It’s the end of the school year, and I always like to send something for the teachers. I mean, yeah we may not be 100% happy with how they dealt with things throughout the year but overall we need to keep in mind that these are the people our children spend most of the day […]
When I think spring I think nature, sun, flowers, blossom, fresh, life, new and much more. But then I look out the window here in Halifax and I can’t help but thinking gray, rain, wet and windy. No, I’m not pessimistic by nature, don’t get me wrong but seriously, how many sunless days can one […]
This is not really a recipe per say, but rather an inspiration 🙂 I made some goodies using phyllo dough and had a bunch of phyllo leaves leftover so I had to play around with it, especially since this was the first time I’ve ever used this dough. So first of all I want to […]
I’m not sure why but I always though that cheesecakes are complicated and that’s why I tried avoiding them, although I just love cheesecakes, I mean, who doesn’t? So I decided to take advantage of the fact that these past few days were a Jewish holiday that focuses on eating dairy (“Shavuot”) and dived in, […]
It’s May. It’s spring. And for the past few days it’s been gorgeous! I must admit that there are days when I’m sitting in my office at work, looking out the window and wondering if we’re not missing out on too much in life. Not that trip overseas, not that final sale at the mall […]
Yesterday night I had this weirdest craving. I really wanted a cinnamon bun. I looked for a good recipe but of course the only ones I could find are the good old fashioned yeast cinnamon buns. I adore yeast pastries. They are my favorite, but in this instance I just had to have my cinnamon […]
Weather is starting to get warmer and we definitely see a bit more sun these days. While most normal people would prefer spending a sunny day on their decks just soaking in vitamin D, I would probably prefer to work in the garden or surprise- surprise, bake something. So the other day I went to […]
I recently discovered that you can actually bake pancake batter and get a whole different thing than pancakes. So of course, I decided to try it out with Spelt flour which is very low in gluten and so much better than the traditional white flour. This was super easy and ended up being so good. […]