Category: Food
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Vegan Deconstructed Apple Pie
I think it’s fun to come up with new desserts. This is one of those ideas that I put down on a post-it note while bored at work. The jist was that I really like apple pie but that delicious crust is loaded in calories. I figured I could get away with half the crust…
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Vegan & Gluten-Free Quinoa Chocolate Cake
Again with Bridgehead. They had a quinoa chocolate cake and I wanted to try to make something like it. Chocolate Cake (Original) ⅔ Cup Quinoa 1⅓ Cup Water ¼ Cup Flax Seeds ½ Cup Water ⅓ Cup Almond Milk 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract ¾ Cup Vegan Butter (eg. Earth Balance) 1½ Cup Sugar 1 Cup Unsweetened…
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Vegan & Gluten-Free Butter Tarts
I experimented this weekend, preparing vegan & gluten-free butter tarts. I was looking online for recipes, and they all called for raisins – which I really don’t like. So I improvised. Vegan & Gluten-Free Butter Tarts (Original Recipe) Makes 12 tarts. Pastry 3 Cups Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour 1 Cup Sugar 1 Tbsp Nutmeg ½…
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White Chocolate Bread Pudding
I had made a sweet maple-infused bread that wasn’t all that spectacular so I decided to turn it into bread pudding! I stole the idea from a bakery up the road that has incredible white chocolate versions. White Chocolate Bread Pudding (Original Recipe) Makes four 4.5″ tarts. Approximately 500 calories per serving. 4 Stale Slices of…
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Experimental Baking Fun!
I like to make food, especially baked treats. It’s play time. I start off with an idea of what I want the end product to be, then I might grab a base recipe and muck around with the ingredients and process. More often than not it doesn’t come out the way I envisioned. If at…
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Peanut Butter Cheesecake
I was asked to make a peanut butter cheesecake for Christmas. I ended up doing one that was a mix of these two recipes. Oreo Crust Box of Oreo Cookies (30 Sandwich Cookies) 1 Cup Roasted Peanuts 1/2 Cup Butter Melt the butter in a sauce pan. Grind up the peanuts and add to a…
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Vegan Mini Oreo Cheesecakes (Take Two)
This was my second attempt at making vegan miniature cheesecakes. The first attempt was edible, but the issue was that the top was gum-like, and the whole thing would then deflate in the center as they cooled. I crumbled Oreo cookies into the formed wells to hide the flaw. For this attempt, I used another…
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Grand-pères au caramel (Grandfather Dumplings)
I’ve been looking for traditional French-Canadian recipes. I grew up with a few that are delicious and yet completely unknown outside this culture. Wondering what else I was missing out on, I decided to look up more recipes that might not have entered my family lore. The French-Canadian take on Grandfather Dumplings was one of…
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Ottawa Curdwich, Take One
On the trip home from the US with Jon, the two of us talked about Philly Cheesesteaks. If Ottawa had a sandwich named after it, what would it be like? We started coming up with ideas. Shredded beef. Cheese curds in the tradition of poutine. Caramelized onions. Maple syrup. I made the sandwich this weekend. Curdwich…
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Vegan Sloppy Joe’s, Oreo Cheesecakes, and Hot Chocolate
Sloppy Joe’s Hamburger Buns (Original) Makes 12-18 buns. 1 Cup Warm Vegan Milk (eg. Almond Milk) 1 Cup Warm Water 2 Tbsp Sugar 2 1/2 Tsp Yeast 5 Cups Flour 1 1/2 Tsp Salt 1 Tbsp Vegan Milk 1 Tbsp Water Sesame Seeds (do not skip!) In a large bowl, combine milk, water, sugar and…