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Sometimes the best inspiration for a dish comes from the sauce! I find delightful sauce mixes in the Asian grocery store, and I love to experiment and play with them to create wonderful dishes.  You may find the sauce mix I used in your local grocers, if they happen to carry an extensive selection of [...]

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

Two of my favorite fresh summer dips: guacamole and hummus! I came across a recipe for this dip last evening, and changed it up to suit my own tastes – and voila! A yummy summertime dip perfect for entertaining, or for just sitting around and sharing with the family as we did this morning. Fresh [...]

I am slightly hesitant to post this recipe on Cat Can Cook, but I’m gonna do it all the same. You know how I am all about the EASY recipes? Well, crepes have a certain knack to them, and they do take a little practice to master. But, I trust you and I know you [...]

Delicious, fresh and summery – this recipe was invented after a reader asked if I did much Asian cooking…I LOVE to make up new recipes, so I beased this on a satay sauce recipe and added to it to make it perfect. This dish was superb, flavourful, and appealing to my fussy five-year-old too. Satay [...]

Sometimes, it takes *really* looking something over before you realize the error of your ways. I’ve been working away on my second book, and last night I completed the recipe list to be included. (HOORAY!) However, I noticed that most of the recipes that I really want in the book are main courses, and we [...]

The delicious and fragrant flavours in this vegetarian soup were created from some of my favorite backyard plants – every year I enjoy my beautiful gardens where I grow parsley, rosemary, thyme, oregano, cilantro, chives, sage, lovage, garlic…etc. but this year we had a surprise plant sprout up – a pumpkin! While it has taken [...]

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Decadent and rich buttery cookies? Oh YES! Chocolaty, soft and delicious? Oh YES! Easy to make, even for the novice baker? Of course!!! Decadent Chocolate Shortbread Recipe 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup butter (you may need an extra spoonful – if the dough is too dry) [...]

I had picked up a bottle of instant coffee on sale the other morning at the grocery store with a plan in mind. I came home, threw a few ingredients into my blender (including the coffee granules) and voila! Sometimes playing around is the best way to discover a new great recipe…I am not even [...]