Archive | Cooking

31 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Facebook Contest!

Did you know that you can find Cat Can Cook on Facebook? 3000 fans strong and growing by the day! Thanks to everyone for the support and fun exchanges. I love cooking and sharing my recipes with the world and Facebook has allowed Cat Can Cook to grow and change and expand even more. To [...]

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03 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Daytime Kitchener – March 2010

Check out my segments from March of this year on Daytime Kitchener. Here I am baking alongside my daughter Gwyneth – the cutest sous chef ever! Enjoy

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13 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Preparing Traditional Christmas Pudding

I have posted this recipe here before, but for those of you who may not have seen it, I wanted to share it again. This was my Great-Grandmother’s Recipe, and it’s enjoyed every year in our home for Christmas dinner dessert. It’a  delicious carrot pudding full of wonderful raisins, currants, dates…all the good stuff (and [...]

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30 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Vanilla

I had the pleasure of getting this e-mail yesterday: “Hey Cat! I’m wondering what’s the best type of vanilla to use for baking. I took a look at the store and there was artificial vanilla, pure vanilla, artificial vanilla with a percentage of pure, and some other types. Help!” So, in addition to answering her [...]

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21 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Caught in a Cooking Rut?

Chances are, once in a while you have absolutely no idea what to make for dinner! It’s often difficult with the stresses of everyday life, the busyness of work and family and the general “stuff” we all have to deal with, to come up with new and creative ideas for meal time. Sometimes, it seems [...]

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16 February 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Cheese.com

I discovered this wonderful web-site yesterday, about, well CHEESE of course!  One of my all time favorite foods!  Anything and everything you could ever want to know about cheeses from types, to uses to history can be found here…check it out! And because I have nothing better to do right now, I will list my [...]

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03 February 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Frozen Veggies

Frozen Veggies

Image by dharmabumx via Flickr In the winter (at least in Canada, and I would hazard, much of North America) it is really difficult to find good fresh produce!  Greenhouses and local farms can only do so much in the way of providing our “5 to 10″ servings of  healthy vegetables and fruits. Solution?  Why [...]

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22 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Great Kitchen Tips

Great Kitchen Tips

Image via Wikipedia I had no idea what I was going to write about tonight, as my mind is so totally on *lampworking* right now, I can’t think of much else, let alone coming up with an interesting recipe du jour. A friend just e-mailed a great list of household tips and tricks, so I [...]

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30 December 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Bread-Makers

As I write this post, I am baking my first ever loaf of bread in a bread-maker! It smells great in here! My parents and In-laws have both had one of these small appliances for years, and used it regularly, but I have just recently gotten around to buying one, and today, she sets sail [...]

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20 December 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Silicone Bakeware

Silicone bake ware rocks! There, I said it! It really, really does! I’ve been using mine for about 3 years now (having bought my first set when the trend just began to hit the big stores) and I have never looked back. Why you ask, is silicone the way to bake? Well, allow me to [...]

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