Lemon Butter Cookies

  I wanted to use this recipe as a base for making Easter cookies with my daughter. This recipe rolls out easily and can be made into fun shapes with cookie cutters. These are nice and bright and very portable to take with you for family visits. Lemon Butter Cookies Cream together: 1 cup softened…

Chocolate Chip Blondies

It was Thursday yesterday, so that meant virtually no food in the house for lunches. So I had to get baking! My kids call these “crownies” as they are kind of a cross between a cookie and a brownie. Chocolate Chip Blondies In a large mixing bowl combine: 2/3 cup melted butter 2 tbsp egg…

Raspberry Lemon Muffins

I made these muffins with half whole wheat flour as they are for my daughter’s school lunch and she refuses to eat sandwiches. She will however eat muffins, unless they are banana muffins. She will only eat banana muffins if they have chocolate chips in them…….you get my point? 🙂   Raspberry Lemon Muffins Combine…

Sausage, Tofu and Hash Brown Casserole

  This recipe can be used for a breakfast, brunch or a breakfast for supper meal. In our case today, it is a breakfast for supper meal. Silken Tofu can be great to use in dishes like quiches or breakfast casseroles as it can be processed smoothly and bakes up nicely. If this is your…

Glazed Lemon Cake

Yes, I did buy the big bag of lemons at Costco. 🙂 So now I need to use them up! This cake recipe is for a light cake with a lemony glaze on top. If you like lemon you will love this cake. Lemon Cake Cream together: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup canola oil 1…

Lemon Blueberry Muffins

These muffins are yummy, light and bright. Sure to get you out of the winter slump that is the end of February! Combine dry ingredients: 2 cups flour 3/4 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt zest of 1 large lemon Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl and…

Red Velvet Cupcakes

  Red Velvet Cupcakes are generally adored by all but the thought of adding that much red food colouring (up to 2 tbsp!) makes me a little nervous. So, I went in search of a natural red food dye and did not come up with anything in my local city except beet root powder. The…

Carrot Cake

I had carrot cake over Christmas and thought it would be a great cake to try and make eggless. The cake I had used crushed pineapple and coconut along with walnuts. My family is not too keen on pineapple or coconut so I left them out and I did use pecans as I had some…