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Just when you think you’ve tried every banana bread recipe in the book, along comes this one from The Fairmont Hotel. Carolyn from Canada has been making it for years, and wanted to share it because it’s a little bit different. What’s unique about this banana bread is that it’s baked at a very low [...]
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A few people have emailed saying they’re recovering from the holidays and aren’t doing much baking this month. I wish I was in that category, but every time I walk through the kitchen I’m compelled to pull out the ingredients and make something. Dinner? No. Sweets and treats? Yes! So I’m trying …
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I wasn’t planning on starting the year with a healthy recipe, but this one was so tempting and perfect for these dark, drizzly days we’ve been having that I just had to try it. It’s a high fiber, sweet tasting quick bread from Camilla Saulsbury’s excellent book, 5 Easy Steps to Healthy Cooking: 500 Recipes [...]
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I’ve been craving apple pie for the past few days, but since I don’t have enough people around to help me eat it, I baked a batch of these apple flavored muffins. They may not be quite as good pie, but they did the trick. Hopefully Fuzz will like them, too. She doesn’t care for [...]
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I made this chocolate bread today after discovering a long forgotten jar of apple butter in the pantry. I guess the apple butter knew it was fall and decided to make its presence known. Or maybe it wanted to come out and play with all the season’s apples? I don’t know, but I was happy [...]
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If you noticed this week’s cookies all call for Greek yogurt, there’s a reason. Voskos sent us some free samples, and I’ve been having fun developing new recipes with their yogurt. Greek yogurt is a great protein source and its live cultures benefit the immune system and digestive tract. It tastes good straight out of [...]
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For the past year I’ve been baking and cooking with grapeseed oil – not exclusively, but “on and off” in pan-frying and baking. It has a high smoking point, so it doesn’t smoke and splatter in the skillet, and I’m convinced its viscous quality helps lock the moisture into baked goods. As far as health [...]
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After reading Rebecca’s blog post on Costa Rican cuisine, catching an episode of House Hunters International where a couple looked at this condominium (Wow!) and reading Costa Rica trip reviews from my stepbrother, I am now slightly fixated on the country. If you’ve been, post a comment! I’m in the research phase and hope to [...]
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