Continuing along with my throwback Thursday series, Memories of Meals Past, here is today’s contribution: Last week was my mother’s birthday, so I baked her a cake. She’s not really one for your typical extra-fluffy-sugary-sweet-icing birthday cake, so I made her a carrot cake. My parents had come over to our end of the city…
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When Leftovers Rebel: Sausage & Veggie Hand Pies, with a Whole Wheat Crust
I’ve been trying to slowly health-ify my eating habits, and have switched to using whole wheat flour instead of white flour. I think each has a place in the baking panoply, but for now I’m trying to only use whole wheat flour. More fibre per bite, and with my IBS, that can only be A…
PB & J Smoothie: Super-Healthy Can Also Be Super-Tasty!
Every now and then I go on a healthy food/nutrient kick! I mean, I love sugar (witness the number of baked goods on this site), but I also love health and being healthy. So I try to balance out my sugar intake with lots of leafy greens, omega fatty acid oils, and dairy and plant…
Custardy Apple Squares & How I Manage My Sweet Tooth
If you’ve ever read basically ANY post on this site, you’ll know by now that I have a sweet tooth. I do looooove my sweets! I also like being healthy, so obviously I’ve got to balance the two things out: sugar vs. health — it’s a knockdown, drag-out battle! Which…health will win, because I manage…
Clean Eating Cranberry Granola and Degrees of Crunchiness
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pioneer. I had read all of the Little House on the Prairie books, and wanted to be living on a prairie, making my own bread, sewing, wearing a bonnet, and so on. Today I make my own bread, I sew, and…I don’t wear a bonnet. Given…