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Apple Pie Compote for Waffles, Pancakes and More!
Travel, and book signings, and workshops… oh my! The past two weeks have been exciting and busy… in good ways. Between a little work travel, big events and deadlines at work, a barista workshop, a...
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Banana and Dark Chocolate Chip Muffins
Merry Christmas Hey friends, it’s Christmas once again. I swear it comes faster and faster every year. At least we’re here – together – and in good health… for the most part. Before we get to these...
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Healthy almond flour banana muffins
Healthy banana muffins that are safe for diabetics It took me a while to finally develop a recipe for banana muffins, that tasted delicious and was safe for me to eat, as a recently diagnosed diabetic....
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Almond flour cookies with walnuts (diabetic and Keto friendly)
25 years… time has flown by! Today we’re sharing with you a recipe for our healthy almond flour cookies and chatting a little bit about our 25th wedding anniversary. Liz and I celebrated our 25th this...
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Almond flour blueberry muffins
A diagnosis that’s helping all of us Since Nelson’s diabetes diagnosis in February, things have changed for all of us at home. Not in a “If my diet is going to have to change, so is everyone’s” kind of...
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Almond cookies, crispy and without refined sugar
Happy New Year! It’s 2020 and in addition to almond cookies, 😃 we have so much to be thankful for. 2019 brought some ups and downs, as life does, but I feel like we reached the end of the year on a...
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American-style classic vanilla ice cream
What is American-style ice cream? Ice cream is ice cream, right? Sort of… but not exactly. The differences are subtle, but the outcome is always delicious. European-style ice cream uses egg yolks and...
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The most amazing snickerdoodle cookies
Delicious snickerdoodle cookies Finally! What took me so long to decide to make these cookies? I’ve had them in the past, from bakeries, but never thought to build a version of my own. They’re so...
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Quick almond flour and pecan muffins without refined sugar
These muffins are delicious and free of refined sugar As you may have noticed by now, I absolutely love cooking and coming up with new recipes for our blog. I’m always extra excited when I add new...
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Diabetic-friendly vanilla blueberry ice cream
Disclaimer for diabetics I’ve titled this recipe as diabetic-friendly. This means it hasn’t spiked my own glycemic index. Since diabetics react differently to foods, I highly recommend that if you’re a...
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Homemade Portuguese Custard Tarts (Pasteis de Nata)
Thank you for this great recipe! I want to start by thanking Chez Fred for his detailed recipe steps and in-depth research on this dessert. Although it was a bit of work, Chez Fred explained all the...
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Dunkable Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
March break is over! It was a busy week. Well, maybe not so much busy as it was back to busy’ness’. After a laid-back March break, this week was all about getting back in the groove of our usual...
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The Great Canadian Frozpresso
Partnering with Breville. We’re thrilled to to let you know about our new partnership with our friends at Breville. As we’ve mentioned before, we only work with companies we respect and can speak...
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Mom’s Easy Apple Muffins
Home ownership is expensive We were recently reminded of home ownership costs. We’ve had a pretty good run over the years, but lately the expensive stuff is needing work. You know…the roof, driveway,...
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3 Ingredient Blender Peach Ice Cream
Farmers’ Market… finally I finally made it out for my first farmers’ market visit of the year. I know right? It’s almost the end of July and I only went there now! And I love this place. I’m almost...
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BBQ Roasted Peaches for Dessert
A Peachy Treat. A Peachy Weekend. Today’s post is a nod to our friends, the Mitchell’s, their wonderful hospitality, and their BBQ roasted peach dessert. How lucky are we that our friends have invited...
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Tia’s Amazing Tiramisu Recipe
The holidays are over. Why so soon? Hey there foodie friends… it’s been a while. Sometimes you just need a little time off. You know what I mean? Liz and I enjoyed two weeks of holiday bliss–relaxing,...
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Classic Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Bravo Breville! Another knock-out product. We’re so thrilled to be working with our friends at Breville Canada again. Breville has sponsored this post with the Smart Scoop™. Although February seems...
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Maple Mango Sorbet (Dairy Free)
Mango=good, Mango dessert=better, Maple+Mango dessert=amazing! Today we’re sharing our delicious mango sorbet recipe–and it’s one with a Canadian twist (yes…we’re proud that way). We made this sorbet...
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Lemon-Glazed Lemon Cookies
Lemony goodness! We’re thrilled to share our new lemon-glazed lemon cookies recipe. We’re so happy with the outcome! These lemon cookies are perfect with coffee, tea, or milk. Snacks for our little guy...
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Creamy Classic Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe
Classic desserts… I often think of recipe development and cooking, in general, as a blank canvas for trying new things in my kitchen. However, as much as I love trying meals I’ve never cooked before,...
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Portuguese Chocolate Salami Recipe (Salame de Chocolate)
Yes, this looks like a salami. Yes, it’s a cookie! I know, right… what the?! Today we bring you these easy and delicious chocolate salami cookies that are not made with meat. Funny enough, this is a...
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Moist and Delicious Naked Carrot Cake
Happy Father’s Day… now bake us a cake, please. To be clear, I didn’t ask Nelson to bake this cake for himself for Father’s Day, but when he mentioned that he was going to bake it, yesterday, I didn’t...
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Portuguese Sponge Cake (Pão de ló) with Strawberry Compote
Dessert from my childhood! This Portuguese sponge cake, or “pão de ló”, as I grew up knowing it, is a favourite dessert of mine and a very popular one in Portugal. Some of my earliest childhood...
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Apple Pie Pockets
Have apples… will pie! Oh yes we did! ‘Cause it’s fall and it just felt right. It’s officially autumn and this weekend the weather matched the season. And the colours… oh the colours! Saturday was...
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