Some friends of mine live in the beautiful Nemaiah Valley, surrounded by British Columbia’s snow-topped Coastal Mountains. They have a Bed and Breakfast, as well as offer horseback riding trips and guide outfitting. I was excited to find they have recently gone digital and have a website up!
I would wholeheartedly recommend [...]
Apple Rolls
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup hot water
1 tsp yeast
3 tsp (1 Tbsp) sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups unbleached flour
2 apples, peeled, cored and finely diced
4 heaping teaspoons brown sugar (2 – 3 Tbsp)
sprinkle of cinnamon
Add hot water to milk. Stir in yeast and sugar. Add salt and whole [...]
Wandering through a mall the other day, we stopped at the food court, and I had my first stromboli. It was filled with spinach and cheese, with bits of tomato, too. Now, I love spanokopita – there’s something so good about spinach and cheese wrapped in a tasty crust – so when I saw [...]
This is a great-tasting chocolate cake that uses cocoa instead of baking chocolate (I tend to have cocoa on hand much more often than baking chocolate). It also uses buttermilk, which contributes to the moistness of the cake. If you don’t have buttermilk, you can substitute soured milk (eg. milk soured with a [...]
This cake can be made much sweeter than I chose to make it (I’ve seen it made with 2 cups of sugar!), and it can also be made with the addition of chopped pecans (which is quite traditional for a classic, southern “Hummingbird Cake”). I’ve also seen some recipes add coconut – which I [...]