Very Versatile Harvest Grains Blend

by Helen Kain | Oct 11, 2020 | Breakfast, Holiday, Home, Sides

Like many people, I’ve been making bread these past few months. Not so much sourdough; tending a sourdough starter is like raising another child, and I feel like I have enough humans and livestock to care for as it is. As well, sourdough is a bit too...

Peach Cornbread Skillet Cobbler

by Helen Kain | Aug 30, 2020 | Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Holiday, Summer Recipes, Sweets

Six luscious peaches beckoned from the kitchen counter early one morning, on a day that threatened imminent rain. After a quick cup of coffee, we snapped leashes on Clementine and Churchill, the youngest of our wriggling golden retrievers, and headed out before the...

Dried Cherry Panettone

by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2020 | Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Sweets, Tea, Winter Recipes

I”m a glutton for slightly sweet bread. Not the super-sweet-sticky stuff like iced cinnamon rolls, but scones, date loaf and Portuguese King’s Bread, also called Bolo Rei, a marvellous concoction that Isabel, our cleaning lady, brings every Christmas....

Baklava Pull-Apart Bread

by Helen Kain | Apr 12, 2020 | Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Recipes By Season, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Sweets, Winter Recipes

Baking is a very soothing activity. Baking bread with scads of butter, sugar, cinnamon, and nuts is the epitome of soothing. Baklava Pull-Apart Bread came to me along a somewhat circuitous path, as frequently happens with my food inspiration. During this strange time...

Monkey Bread

by Helen Kain | Aug 26, 2019 | Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Sweets, Winter Recipes

When I was planning the table setting Monkeying Around, I discovered Monkey Bread. Where has it been all my life? It’s absolutely delicious and a really fun thing to make with small kids. Those sticky little hands can be put to such good use! The little sugar...

Asparagus, Tomato and Goat Cheese Frittata

by Helen Kain | Jun 30, 2019 | Breakfast, Mains, Summer Recipes, Vegetables

This is one of our favourite weekend breakfasts. It comes together in minutes and uses up whatever leftovers we have from grilling earlier in the week, from mushrooms to asparagus; sometimes we even toss in the crumbled meat from a lonely Italian sausage. A...