Brown sugar, dijon and cumin bacon strips. Of course, recipe to follow!
They may not be pretty, but…
Who cares when they taste this good? The quest to learn how to make decent butter tarts continues! I made minis this time. The pastry was lovely and flaky, but I overfilled the little suckers which caused them to be somewhat stuck in the pan. In fact, a couple were fused solid in there! That’s [...]
Butter Tart attempt #1 = FAIL
Batch #2 of pastry led to my first attempt at the all Canadian butter tart. Well, sort of a modded butter tart, as there were no raisins because we have a kid who hates them. I used the recipe I found at JoyofBaking.com and while the filling went together easily, I was not at all [...]
Red Pepper Corn Muffins
As I mentioned in an earlier post, our last dinner party was themed “Touched by Fire”. G spent the entire night (and I mean entire night) smoking a pork shoulder for pulled pork. He woke up every couple of hours throughout the night to tend to the smoker. I was afraid that the neighbours would [...]
Killer Skor Dip
I always love attending Pot Luck functions as it often leads us to find fun new recipes. Before I started working from home, I worked in a rehab hospital and once a month a group of us “psycho-social” type professionals would take the opportunity to have a pot luck lunch, trade recipes and stories. I [...]
