Cherries
Tender Greens bathed in Tasty Textures It may not be pretty, but I promise you, this salad is a full meal deal and a jubilant mix of flavours: sweet, salty, and tart! The preserved sour cherries add...
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Helen’s Famous Homemade Peanut Brittle
My mom, Helen McKinney, is famous for her homemade peanut brittle! Mom is 85 April 21, 2015. We are hosting an afternoon tea party on April 19 to celebrate this milestone that so few reach in life, and...
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Lavazza Series 2015: La Bête Noire (Black Beast Recipe)
The Traditional Black Beast Recipe is Transformed Past Perky Perfection! On holiday in Bijeljina, Bosnia, but with contract requirements to meet, what greater pleasure than La Bête Noire or The Black...
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Simple Summer Peach Tart
A Delicious Finale for any Mid-Summer Moment! The crystal-sugared buttery crunch topping coupled with the juicy perfumed peaches resting inside the toothsome butter based shell creates a spectacular...
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Thermomix Seedless Raspberry Jam or Jelly
Look at this brilliant pool of ruby jewel toned jelly! My raspberries are the jewels of my garden. I can be worn and tired and completely spent, but sitting among the brambles, plucking the glistening...
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Thermomix Homemade Advocaat: Homemade Eggnog
It’s getting to look a lot like Christmas! So, let’s get started! Eat. Drink. Be Merry! You will be merry, I can assure you, once your lips touch this thick luscious velvety eggy nog: Homemade...
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Thermomix Traditional German Brown Bread
Traditional German Brown Bread developed by our very own TM5man: Matthias Reissner! As I write, the aroma of homemade bread in the oven is wafting through our home. What spells home most accurately? It...
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Traditional Canadian Sweet and Sour Ribs
Developed by the ancestors of those who built our railroad MMMMmmmm! Don’t these ribs look finger lickin’ good? Have you ever made them? Did your mom every make them when you were a child (you can only...
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Homemade Quark Cake or Käsekuchen Mit Quark
An almost healthy dessert: Cheesecake with Quark! Homemade Quark Cake or Käsekuchen Mit Quark made with Homemade Quark Fresh Cheese and Homemade Cloudberry Jam. Talk about “from scratch”! Well, we will...
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Homemade Cloudberry Jam or Homemade Bakeapple Jam
The Elusive Cloudberry and Cloudberry Jam There it is. An aggregate fruit, raspberry-like (a fruit that develops from the merger of several ovaries that were separate in one single flower), They occur...
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Traditional Polish Marzipan Beehive Confections
Known as “Ule” or “Ciasteczka Ule” in Poland (a hilarous window into Momsy and Gramsy relationships) Searching for Winnie the Pooh First Birthday Party Theme ideas to help my daughter, Lauren, with...
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Helen McKinney’s Canadian Prairie Dinner Buns
My Mom’s Classic Canadian Prairie Dinner Buns No, I do not feel guilty having my almost 86 year old mother bake buns for every holiday occasion throughout the year. Frankly, the holiday would not taste...
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Canadian Strawberry Shortcake Biscuit
Lessons from my daughter and Strawberry Shortcake for Mother’s Day I had the good fortune to meet, visit and interview Elizabeth Baird, famed Canadian food educator, advocate and icon, one year at...
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