Enjoy the benefits of healthier baking with some mindful tweaks.
Cookie baking is a no-brainer. Bring together the happy marriage of butter and sugar, sprinkle in some flour and salt, add some chocolate chips, and you’ve achieved perfection. Yes? Not always? Truthfully, even cookies’ natural perfection can be enhanced by using a few little tricks and tips that can make a noticable difference in your outcomes. [...]
It is totally impossible for me to choose my favourite type of cookie. I know it comes down to two strong contenders, though. The soft spice cookie, and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. We’ve been leaning towards soft spice cookies in this household, lately, because there are two little munchkins who seem to love them as [...]
There is no substitute for real bagels. Chewiness, a springy interior, a bordering-on-crispy exterior, and the deep flavour that comes with authentic bagels–all of these elements combine to make bagels special and covetable treats. I was long deterred from baking bagels at home, though, because it seemed like the type of bready challenge best left [...]
The nutty heartiness of whole-grains combined with jammy fruit is incredibly satisfying. I love these little bars, because they provide the perfect little parcels of all those good flavours wrapped up into one. The wholesome blend of applesauce, bran, grains, and fruit also makes for a nice afternoon or mid-morning snack to tide you over [...]
I was craving a slightly softer and fluffier loaf of homemade bread recently. I wanted bread that would slice easily, toast well, and just be all-around simple, easy to make, and still taste good with whole-grains. While thumbing through a cookbook, the word “buttermilk” caught my eye because lately I have it in the fridge [...]
Way to satisfy all of your cravings in one stop–salty peanut butter, rich banana bread, and sweet chocolate–all in one stop. AND this recipe is actually relatively healthy, with reduced butter, a little bit of flax, and relatively wholesome ingredients. Oh, except for that delicious peanut buttery glaze. But you need to make that. Because [...]
It is fair to say I am mildly obsessed with pancakes. But I so adore making (and, um, eating) pancakes that I can’t hold back posting another pancake recipe. (Yes, I have posted one or two before.) But right now these are my favourite, for so many reasons. First of all, simple ingredients, and no fussing about with melted [...]
I love to exalt bread! Humble food that it is, I think it touches a chord in us. If you’re like me, just looking at a picture of beautiful homemade bread makes you feel happy. It is so comforting and so elemental. We’ve been trying to bake all of our bread by hand since January 1st, and [...]
All the gorgeous fall apples have made me overbuy lately, so I have been looking for creative ways to use up their fresh deliciousness. This healthy, naturally-sweetened whole-grain waffle recipe looked like such a good way to start the day, I needed to try them out. Loaded up with whole-wheat flour and oat bran, and [...]
Cooler mornings are upon us, and soon the farmers’ markets will be overflowing with bright harvest vegetables. This is the time when it feels so nice to get a hot mug of coffee or tea, and enjoy a delicious muffin while staring dreamily out the window ruminating on the change of seasons. What, you don’t [...]
