I make this pork and fennel tomato sauce all the time. It’s a riff on my roast pork loin with fennel and thyme. The fennel and thyme add a somewhat Italian flavour to the pasta sauce. It’s a little different but all the flavours go nicely together. Fennel, of course, nicely compliments the pork. Try to […]
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Trini Pepper Sauce
Here is our recipe for Trini pepper sauce, as approved by Ryan! We started with a base recipe we found online that looked like his family’s pepper sauce. Then he taste-tasted and we adjusted the seasonings to make it taste just right. Due to the large amount of vinegar in this recipe, the pepper sauce […]
Individual Strawberry Shortcakes
I made individual strawberry shortcakes as Tomiko’s ‘birthday cake’ this summer. Luckily for us, Ontario strawberries are in season and they are so sweet and delicious! I made her a strawberry rhubarb charlotte a few years ago, so check out that showstopper of a dessert! The recipe makes about 14, so there is enough for […]
Quick and Easy Caramel Icing
Most caramel icing recipes I’ve seen call for a candy thermometer and closely watching a pot of melting sugar so that it doesn’t burn. Time consuming and tedious. So here I’m sharing a quick and easy caramel icing recipe that I discovered. I’ve used it to frost plain vanilla or white cakes, so that the […]
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Try baking these chocolate chip peanut butter cookies during your isolation! If you’ve looked at our cookie archive, you can see that I love cookies with chocolate. I also love peanut butter (like most North Americans), but I’m not a fan of those plain peanut butter cookies. You know, the ones with the fork tine […]