Category: Sweets

Blueberry Ginger Vegan Cheesecake

3 ideas to freshen up your favorite summer treats Summertime brings lots of picnics, barbecues and pool parties, along with tasty treats everyone loves to share. Want to make yummy desserts your friends will rave about, but with your own unique twist? Add exotic new fruit. Whether you’re making a fruit salad, a pie or …

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Recipe: Creamy Cinnamon Fruit Scoops

You don’t have to be a master on the barbecue, or have the most lavish of outdoor spaces to entertain this season. You just have to be ready. With the right staples in your kitchen, you can whip up quick and delicious recipes for instant entertaining all season long, like these: Pantry-to-party snacks: A perfect dip …

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Recipe: Farm-Made Peach Frozen Yogurt

Take advantage of this summer’s organic bounty from the local farmers’ market. Try this simple and delicious recipe, courtesy of Deb Vice, an Organic Meadow farmer: Farm-Made Peach Frozen Yogurt Ingredients 375 ml (1 ½ cups) Organic Meadow 2% M.F. Plain Greek Yogurt 500 ml (2 cups) organic peaches (frozen) 5 ml (1 tsp.) organic …

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Recipe: Mango Lime Crumble

For a unique dessert that will satisfy sweet cravings while keeping calories at bay, serve this delicious, fruit-filled dish. A flavourful medley of chopped mangoes and fresh lime is covered with a crunchy oatmeal topping for a non-traditional treat that looks and tastes heavenly. Lightly sweetened with naturally-sourced stevia, each serving contains only 157 calories …

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Torte

Looking for an easy summer dessert recipe? Beat the heat with this simple recipe for a chocolate peanut butter ice cream torte. More great recipes can be found online at www.peanutbureau.ca. Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Torte Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 3 minutes Freezing time: 1 hour Makes 10 servingsIngredients:Chocolate Peanut Crust: 1 …

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Grilled Peach, Apricot and Sweet Ricotta Layered Bread Pudding

When cooking up a storm on the grill this summer, don’t limit yourself to traditional burgers and sausages. Think outside the box with the endless possibilities for family barbecues (you can even barbecue in the morning), like this mouth-watering grilled peach, apricot and sweet ricotta layered “bread pudding.” Packed with the finest fruity flavours, this …

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The Not-So-Secret Recipe for Soft and Chewy Cookies

Between television baking specials and how-to videos on social media, there’s no shortage of decadent and elaborate recipes for baked goods for you to try. Still, there’s nothing quite like sinking your teeth into the classic soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie. Home bakers have many hacks for making the perfect soft and chewy cookies, …

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Spiced Caramel Snickerdoodles

Forget pies and sheet cakes – show off your baking chops with these Spiced Caramel Snickerdoodles. Made with caramel and cinnamon, these cookies can do no wrong. Featuring delicious flavours, this cookie has got a little something to suit everyone’s taste buds. Another crowd pleaser? The simplicity of baking with Becel; use it 1:1 as …

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Cooking with Coraline: Double Chocolate Chip Raspberry Bundt Cake

Last weekend Coraline and I went berry picking again with my sweet friend and her adorable 6 month old baby, Ronin. It was a lot of fun and in the end we ended up with a couple pints of delicious raspberries.  After thinking for awhile I thought a dark chocolate chocolate chip Bundt cake with …

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Plant-based Anything Goes Cookie Dough

Customize your cookies with this versatile plant-based recipe Plant-based eating has been one of the big trends of 2019 and has even taken centre stage as part of the new Canada’s Food Guide. Yet despite widespread awareness of the new food guide, according to recent survey commissioned by Becel, only one in two Canadians (52%) …

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