Profiteroles

Our good friends Rae and Mon invited us for Boeuf Bourguignon so I volunteered to make a French dessert, Profiteroles! This group are not huge chocolate eaters, so I made a Butterscotch sauce instead. The recipe for the Pâte à Chou came from a cookbook my dear friend Kim from university gave me in 1984, [...]

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The day before Christmas Eve and…

despite a minor set-back of catching a head cold, I am almost back on my feet. Having missed the last two days of work for the year (and feeling horrible for it), I spent the last two days holed up in bed, with our iTouch, the remote control and gallons of home-made chicken stock (thanks [...]

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Old Fashioned Date Filled Cookies

I was introduced to these cookies about 28 year’s ago when I visited my BFF at her parent’s home in Owen Sound. Her mom bought these cookies from a local bakery and I literally ate them all, could not believe how good they were (carbs were not my enemy in those days). I have made [...]

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Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe is adapted from one of my old faithful cookbooks,  Five Roses Guide to Good Cooking, page 117. Published in it’s 25th edition in 1983!

3cups all purpose flour (Five Roses, of course) (if using regular peanut butter, reduce to about 2 cups)
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup butter or margarine (room temperature)
1 [...]

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Christmas Baking 2009

I am starting my Christmas baking a bit late this year. Partly because I didn’t want sweets in the house and partly because I just couldn’t be bothered. That’s sad. But Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas if I didn’t share the sweets. JT just had one request, Nanaimo Bars, so it’s on the list again this [...]

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Tapas around the world Part III

We’re had Gordon and Angela over for dinner this past Saturday and of course, I am still on this Tapas kick so we’re doing Tapas Around the World Part III. Recently a dear friend’s mother reached out asking about tips and tricks to serve a successful tapas dinner (at least, in my own little mind, [...]

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Bourbon Three Ways

Our most recent LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) magazine had an article on Bourbon, so naturally I was inspired to create two small chewable desserts and one liquid dessert for a tapas meal I had a couple of weeks ago with our good friends Rae and Mon.

We began with the Bourbon Triffle, then had [...]

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Peach and Plum Klafouti

We were down in Niagara on the weekend and picked up some locally grown peaches and yellow plums, so I thought I would make a traditional French Klafouti for nephew Brian this evening. I got the original recipe from Cooks.com, but of course, I altered it. This recipe makes three ramekins.
Peach and Plum Klafouti

1 tbsp [...]

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Lemon Almond Madeleines

Adapted from Epicurious.com
I love these light cake-like cookies on their own, or presented as a lovely dessert, with sauces and fruit. I reduced the sugar and made minor changes to the directions. Hope you like them.
Makes 24 Madeleines

Ingredients

4 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 [...]

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Frozen Strawberry Dessert

Today is my birthday.
A very good friend has decided to go on the Bernstein diet (yes, that is 5 referrals for me!) and we were having them over for brunch this past Sunday to celebrate our July birthdays. I had to come up with a brunch that was Bernstein friendly and JT did one for [...]

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