Cranberry Sauce Muffins

Cranberry Sauce Muffins

It’s a muffin kind of day. Two hours of raking leaves left me a bit hungry. This is an adaptation of a cranberry sauce muffin recipe I found online. I made the recipe and liked it but substituted yogurt for the sour cream. This time 

Chickpea Hummus

Chickpea Hummus

Chickpea hummus is great on sandwiches instead of mayo or you can use it as a dip for veggies, tortilla chips or with pita bread. You will need: 2, 19 oz (540 mL) cans of chickpeas drained and rinsed well (allow to drain again before 

Zucchini Hummus (yes you read right…Zucchini)

Zucchini Hummus (yes you read right…Zucchini)

When I was about 7 we moved from the city to the country and like every good back-to-the-land hippie family my parents and their friends planted gardens. In our garden my parents planted 6 hills of zucchini (just in case the first 5 didn’t take). 

Breakfast fuel. Cookies anyone, anyone, Bueller?

Breakfast fuel. Cookies anyone, anyone, Bueller?

Breakfast cookies…sounds like a bad idea right? Not so in this case. Just as every day should start out with a good breakfast I thought I’d start this blog with a breakfast fuel recipe. Sadly, I have never been a big breakfast eater (aside from 

My Kingdom for a Mangosteen

My Kingdom for a Mangosteen

Not only are they bruise proof they are really cool looking. A big thank you to my friends Doris Chin and Wilson Young for bringing some of these funky little fruits to the office for us to try. The interior is kind of like a 

Granola

Granola

This is a quick granola recipe that you can doctor up according to your family’s likes and dislikes. I’ve seen lots of recipes that add in ground flax, oat bran, barley flakes and so forth but if you don’t use these regularly they just go 

Buttermilk Cornmeal Muffins with Niblets

Buttermilk Cornmeal Muffins with Niblets

These are quick to whip up and a great extra for lunch or dinner. You could probably reduce the sugar to 1/4 c. because of the sweetness from the niblets. You will need: 3/4 c. yellow cornmeal 1 1/4 c. buttermilk 1 c. all purpose