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Desserts

Lemony Ukrainian Poppy Seed Cake

 

  This poppy seed cake has a full 3/4 cup of poppy seeds & lots of lemon juice & lemon zest. I love how recipes can often remind you of things long forgotten. This is one of those recipes. It takes me back to when I was about four and […]

Desserts

Chocolate Beet Cake from Brown Eggs and Jam Jars {giveaway}

 

  I was one of those little kids who loved beets. Mashed winter squash I couldn’t stomach as a child but I’d have second helpings of boiled beets with supper. That’s why I couldn’t resist the Chocolate Beet Sheet Cake recipe in the new cookbook, Brown Eggs and Jam Jars. […]

Breads

Lisa’s Cracked Wheat Brown Bread

 

  The beauty of this recipe is that it requires just one rising so as far as yeast breads go it’s fairly speedy. There is nothing like the smell of homemade bread baking. Although I grew up in a home full of fresh baking, homemade bread was always a treat, […]

Green Living

Natural Flavours and other food additived to avoid

 

  If there is food in your cupboard with ingredients that sound inedible, you might want to think twice about how much of it you really want to eat. Have you ever wondered about the term “Natural Flavour” on an ingredient list? It begs the question: if it’s so natural […]