What’s Cooking Wednesday: Blueberry Muffins

March 14, 2012
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Blueberry flan, blueberry cake - what else can a blueberry fanatic make? How about muffins? These classic blueberry muffins were served fresh and warm as an after school snack. They were light, and fluffy with just the right amount of blueberries and the perfect lemony, sugar crust on top. Blueberry Muffins 1 1/2 cups flour [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesdays: Mad About Macarons

February 8, 2012

I recently became obsessed with learning how to make French Macarons after reading an article in the newspaper about how these delicate cookies are all the rage for 2012. The article featured a few local companies that make and sell macaroons including one woman who offers classes. I seriously considered taking the class but then [...]

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Banana Oatmeal Cake

November 9, 2011

Traditional banana bread, banana chocolate chip, and now banana oatmeal - one might say we’re bananas about banana cake. The weird thing is, I’m actually not a huge fan of bananas on their own but I do enjoy them in my smoothies and baking. It’s What’s Cooking Wednesday and the feature recipe is yet another [...]

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Pot Roast, A Fall Favourite

November 2, 2011

I don’t know about you, but we love fall comfort foods like stew, soups and this week’s What’s Cooking Wednesday feature - Braised Pot Roast. It doesn’t look like much but pot roast is simple, easy and tasty which is exactly what I look for in a family friendly recipe. I braised the roast in [...]

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“Mommy it’s Stinky”

October 5, 2011

The oh so honest and very blunt words of a two year old. My little darling was referring to the fact that for two days, our kitchen smelled like a garlicky pasta house. This is the reason why - Homemade Meatballs with Roasted Tomato and Garlic sauce served over “fettuccine”. Why did I write fettuccine [...]

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Cinnamon Bun Muffins

September 28, 2011

Who needs cupcakes when you have decadent muffins such as these? Cinnamon Bun Muffins. One quick glimpse at the recipe convinced me I had to make these for this week’s What’s Cooking Wednesday post. Cinnamon? Yum! Brown sugar? Even better. Carbs? Sold. Funny enough, I found this recipe in The Vancouver Sun’s weekly Food section [...]

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The Best Banana Bread Recipe

August 2, 2011

What’s Cooking Wednesday Hello and welcome to my weekly column about what’s cooking in the family kitchen. If you just discovered my blog, then it’s most likely because you were searching for a banana cake recipe. Banana chocolate chip cake to be exact. How do I know that you’re searching for a banana cake recipe? [...]

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Spaghetti and Meatballs

July 27, 2011

What’s Cooking Wednesday I was aiming to write a non food related post this week. What started off as a project blog has turned into nothing but a weekly recipe book. Although I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen and sharing my results with you, I would really like to focus on my projects again. Since [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Quinoa and Sprouted Bean Pilaf

July 13, 2011

Being Asian, we tend to eat a lot of rice and sometimes it gets a little boring. My kids love white rice, especially the oldest . If she had her way, we would be eating plain white rice with a dash of soya sauce for breakfast, lunch and dinner! She’s not too happy about my [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Vanilla Bean Gelato

July 6, 2011

Ice cream maker? Check. Gelato recipe? Check. Ingrediants? Check. Let the gelato/ice cream making adventures begin! As with any project, I’m throwing myself entirely into creating the perfect scoop of frozen dessert. Before trying any exotic flavours, I thought it would be best to hone my skills by sticking with a basic vanilla bean gelato. [...]

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