It’s been a long time since I added a recipe to the online cookbook! I started a new job (that I love!) in January, and time to do little extra things like post on the website has just not been available. But then! School started! The germ factory is in full swing and we are all sick. So, I get…

These Apple Fritters are probably the least healthy thing on this website, but also one of the tastiest! There is probably no tastier carbohydrate, than deep fried, sweet dough. Just my opinion, but it’s probably a pretty popular one! The only way to make deep fried, sweet dough any better, is for it to be fresh out of the fryer.…

In an effort I haven’t tried in over a decade, I’m trying to get back to making almost everything we eat from scratch like the snack bars we eat. The last 10 years have been a whirlwind and it’s only now that we have our very own castle that I’m starting to feel grounded. When the kids were all little,…

We’ve been using this recipe for 15+ years but I had it saved in my physical binder from very early on and it never made it to digital until now! Jambalaya is a rice dish which originated in the 1700s with a mash up of cuisines, ingredients, and flavours from Spanish, French, German, and African descent slaves (1, 2). There…

I grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and didn’t eat out a lot. So, I didn’t have any experience with Southern cooking until I was an adult and started experimenting with seasonings. The kids mosty didn’t really care for the vibrant flavours when they were little, so I muted the amount of seasonings until they grew into it. These…

We recently ran frighteningly low on honey, and my brain being, well, it’s usual scatter-brained brain, forgot to buy more on the last two trips to Grande Prairie. It was on the list; I did go down that aisle. Maybe something shiny distracted me. Anyway…. We use honey in our homemade bread, so we use a fair amount of the…