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‘Tis the season to be merry … and bake … and give out homemade goodies to the neighbors.  I wasn’t going to do this, but one of the guys at work told me his wife was spending the day today baking cookies and was expecting me to do a similar thing.  And then I thought, […]

So this is going to be more of a self-serving blog post, not much about baking/cooking but a lot about eating.  And sorry, no pictures for this one. For those of you who know me personally (and you know who you are!), you will know that I’ve always struggled with digestive issues.  I’m not going […]

Our first Halloween in the US meant our first stocking up of the Halloween candy bowl.  And we had a reasonable amount of leftover candy just sitting in the pantry.  So, what to do with it (apart from eat it all at once, which did cross my mind!).  So, I separated out the candy that […]

Definition of insanity – doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.  Fortunately, this weekend of baking with pumpkin was much more successful than my previous 2 attempts (see here and here).  After Halloween had passed and I saw all these really yummy looking pumpkin chocolate chip cookies in the stores […]

Living in the US has some benefits – I was walking in our local grocery store this weekend and found some gluten-free graham crackers … on special!  So I bought two boxes and thought I could FINALLY try some s’mores.  And use them in a crust for a pumpkin pie later this week (my friend […]

  After my disastrous attempt at trying to bake with pumpkin puree previously (see here) I thought I’d try again.  After all, how will I find that ultimate pumpkin cookie recipe if I don’t have a few failures along the way.  I guess it’s kind of like when I was on a quest for my […]

I’ve been enjoying expanding my horizons by doing the US National Food Day Challenge (see here for more details).  The family has also enjoyed the new recipes I’ve tried … and given constructive criticism when the recipes haven’t turned out quite so well.  So I thought I’d update this website to include some of the favourite […]

I tried a whole pile of new recipes this weekend, and had most of them fail majorly!  Maybe I just don’t know what I’m doing with pumpkin puree … and would greatly appreciate any tips you may have for me!  Leave your comments below and I’ll give them a go the next time I feel […]

It’s been a while since I’ve written a post – not that I haven’t been cooking, as you will notice by the new recipes and updates on my challenge, so I thought I’d just summarise what I’ve been doing since I got my new toys.  You may also notice a change to the website – […]

I’ve been in Canada on vacation for the past 3 weeks, and have been incredibly blessed by my brother and his wife, who have let me invade their kitchen many, MANY times.  Thank you SO much Brian and Briana – your hospitality has been amazing! But they have also asked me to do some catering […]