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Pizza dough

pizza dough before rolling it out
December 23rd, 2011
by Sherwin

Nanaimo bars

chocolate cover of nanaim bars
December 23rd, 2011
by Sherwin

Squash, pumpkin soup

illustration of squash and carrots
December 7th, 2011
by Sherwin

Granny’s Carrot Cake

2 cups flour 2 tsp baking Powder 1.5 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 2 tsp cinnamon 2 cups sugar 1.5 cups oil 4 eggs 2 cups grated carrots 8.5 oz. Crushed pineapples, drained 1 cup chopped nuts Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon. Add sugar, oil and eggs. Mix well. Site in [...]

November 11th, 2011
by Becky

Rice Pudding

5-6 heaping tbsp of uncooked rice 1 cup water 2 cups milk pinch of salt 1 tbsp butter (the size of an egg) 1/4 cup sugar cinnamon raisins (or dates, optional) Put it all in a casserole and sprinkle cinnamon on top. Stir part way through. Bake uncovered at 250*C for 2 or more hours.

August 18th, 2011
by Becky

Nuts & Bolts

Every christmas, this is one of my the best snack foods! I love how everyone has a different favourite ingredient Nutsand bolts 2 lbz salted mixed nuts 1 12 oz Shreddies 1 10 oz cheerios 1 6 oz small round pretzels 1 8 oz stick pretzels 2 cups peanut oil 2 T Worcester Sauce 1 [...]

August 16th, 2011
by Becky

Roast beef on the barbecue

Roast beef in tinfoil on a barbecue
August 5th, 2011
by Sherwin

Scalloped Potatoes

potatoes cream salt and pepper artichokes asiago cheese onion Cut potatoes and layer in pan with cream, artichokes, salt, pepper and asiago cheese, making sure to leave some cheese to cover the top at the end. Bake covered until potatoes are cooked through. Then uncover and bake until the top is golden brown.

June 19th, 2011
by Janet

Donna’s Thin Crust Pizza

thin crust pizza
June 18th, 2011
by Becky

French Onion Soup

Start by browning the onions (4 or 5 pretty big onions), in lots of butter and olive oil, with some garlic and good quality salt. The goal is to carmelize the onions as much as possible, because that’s where most of the soup’s flavour comes from. Add chicken broth, a bay leaf and a small [...]

October 11th, 2010
by Becky

Hedgehog Meatballs

Tonight we had hedgehog meatballs (also sometimes called porcupine meatballs) – you’ll see why they’re named this once they’re cooked! It’s a bit of a strange sounding meal, but it’s such nourishing comfort food. 2 lbs ground meat (we used bison) 1 cup white rice 1 egg 1 medium sized onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, [...]

April 26th, 2010
by Becky

Dress it with Fungus: The Glory Bowl

Okay, so maybe we don’t like to think of yeast as fungus. But fungus never tasted as good as it does in this recipe for Glory Bowl Dressing. This recipe comes to me from Cate – an incredible cook who works on sailboats and in backcountry ski lodges.  Use this on salad, sure, but it [...]

March 29th, 2010
by Jenny

Sundried Tomato Salmon

equal parts: parsley (handfull) and sundried tomatoes 3 cloves of garlic heaping 1/2 tsp coarse salt olive oil to soak this mixture, but not so that it is too liquid BBQ: 10 minutes skin side down on tin foil at med-high heat (no marinade). Then make some slits in the salmon about 2-3″ apart, spread [...]

March 5th, 2010
by Becky

My very favourite cookies … Honey Drop Apricot Cookies

1 cup shortening (1/2 lb butter) 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/3 cup liquid honey 1/2 tsp vanilla 3 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp soda apricot jam mix shortening, eggs and sugar thoroughly. Stir in honey and vanilla. Add flour and soda. Chill till firm (several hours). Roll into balls the size of walnuts [...]

February 15th, 2010
by Becky

Wyndi’s Chicken Tagine

1 organic lemon 1 large onion pineapple juice green olives pitted prunes raisins organic chicken stock salt, pepper, smoked paprika, rosemary, thyme, sage chicken thighs and/or breasts parsley for garnish

February 13th, 2010
by Becky
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