January 20, 2017
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A new year means healthier eating right? But what about the cookies? With resolutions of healthier eating it’s hard to give up snacks. So let’s talk oatmeal cookies, which come in all shapes and sizes. They really do. Soft and chewy, with ginger, chocolate chips, raisins, cinnamon and more. Everyone has a favourite and/or a favourite […]
May 19, 2016
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Lately I’ve been going through old small town cookbooks where my mom inspired myself and so many of her family members to submit recipes to the annual cookbook collaboration. I have two of them dating back to the 90’s and as I go through these books carefully page by page, I can’t help but smile […]
November 30, 2015
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I like coffee and I love the smell of coffee. But I can typically only drink about half a cup of coffee and I even drink it cold. Sometimes it just doesn’t sit right and I after a couple sips I’m good. Always been that way – weird right? Unless of course it’s full of […]
March 10, 2015
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Did you know you could replace sugar in muffins with honey??!! As I learn more about white sugar I am trying to use less of it in baking. It’s not easy but I try. With these banana orange honey muffins I wanted to try either maple syrup or honey to replace the sugar. I had […]
December 29, 2014
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I am apparently a Mars Bars Squares Virgin. Who knew these delicious treats existed. I learned about them last summer on our way out of town on a camping trip. It always seems to take us soooo long to pack up no matter how many lists, and how efficient I am at getting things ready […]
December 22, 2014
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What a crazy past couple of weeks. I remember Halloween..then my son’s birthday and wham here we are just weeks away from Christmas. From frantic bake sale baking, long distance cookie swap baking to mom’s wine night & cookie exchange baking….I feel like I barely came out alive. Maybe I just take on too much […]
September 14, 2014
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Recently I received some samples (cooking sauces and marinade) from Pulo Philippine Cuisine. I started browsing their pamphlets to see how they have used the products themselves. While everything looked tasty, I wasn’t getting inspired and couldn’t get past the basics. So they sat a for a few days. And then like Snow in Calgary […]
May 31, 2014
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With so many varieties of banana bread out there, it’s nice to shake things up once in awhile. This Coconut Banana Bread never lasts longer than a day in our family. The addition of coconut and orange zest is not over powering, yet adds a nice subtle flavour boost. My kids are always asking for […]
April 6, 2014
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April’s Guest Blogger Vincci Tsui is not only a Food-Lover (not using the word Foodie), and Food Blogger, but also a well known Registered Dietitian about town. More often than not while enjoying my morning cup of Java and prepping for my day, I will see Vincci pop up on the BT Calgary’s (Breakfast Television) […]
April 1, 2014
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This is my second time posting this very tasty Five Spice Ginger Cookie recipe. I first created these bites last Fall, for the 3rd Annual Calgary Food Bloggers Bake Sale. They were a delicious hit and so tasty my mouth is watering looking at the picture. You can find the original recipe post from September […]
March 20, 2014
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This recipe is the combination of a Carrot Cupcake and a Pumpkin Whoopie Pie recipe. Yes it is possible to put pureed lentils into cookies which is how we got to these Carrot Lentil Whoopie Pies. And the kids don’t have a clue. Batch one came about last week. Just before I got hit with […]
February 5, 2014
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My daughter has been in Girl Guides for 4 years. My time flies. During this time she has been able to experience all kinds of fun outings and adventures with her district group. Truly a great activity for children to be involved in. This week they celebrated Chinese New Year and part of the celebration […]
January 3, 2014
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This was the second batch of three ice box cookies I was testing in December. The last of the 3 turned out but one or two things didn’t, so the 3rd recipe won’t be featured on the blog. What I learned making Ice Box Cookies is you can put almost anything into them…well almost. These […]
January 1, 2014
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These cookies should really be called the last of the Christmas baking ingredients garbage cookies because essentially that is what they are. Searching through my pantry one day looking for inspiration on a cookie, and I started coming across all kinds of last little bits of ingredients to use up…a small ziplock bag of toasted […]
December 11, 2013
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A couple years ago I started a Mom’s Wine Group and this lead to an annual Cookie Exchange. It’s turned out to be a great evening hanging with the ladies each holiday season, talking smack, kids, partners or husbands, enjoying wine, bites and at the end of the evening getting to go home with dozens […]
November 29, 2013
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Always wanting to create and try new cookie combinations I decided to investigate Ice Box Cookies as they are new territory for me. I googled ice box cookies and learned they are simply butter, sugar, eggs, flour, a few other ingredients and your add in of choice. Pretty much the basis to any cookie, except […]
October 15, 2013
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Seems we live in a world of Whoopie Pies these days. Everywhere I go there are Whoopie Pies! Never being one to jump on a band wagon, I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever had or made a Whoopie Pie. It started when friends invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner. Our […]
September 6, 2013
| 3 Comments |Thrilled to be participating again in the 3rd Annual Calgary Food Bloggers Bake Sale. Proceeds from this Bake Sale go to The Calgary Foundation’s Flood Rebuilding Fund. A great charity to support considering the year Calgarians and Albertans have had following the nasty flood of 2013. This is my first kick at the can with […]
August 14, 2013
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Inspiration hit full on when I attended the BC Blueberry launch recently at Model Milk. The Chef prepared so many amazing blueberry bites, that I’m sure all the attendees left full and happy. We were given swag bags to bring home and they included fresh blueberries (insert happy dance)! There were several of the bites […]
August 10, 2013
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Everybody has a blueberry muffin recipe. Blueberries with lemon glaze, orange zest, cinnamon, white chocolate, nutmeg, nuts, anything seems to go. When I created these muffins I was looking for a quick way to use up my BC blueberries. Using the muffin method recipe we were taught in high school (ha ha ha, it’s true), […]
July 29, 2013
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It’s time again for the Food Bloggers of Canada and Eat In Eat Out Christmas in July Cookie Contest! I look forward to this cookie contest as it give me the opportunity to brain storm cookie ideas that I would not normally create. Since we were smack dab in the middle of blueberry season I […]
May 17, 2013
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This is one of the easiest recipes to make and one our family has enjoyed for many years. In a nutshell it’s a big cookie bar with whatever add-ins you want, baked in a dish. It’s your basic cookie dough recipe and can easily be made into cookies. Simply perfect for pot lucks, picnics, gatherings….you […]
December 16, 2012
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I’m bringing Biscotti Back….. My mom introduced me to Biscotti over 20 years ago. And I liked it. I admittedly have not made Biscotti for a couple years now… but figured this year was the time to bring it back into our Christmas Baking Rotation as part of my 12 Days of Holiday Baking. I […]
December 14, 2012
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I grew up in British Columbia (Canada) and one of the most enjoyable treats we had at Christmas time was my mom’s home made Nanaimo Bars. She always made the icing green and so to me a Nanaimo Bar is not a Nanaimo Bar unless it’s green! I do not know where my mom got […]
December 12, 2012
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It’s that time of the year again…time for our Annual Holiday Cookie Exchange Night…only this time we are combining it with our Wine Evenings and so it goes forth as “Cookie Exchange & Wine Evening!” Yum, Yum, Yummers. I wanted to try something new and adventurous and I think I found the right recipe – […]
November 28, 2012
| 1 Comments |The holiday season is a time of giving. And a time of eating baked goodness in all its forms…… You can do both on Saturday, December 8th at the Calgary Food Blogger Bake Sale – Holiday Edition. The Bake Sale will be at Casel Marché (Calgary, Alberta) with proceeds from this bake sale benefiting Calgary’s […]
November 27, 2012
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These Swedish Dainties are another recipe I tasted for the first time during my Vancouver days working in a head office with a whack of fabulous people. There was so much good food shared between us (amongst other things) it’s no wonder I love food so much. I’ve made these cookies a few times over […]
November 20, 2012
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Christmas is everywhere. Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars are back. My kids won’t stop singing Christmas Carols. Neighbours have their Christmas lights up. We are 10 days away from Advent Calendars & Christmas decorations. Bliss is in the air & Life is Good. These White Chocolate Cranberry Kiss Cookies were created for a couple of reasons. […]
