I can’t believe I didn’t think to put the two together before. Baked beans are a traditional down east dish that I ate regularly as a kid, and still make a couple of times a year. Served up with real brown bread (bread made with molasses, not whole wheat bread), this is a perfect dish [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
The Poofy Froofy Pancake
I love this pancake, but I don’t make it very often because the husband determinedly does NOT like it. The eggy, fluffy consistency that makes it like a cross between an omlette and a pancake is what I love about this dish, but those same features are what turns Greg off. Unfortunately, it’s really a [...]
Winter is a Marshmallow World
I tend to think of marshmallows as a summertime treat; probably from years of toasting the things on a stick after the steaks came off the hibachi. It was fun to hold the marshmallows as close to the hot coals as possible to see if they would catch fire. But they also make a great [...]
The Christmas Treats
Like any family, when I was growing up, we had snack foods in our house, but throughout the year, these were pretty basic; (mostly) homemade cookies, chips, ice cream. But at Christmas, the grocery cart would fill with more premium brands. To this day, it doesn’t seem like the holidays to me without certain items; [...]
It Is Done
No, there are no photos. Not that I couldn’t take photos, it’s just that every surface in the house is covered with gobs of chocolate, and I just don’t have the energy. Christmas baking, I’m talking about, in case you were confused. 3 kinds of fruitcake, 4 types of cookies, 4 flavours of truffles, plus [...]
