Category Archives: Baking

Rhubarb Coffee Cake 

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

Coffee cake was an alien food to me when I first came to Canada. I was invited to ‘coffee mornings’ where you drank coffee and ate coffee cake. “I don’t like coffee”, I would tell people. “No problem”, they said, … Continue reading →

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Mushroom and Kale Lasagna 

Posted on May 27, 2017 by

We found this recipe in “Skinny One-Pan Recipes” magazine. It has taken a while to find the type of pasta. The recipe calls for “campanelle” but the closest we found was “fiorelli”, which worked really well. This is recipe number … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb Crumble 

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

We’ve made rhubarb and custard cupcakes, rhubarb meringue tarts, rhubarb muffins but never have we used rhubarb for a crumble. This is number 6 of our challenge and the recipe was from Gordon Ramsay’s “Sunday Lunch”.   Chop the rhubarb.  Toss … Continue reading →

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Slow Start To the Year

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

We have taken a break from the blog since returning to Ontario at the beginning of March. We have been focused on a couple of problems; one of which has been resolved but the others have not. We are both … Continue reading →

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Valentines Day Cupcakes 

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

We found an interesting chocolate cake recipe in a new book that Becky bought called “Sheet Pan Suppers”. It also has some desserts including one for a sheet cake “the size of Texas”. We modified it to make 10 cupcakes. … Continue reading →

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Southern Shortbread 

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

We managed to complete a Bake Off challenge recipe this week. Becky wanted to bake biscuits so we decided to make shortbread with a southern twist. This recipe is based on an Epicurious recipe I found online. I think it’s … Continue reading →

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California Pizza Kitchen 

Posted on February 2, 2017 by

This post is in two parts. First was our amazing dinner at California Pizza Kitchen in Tempe. For starters Becky ordered the dumplings.  Delicious! Then she ordered the crunchy Mac and Cheese.  I ordered the Spicy Chipotle Chicken Pizza with … Continue reading →

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