I am late to the game, but have somewhat jumped on the sourdough train. My mom got into it in this past year, and when she went to Germany for a month, I was given the task of keeping her starter alive. I figured, I might as well experiment and try making some bread. I…
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Rhubarb Curd
I grew up enjoying lemon curd made by my gran. Since I am trying to enjoy more of our rhubarb, I decided to see if there were any recipes out there for a rhubarb curd. There were! Lots. I decided to compare some of those recipes to the lemon curd recipe I had. For the…
Oma’s Rhubarb Cake
Technically, this is someone else’s recipe from their Oma. But, I had an Oma, and I made some variations to the original recipe, so I am rolling with the “Oma’s Rhubarb Cake” name. The original recipe that I found for this was very basic. It lacked spices, though it did seem to get a lot…
Zucchini Herb Scones
This year I only planted 1 zucchini plant and thank goodness! We love zucchini, and this year we actually have been keeping up with the vegetable. Though, that could be because I have had some pollination problems, but still, glad we aren’t randomly dropping them on neighbours doorsteps and running before they can tell us…
June Comparisons
Well as you know June ended with a bang. But some of that heat is sure to bring some of our plants rearing into July with lots to harvest. During the heatwave the cucumber plants have easily doubled in size each day during the crazy heat week, and the flowers are abundant. Little cucumbers are…
What’s Up Doc? Spiced Carrot Muffins
We have been enjoying a very mild winter so far this year. There has been snow, then it melts, then there is a bit more, and so on. A few weeks ago, when we were hitting between 5-10*C each day, I was itching to get out into the yard and do some work, but I…
Food You Knead – Spiced Challah Bread
Last year for Christmas, our family rented a cabin for a winter wonderland holiday. There were cross-country ski trails, snowshoe trails, tobogganing hills, an outdoor firepit and a hot tub to soak in after all the fun. It was a perfect getaway. My parents gift to all of us was the rental for the week…
Berry Yummy – Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
I haven’t made a strawberry rhubarb pie in years because we haven’t had rhubarb and I never think to buy any. This year our neighbour gave us a plant and I finally had the two main ingredients ready for the picking. I also wanted to make sure it wasn’t a runny pie so after some…
JK Building The Dream 