As mentioned in yesterday’s post, this month’s Sugar High Friday has a theme of ‘Mmm…Canada!’ and has two editions: sweet and savory. Yesterday I posted about a Maritime fast food treat, garlic fingers. Today I’m posting about a Maritime traditional sweet treat – Blueberry Grunt. Blueberry Grunt is a somewhat unusual dessert. A wild blueberry […]
Last month I participated in Sugar High Friday, the monthly blogger event where people from around the globe post up some sugary treat or another, based on a theme. This month’s theme? Mmm… Canada! And to make things even more fun, they added a savory edition this month, hosted by Jasmine at Confessions of a […]
I joked recently that I’ve been eating so many chickpeas I’m going to soon turn into one. But hey, what can I say, I like them! Recently I discovered this recipe from Nigella Lawson, which takes all of 5 minutes to make, is delicious, and easy to pair with fish, seafood, or simply a nice […]
With a huge bag of chickpeas in the house, of course I needed to make some hummus! In fact, I think for a lot of people, hummus is almost synonymous with chickpeas. My recipes are really simple. I took the hummus one from the Fresh cookbook, and then modified it a bit to suit my […]
Over the last short while we’ve been on a bit of a chickpea kick. Not only are they nutritious and versatile, they also have a fun name. Chickpeas, or Chickie Peas as my mom calls them, or GarBANzo beans. Knowing it is much cheaper to buy beans dried instead of canned, I picked up a […]