Last night I hosted our book club meeting and chose the theme of breakfast for dinner. It had nothing to do with the book, I just really like breakfast. I also wanted an excuse to try this easy baked blintz casserole that I saw on the Food Network. Back when Ayla was a newborn and…
Category: Breakfast
Banana Blueberry Muffins
I can’t believe I haven’t posted this recipe before because it’s my all-time favourite muffin recipe. I make them more often than any other muffins. The whole family loves them warm out of the oven for a snack, lunch, or breakfast. I tend to have all the ingredients on hand, but if I don’t, it’s…
Overnight Waffles with Quick Berry Sauce
My boys have both come to expect that on Saturday morning they’ll be eating either pancakes or waffles. It’s my own fault, or actually my parents’ fault, because they made us pancakes every Saturday morning when we were kids. I couldn’t imagine not carrying on that tradition with my own kids. Even now, Saturday morning is still…
Homemade Instant Oatmeal with Chia and Raisins
My kids and I love having a hot bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. There’s just something so satisfying and comforting about it, and it sticks with you all morning long. The problem is that we usually don’t have a lot of time in the mornings to prepare oatmeal. I sometimes buy instant oatmeal packets for speed and convenience,…
Homemade Pancake Mix
For years I bought pancake mix and never really thought of making it myself. The store-bought mix seemed good enough and a lot faster. Then I ran out of mix one day and had to make pancakes from scratch. That’s when I discovered that homemade pancakes are delicious, and really very simple to make, especially if…
Cherry Bread
I love a nice fruit bread during the holidays. It’s a sweet bread made with candied cherries, citrus peel and sometimes currents or raisins. My favourite part is the cherries, and I had quite a bit of cherries left over from making Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies, so I left out the other stuff and just made cherry bread. I also added about a…
Low Fat Multigrain Pancakes
Growing up, my favourite time of the week was Saturday morning. My brother and I would race to be the first one downstairs to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Soon the smell of pancakes would waft into the room, and we’d be racing once again to get to the table for breakfast where a plate of…
Cherry Clafoutis
It’s a funny thing with cherries in my house; sometimes they get gobbled up so quickly I barely get to enjoy any of them, and other times they sit in the fridge untouched for days. On one of those occasions where a big bag of cherries was threatening to go bad due to lack of interest…
Egg Nests
First of all I must apologize for my lack of blog posts this month. I’ve been enjoying the summer as much as I can before it’s gone. We’ve gone on a couple wonderful trips to Harrison Hot Springs and Shuswap Lake, enjoyed many BBQs with friends, and spent a lot of lazy days hanging out…
Holy Crap
I’d like to introduce you all to Holy Crap cereal. Yes, that’s right, it’s actually called Holy Crap. I just couldn’t resist trying a cereal with that name, could you? This delicious stuff is gluten free, lactose free, sugar free and nut free. It’s made up of chia, hemp hearts, buckwheat, dried fruit and cinnamon. You don’t need…
Food and Whine 