Lemon, ginger, sesame cashew cake
Yesterday I was scrolling through Instagram as you do, and came across a post from Audrey the Unconventional Baker on SPUD’s Instagram feed.  The post was a beautiful little raw lemon ginger chia cheesecake and it was to die for.  Click on the…
Rosemary simple syrup
This syrup is great in specialty cocktails, or drizzled over a warm piece of berry pie and vanilla bean ice-cream. YIELD – approx. 1/3 cup INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup of granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 2 small rosemary sprigs DIRECTIONS put…
Valentine’s Vinarterta
My boyfriend had been asking about a little dessert recently, an old Manitoba favourite. Â Being from Winnipeg, he assumed I would know what it was; and I did’t. Â Turns out I might be the only Manitoban who doesn’t know it,…
Dark chocolate buttercream icing
Okay, so I’m not a huge chocolate fan – I don’t really like it. Â Now if chocolate was a big ass bag of sour cream & onion chips, I would eat the whole damn bag in one setting. Nonetheless, I…
Quick fig & raisin spread
I love making jams, jams are my jam! But seriously I love making jams, chutneys, preserves, spreads, and so on – anything in sauce-like format. In a later post I will be sharing my recipe for vinarterta, an Icelandic dessert.…
