Tag Archives: cream

Sweet Potato Hodge Podge

Sweet Potato Hodge Podge - I Say Nomato
Sweet Potato Hodge Podge is a comforting, hearty dish packed with fresh summer vegetables from the garden. Boiled and with added cream, it's even better the day after you make it!  Hodge Podge is one of those classically Nova Scotia recipes that's different depending on who you talk to. Everyone's got their grandmother's recipe, bestowed upon them on… Read More

3 Ingredient No-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream

Easy 3 Ingredient No-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream is a sweet way to enjoy those beautiful, fresh berries!
This 3 Ingredient No-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream is a sweet celebration of summer. With fresh puréed strawberries straight from the garden, it's an easy and delicious way to enjoy the season! It's Strawberry Week at I Say Nomato! Strawberries are one of my favourites, and in keeping with my local recipe series, I can think… Read More

Butterscotch Pie

An old family recipe, this Butterscotch Pie is sweet, sticky perfection!
So it's official. I have a nemesis. Its name is pie crust. Do you know how many times I have made this pie? Neither do I. I've made it so many times I've lost count. Now, let me clarify here, the issue is not the butterscotch. That comes out sweet, sticky perfection every single time… Read More

Mint Chocolate Macarons

These Mint Chocolate Macarons are simply heaven in one bite. Chewy, delicate heaven.
Well my friends, it seems I have met my match at last. Really, I should have known these wouldn’t be that easy. From the verb “avoir” to the Eiffel Tower, the French never make anything easy. I was lured into a false sense of security by those deceivingly light-hearted and encouraging tutorial videos and blog… Read More

White Chocolate and Caramel Drip Cake

White Chocolate & Caramel Drip Cake - I Say Nomato Nightshade Free Food Blog
I would like you to know that this cake is all your fault. I begged for help for my rampant drip cake addiction in my Chocolate and Peanut Butter Drip Cake post, and not one of you sent help. It's like you're encouraging me, at this point. You have no one to blame but yourselves. I’m… Read More

Sweet Potato and Leek Soup

Sweet Potato and Leek Soup - I Say Nomato Nightshade Free Food Blog
All right. Real talk time. November is lame. It's the February of Fall. The leaves are gone. The blue sky is gone. There’s no pretty snow to cover up the dead grass and the dead trees. It’s just a grey, dreary mess. Sure, there are some Christmas lights up, but not really enough for my liking… Read More

Apple Cider Cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Apple Cider Cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Buttercream - I Say Nomato Nightshade Free Food Blog
***Since posting this recipe, it has come to my attention that apples contain solanine, which is one of the glykoalkaloids responsible for nightshade allergies. If you are on a nightshade free diet, please proceed with caution unless you are certain that apples are okay for you! You can find more information here.*** Hello everyone! Today I'm… Read More

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Drip Cake

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Drip Cake - I Say Nomato Nightshade Free Food Blog
This Chocolate and Peanut Butter Drip Cake is completely sinful. With smooth peanut butter buttercream and a moist, rich chocolate cake topped with MORE chocolate AND peanut butter cups, it's hard to say no to a slice of this! One of life’s simplest pleasures is a good ol’ chocolate cake. Towering rounds of decadent chocolate fudge… Read More

Curry Seafood Chowder

Curry Seafood Chowder - I Say Nomato Nightshade Free Food Blog
Made with nightshade-free curry, this Curry Seafood Chowder has a zippy twist!    They said on the news that stores across Nova Scotia have run out of snow-blowers already this year. We are, it seems, still a bit shocked from the snowy disaster that was last winter, the snow that never seemed to melt between… Read More