What has a buttery shortbread crust, a tart, jammy filling, and a textured crumble on top? These mouthwatering Cranberry Crumble Squares! Every year when cranberries go on sale around the holidays, I like to make my super-easy Better-Than-Storebought Cranberry Sauce. I can it and then I have delicious cranberry sauce available whenever I want it,…
Preserves
Basil Mayo & How to Elevate a Sandwich to Food of the Gods
Ok, so I might be exaggerating a teensy, tiny bit when I say that this Basil Mayo will elevate a sandwich to food of the gods, but it IS really, really good! And it WILL upgrade your sandwich from blah to WOWZA! (Yes, it is worthy of the capitalization!) I mean, I like a nice…
Deceptively Simple Stewed Rhubarb
Growing up, my best friend (and next door neighbour) and I would always raid her mother’s rhubarb patch and then happily eat the stalks raw, dipping the end in sugar and chomping away, for a sweetly sour treat. These days I’m slightly more refined in my tastes, and will stew my rhubarb before eating it….
Super-Easy & Pectin-Free Bumbleberry Jam!
Ever since I figured out how to make jam, I’ve been making batch after batch of fruit jam. Why? Because homemade jam tastes WORLDS different from any store-bought jam! It’s just packed so full of flavour, that you don’t feel like you’re eating jellified sugar as with some packaged jam — homemade jam is worth…
Better-Than-Store-Bought Cranberry Sauce
I love homemade cranberry sauce! Growing up, my father was the one who made the cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving holidays, using only cranberries, sugar and water. My mother doesn’t like cranberry seeds in her sauce, so he has always been careful to sieve them out of the finished product. Love is in the little things…