Tag Archives: dessert

Chocolate Peanut Butter Incredibowls

Chocolate is the best. There are so many amazing combinations. Chocolate and mint. Chocolate and orange. Chocolate and strawberries… but the old classic has to be chocolate and peanut butter. Perhaps this was ingrained from childhood. My older sister and I always fought over peanut butter cups. More than one shady Halloween candy trade resulted… Read More

Four Banana Muffins

“Oatmeal raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the main reason I have trust issues” – Ancient Internet Proverb I would argue that the same goes for many other food pairings. Vanilla and white chocolate. Strawberry jam and cranberry sauce. 7Up and Tonic Water. Or THE WORST: chicken salad and tuna salad (A… Read More

Week 18

    Happy Friday everyone!   This week's lunch is pretty basic, nothing too fancy. I've been geeking out over summer fruit, and Mr. Nomato's lunches are proof of that. It's healthy sugar right? Full of fibre? YES. Snack Sliced celery with peanut butter for dippin'. Lunch Raspberry and Feta Cheese Summer Salad (minus the… Read More

Amaretto Sour Cupcakes

(Just a heads up! I have both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions of this recipe.) Guys. Guys. This is one of the best experiments I have ever done, sorry Tidepool Jello Cups. Pound cake cupcakes infused with nutty Amaretto, topped with a sweet but sour lemon frosting... They are perfection. These are now my official, go-to… Read More

Zabaglione

Having a farmer for a sister is the best. Seriously. When she worked at a dairy farm, she would bring home jugs of whole milk, perfect for making mozzarella or ricotta or other amazing cheeses. And the ice cream.... heaven! Now she's working at a chicken farm, and let me tell you, we have reaped… Read More

Tidepool Jello Cups

Okay, so sometimes I go a little mad scientist in the kitchen. I get an idea in my head, and gosh darn it all, I'm going to try it and try it until it works. I was partly inspired by these adorable Gone Fishing Cupcakes on Three Kids and a Fish, and I really wanted to… Read More

Collectable Delectables: July 1, 2015

  HAPPY CANADA DAY! Today's Collectable Delectables are going to be my favourite Nightshade Free Canada-Themed classics so that you, too, can enjoy the taste of the Great White North on its 148th birthday! 1) How could we not start with Maple Butter? Made from sticky sweet maple syrup and stirred into a delicious spread,… Read More

“More for Me!” Rhubarb Crisp

Happy Summer Holiday! The kids are free, the sun is out, and Canada Day (July 1st) is almost upon us! I thought that in celebration I would share with you one of the most Canadian recipes I know - Rhubarb Crisp. Everyone grows rhubarb in Nova Scotia. If you have a garden, you probably have rhubarb.… Read More

Collectable Delectables: June 24, 2015

Welcome to Collectable Delectables, a collection of the most amazingly delicious (Nightshade Free!) things I've seen on the internet this week! 1) The biggest inspiration and help for my Lunch of the Week series comes from this incredibly informative course: Let's Make a Bento! at Just Bento. I'm not sure my lunches could qualify as… Read More