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Homemade Pasta Sauce with Italian Meatballs
We love pasta and marinara pasta sauce with meatballs is a family favorite! Homemade sauce is always so much better and more flavorful than pre-made sauces from the store – and you can control the ingredients! When you’re in a pinch, store sauces can be good, don’t get me wrong (we use them lots), but…
Kapusniak — Ukrainian Sauerkraut Soup
It’s a chilly day here today! It’s a windy -6C/21F — that wind just chills you. It snowed yesterday and again overnight, so I shovelled not only yesterday but again this morning too, so it’s a perfect day for some hearty soup!! We made our own version of kapusniak (Ukrainian sauerkraut soup) and it was…
Fluffy Pancakes
These pancakes are light and fluffy and super delicious!! They’re perfect for breakfast, brunch or even breakfast for supper!! We love pancakes any time of the day! Let’s get started! Combine flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together. Add melted butter, milk, vanilla and egg. Stir until combined. Spoon into a lightly greased, heated pan….
Marble Rye Bread
We enjoy marble rye bread from the store, but we are trying to make all of our own bread. Sometimes we do end up buying bread, but my goal for 2025 is to make all of our own bread at home, from scratch!! Homemade always tastes better and we can better control the ingredients we…
12 Days of Cookies… Day 12 — Lebkuchen
It’s Day 12 — the last day of our 12 Days of Cookies. I can’t believe the 12 Days of Cookies is complete — and we have a freezer full of cookies for the holidays! We have had some pretty delicious cookies and these are no exception!! Lebkuchen is a soft and chewy German spiced…
12 Days of Cookies… Day 11 — Mrs. Claus’ Old Fashioned Fruitcake Cookies
I love that this is a recipe from the old days! These delicious old fashioned fruitcake cookies are lightly spiced, soft and chewy and packed with dried fruit. It has flavors similar to traditional fruitcake but, remind me of an old fashioned hermit cookie!! It’s Day 11 of our 12 Days of Cookies!! Let’s get…
12 Days of Cookies… Day 10 — Butter Tart Thumbprint Cookies
It’s Day 10 of the 12 Days of Cookies! And this cookie is based off of a Canadian classic — butter tarts! These thumbprint cookies have a shortbread-like cookie base and a gooey butter tart filling which makes such a delicious sweet treat! We added currants to the filling (because we typically add currants to…
