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Breads, Christmas

Overnight French Toast For Holiday Breakfasts

 

  Overnight French Toast gets lovely and puffy baked in the oven. This easy cooking method sure beats standing at the stove dipping and flipping for the whole family.   When I was little, the Christmas buzz in our house began with Advent and the appearance of the Sears Wish […]

Green Living

Why artificial sweeteners are bad for you and the environment

 

  Artificial sweeteners an environmental pollutant? Choosing yogurt for our kids’ lunches has become a pain. We just switched to single serve yogurt because our kids won’t eat plain yogurt sweetened at home. They’re not milk drinkers either and were in need of a lunchbox revival since summer didn’t seem […]

Breads

Currant Fruit Buns and John Brock’s life long piggy bank

 

  Currant fruit buns: an old fashioned scone that’s mildly sweet and flakey. The recipe came from Gourmet Magazine sometime around 1976. It caught mom’s eye because she was hosting an English-style tea for some elderly neighbours and little currant buns fit the theme. That was the year we moved […]

Cookies

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe from Maine

 

  There’s nothing like an old fashioned oatmeal chocolate chip cookie to make you feel satisfied. They’re filling in a way that other cookies aren’t and leave you feeling like you’ve had a bit of a healthy treat. We were a family that often vacationed in Maine. We’d cross the […]