Irish soda bread with molasses – a lovely loaf in under an hour

    I consider myself half Irish since two of my great grandparents (or was it great, great?) arrived on a boat from Galway back in the 1800's. But even if I didn't claim Irish heritage I'd still be a fan of Irish soda bread. Moist and hearty, it's a satisfying treat in t read more

Boston Brown Bread muffins recipe

  These are not bran muffins I happen to be a fan of bran muffins but my husband is not. He devours all things healthy but turns his nose up at bran muffins – finds them too dense. Leave dark coloured muffins on the counter cooling and he’ll assume that they’re b read more

French Potato Salad Recipe with mustard vinaigrette and no mayo

When I was growing up my mom and dad were day trip experts. Every summer weekend we’d all pile into the station wagon and head off on a new adventure. We did lots of beach exploring, took many ferryboat rides and had fantastic picnics. And we sang, a lot. There’s a lot to read more

Julie’s rhubarb barbecue sauce

I still have a bit of rhubarb in the fridge and plan to raid a friend’s patch on the weekend so I’ll have some in the freezer. When it’s snowing in February I like to make summer pies and pretend… In the meantime I’m enjoying using up lots of fresh rhubarb and sett read more

Irresistible dark chocolate almond bars & the best molasses recipes of 2013

  Recipe reflections -- that’s the sort of reflecting that I like to do come January, once the hubbub of December has passed. I love to flip through recipe folders and boxes. They’re a bit like photo albums, I find, in the way that recipes are reminders of people a read more

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie – gluten-free

You know the taste of barely-warm chocolate chip cookies? When they're a little gooey with chocolate that practically drips when you take a bite... Picture all of that, in a pie. March Break has officially begun in my house, cause for celebration all around. This pi read more

Gluten Free Fudgy Molasses Brownies

These have been called the perfect brownie. "Fudgy and still a little cake like," is how they were described. We all have our definition of " perfect" when it comes to brownies but I understand the praise. I want a brownie to be fudgy but I don't want it to have that "uncoo read more

Warming roasted red pepper lentil soup recipe ready in 30 minutes

The image below is the weather that's headed my way (and may be it's headed your way too). This is what I'm going to do about it... I'm making soup...     This is a version of my mom’s 30-minute soup recipe that she found in a grocery store magazine a while back.  read more

Easy apple gingerbread for the cosiest house on earth

We have six apples on our apple tree this year. They’re lovely and red and almost ready to be picked. This is cause to celebrate: (more…) read more

Alan’s ginger molasses muffins are light and healthy

  I'm a big fan of muffins. True muffins, that is. Muffins that aren't too cake-like but that have enough sweet to be satisfying.     And I love muffins that are light textured but still manage to be loaded with wholesome ingredients. (You'll notice t read more