by Helen Kain | May 10, 2022 | Holiday, Home, Ready to Publish, Recent, Salads, Summer Recipes, Vegetables
Easy to prepare and studded with colourful vegetables, this healthy salad is hearty enough for a summer main course. The slightly chewy farro has a delightful nutty flavour, enhanced by the light vinaigrette. It travels well for picnic season, too! Print clock...
by Helen Kain | Mar 28, 2022 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Easter, Edited in Lightroom, Holiday, Spring Recipes
Buttery, crisp sugar cookies are welcome at any time of year. Fail-safe and endlessly adaptable, here they are decorated with Royal icing before edible transfer paper adds the final festive touch. Print clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag...
by Helen Kain | Mar 13, 2022 | Books, Home, Recent, Spring Recipes, Spring Tablescapes
After a decade of creating content for Entertablement, I have learned a number of things, principally about the various tasks associated with publishing blogs, books and magazines. My preferences, in order: Love: dreaming up designs for table settings, arranging...
by Helen Kain | Feb 26, 2022 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Holiday, Winter Recipes
If you love lemon meringue pie and lemon curd, you’ll adore lemon squares. They’re a cinch to make, but don’t neglect to take the few extra minutes to thicken the filling on the stovetop before layering it over the partially baked shortbread. You...
by Helen Kain | Feb 22, 2022 | Holiday, Lamb, Pasta & Rice, Recent, Winter Recipes
Lamb shanks are the intended cut of meat for this dish, but I had purchased a partial leg of lamb from Whole Foods for New Year’s Eve dinner. Either the lamb in question had been training for a marathon prior to its demise, or it was actually mutton. Talk about...
by Helen Kain | Feb 9, 2022 | Bread & Scones, Desserts, Holiday, Mother's Day, Tea, Valentine's Day, Winter Recipes
Raspberries are intensely flavourful, but their fragility makes them a tricky fruit to employ in baking scones, Too often they shatter into seeds, and the oozing juice leaves a stained mess. In this recipe, the dough is rolled into a rectangle, then fresh berries and...