Chewy, not too sweet, a touch of salt, and no refined flours or sugars – these are my favourite peanut butter cookies to date. Continue Reading
Apple Crumble {grain-free}
Cooler days and longer evenings inevitably seem to lead to cravings for warm, comforting desserts, such as an apple crumble, with tender apples and a crisp, buttery topping. This one is grain-free, using only almond flour and walnuts for the topping base. Continue Reading
Coconut Lime Cookies {grain-free}
After supper, we don’t usually have dessert, but we do like to have a little treat with a cup of peppermint tea. However, it’s difficult to find something that isn’t filled with sugar and other carbohydrates, and therefore likely to keep us counting sheep all night. As I was trying to come up with an… Continue Reading
Cream of Broccoli Soup {vegan}
The arrival of fall has us thinking about comforting soups, and although I do already have a broccoli soup on the site, this one is made creamy and dairy-free with the addition of cashews and nutritional yeast. It’s just as flavourful as the dairy version, but a bit healthier with some fiber from the cashews. Continue Reading
Fall Pear Tart
A few tiny tomatoes still clinging to the stems and some swiss chard are all that remain of our small garden. We will miss the tomatoes especially, but we do have some fall fruits to look forward to, such as butternut squash, apples and pears. Continue Reading
Spring Violet Fairy Cakes {dairy-free}
In celebration of this 1st Day of May, also known as May Day, the midway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, I foraged some little wild violets that were growing in our backyard to make the icing for these little fairy cakes. The violets have a lovely sweet/piquant fragrance, and they lend… Continue Reading
Lemon Budino {gluten-free, dairy-free}
The word “budino” was unknown to me until a couple of years ago when I visited a restaurant in Portland, Oregon and saw “Meyer Lemon Budino” on their dessert menu. I ordered it out of curiosity (and love of lemon desserts) and was very happy to discover that it was a light custard with a… Continue Reading