It’s berry season! Saskatoon Pie is a Canadian classic! The berry grows in the prairies both wild and cultivated. This is a cultivated saskatoon or a domesticated shrub. We’re fortunate that my folks have fruit trees and shrubs which is great, until ours begin to produce enough. Our First Nations dried and pounded the saskatoon…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Banana Bran Muffins
My family loves banana everything, and we enjoy bran muffins, so of course I had to combine the two for a yummy, fluffy, moist and tender muffin that can be enjoyed for breakfast or as a snack! Bran muffins date back to 1857 and banana bread to the 1930’s. But when these two delectable goodies…
Easy Millionaire Shortbread Bars
Millionaire Shortbread Bars (also called Caramel Shortbread) have a layer of buttery, flaky shortbread, a layer of ooey gooey caramel and a layer of rich chocolate which makes a lovely, decadent dessert bar. This bar is similar to a Twix chocolate bar. These shortbread bars dates back to 1950’s Scotland. Today, we are making an…
Banana Oat Muffins
It’s banana week in our house! We bought a bunch of bananas on sale so we are making an assortment of muffins this week! These delicious banana oat muffins are moist, soft and fluffy! It’s hard not to eat them all at once! They’re best the same day and makes a great french toast muffin…
Mini Banana Muffins
I have been making these mini banana muffins for 20 years now. My girls loved them when they were little and everyone always asked for the recipe! Now I’m sharing these delicious morsels with you!These delectable banana muffins are soft and fluffy and being mini makes them the perfect bite-sized muffin! This is a great…
Old Fashioned Pancake Syrup
This old fashioned pancake syrup is simple to make and absolutely amazing! It’s the perfect amount of sweetness, a little sticky and so much better than store bought! I will never buy store bought syrup again when I can make a syrup that is much more flavorful without a bunch of chemicals at home! Let’s…
Cream Cheese Syrup
Earlier this year, we began to make all of our own homemade syrups for pancakes, waffles and french toast. Homemade syrups taste so much better and need to be stored in the fridge because there’s no emulsifiers, preservatives or other chemical compounds to keep the syrup shelf stable. This cream cheese syrup is super delicious…