In my backyard, I have four blueberry bushes. Three of them produce a small handful of berries every year. Just enough to toss in some yogurt or on my morning granola. Or just eat while I’m picking. The fourth bush, is a power producer. It produces enough berries most years to make a few smoothies or a couple of batches of blueberry muffins. This year,
Mince Tarts for Christmas
Little mince tarts are a holiday classic and they’re so fast to put together – if you cheat a little (ok… a lot, haha) You all know my feelings on pastry if you read the blog regularly. We don’t get along. It’s a love hate relationship. I love eating pastry. But I do not like making it – it never works. Maybe I need to take
Rhubarb Apple Tart with Coconut and Chocolate
As quickly as it comes, rhubarb season leaves and so, this is my second but also my last rhubarb post of the year. Last week’s rhubarb apple crisp was so highly rated in this household that I decided to work with the rhubarb apple combo again for this tart. The tart itself was inspired by a rhubarb white chocolate almond tart I saw in Edible
Concord Grape Apple Pie for Thanksgiving
Apparently… grape apple pie is a thing. I only just found this out. After going apple picking a few weeks ago, I was chatting with Food Husband Sean about what kind of pie I should make with all this fruit. I didn’t want to do my usual sour cream apple pie or a straight up apple pie… Sean: I know what kind of pie you
Sour Cream Peach Pie
One of my favourite pies… scratch that… my very favourite pie, is my mom’s Sour Cream Apple Pie. To me, it’s pie perfection – tender flaky pastry, succulent apples mixed with tangy sour cream and a perfect cinnamon brown sugar topping. Autumn in a pie plate. But then, then I saw Greg’s post for PEACH sour cream pie over on SippitySup and I started to
The Simple Blueberry Pie
It’s time. Time for summer to drift away. I can see it happening – the mid-afternoon light is no longer harsh. It’s turned soft and watery and golden. It’s my favourite light to sit and watch – I don’t know why. It’s one of those things I find hard to explain except that it feels peaceful and lazy, like there is no rush. The temperatures
Sour Cream Apple Pie – The Pie to End All Pies
Who does not love pie? Seriously – it’s pretty much the perfect dessert and it takes literally 10 minutes to throw one together. At least, that’s if you follow my “I will never make my own pastry again” rule. If you insist on making pastry, it’s gonna take you a little longer and a whole lot more mess. At least, that’s what happens when I