Swiss Chard, Leek and Sweet Potato Frittata
Here’s a recipe that initially was the result of a rigorous fridge clean-out and has come to be a fall staple in the Simple Bites kitchen. This Swiss Chard, Leek and Sweet Potato Frittata spotlights…
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11 August Recipes to Make Right Now
It’s time for a peak-summer recipe round-up featuring all that is ripe and beautiful at the market and in our backyard gardens. End-of-August produce can be almost overwhelming with its array of seasonal fruits and…
Fudgy Chocolate Two-Bite Brownies (GF, DF)
I‘ve discovered the perfect picnic brownie and so naturally I’ve been making them on repeat. As is my custom with a favourite new-to-me recipe, I had to share it with you. We’ve already had our…
How to Move Towards a Zero-Waste Kitchen
Simple tips for going zero-waste in the kitchen – with a goal of progress, not perfection. Happy Earth Day! Is anyone else watching Our Planet on Netflix? Each episode is equally inspiring and sobering. It…
Brownies and Bars | Cookies | Lunch | Quick Bites | Snacks
DIY Power Bites, Granola Bars and other healthy snacks
I‘ve been feeling like we’re in a bit of a post-holiday baking slump here. I know, that didn’t take long. But you can hardly blame me. For most of December, Saturdays were for swirl buns…
Lunch | School lunch | Snacks
Double Chocolate and Maple Tahini Puffed Cereal Treats
I‘ve been packing school lunches for eight years and lunchbox treats are one thing I have down to a science, thanks to plenty of practice and a whole lot of honest feedback. Today I’m sharing…
Happy New Year and looking ahead to 2018
Happy New Year, friends. I’ve hesitated to write the first post of the year for the very silly reason that I’ve felt pressured to come up with something inspiring. Remarkable! Fresh! The truth is, however,…
A pumpkin recipe round-up
November First is always the day I buy my pumpkins to roast and preserve for winter. There’s a farm up the road that displays them proudly all October, right through to the 31st, and then…
Apple Almond Galette to celebrate my new cookbook (giveaway)
The kettle is on and the table is set. It’s finally time to share with you a project I’ve been working on for a little over two years. I’ve filled notebooks with scribbles and lists,…
The Simple Bites Kitchen
Welcome to my kitchen. Toasty warm in the winter and cool in the summer, my kitchen is a place where the family gathers, cooks together, and celebrates everyday life. In my brand new cookbook, The…
17 best recipes to close out summer
It’s my favourite time of year to shop at the local markets. The aisles are lined with baskets piled high with two-inch cucumbers and plump Roma tomatoes, inspiring me to add pickles and salsa to…
Presenting…The Simple Bites Kitchen cookbook
I‘ve been counting down the days to this very post: the one where I reveal the cover of my next cookbook, The Simple Bites Kitchen and share a few details about this personal project. As of now,…
Pumpkin-Olive Oil Bread recipe from The Vanilla Bean Baking Book
This week has been unusually busy for me and I’m five days away from a big deadline with my next book, so I am taking a break from recipe development. That is sometimes how the…
Weekend links: Back-to-school edition
Full disclosure: this week I was at the beach with friends and our kids instead of recipe developing and preparing for the start of school. Glorious warm weather and a desire to hold onto summer just…
Common sense summertime batch cooking
In my kitchen, batch cooking comes to the rescue time and time again, no matter the season. We tend to think of cooking in big batches as a fall and winter time-saving trick – great…
Savouring Strawberry Season – a recipe round-up
On a recent morning ramble, Clara and I found the first wild strawberries, a handful of tiny sweet gems that signaled the start of our glorious berry season. And on a day-trip to the country last Saturday, we saw…
Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake and a KitchenAid mixer giveaway
Today is our wedding anniversary, hence the cake. It’s a light, lemony creation, which I’m serving up with a dollop of ricotta and maple-roasted rhubarb that was picked straight from my garden. Spring, long weekends,…
Herbed Avocado Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches
Originally, I thought I’d keep this post short and sweet. It’s egg salad, after all. How much could I say on the subject? Quite a bit, as it turns out. As I was working with each ingredient,…
My Favourite International Cookbooks of 2015
Today felt like the first normal morning in our home in over a month. I served up oatmeal porridge with maple syrup and cream while Danny pulled espresso shots and steamed milk for our coffees….
The School Lunch Blindside
There are a few things that happen after a car accident that they don’t tell you about. Such as how the muscles in your ten fingers will ache and simple tasks – like wrapping your daughter’s…
Kitchen Tasks for Kids Ages 9 to 11
“Do you have anything I can chop?” When my nine-year-old Noah joins me in the kitchen, this is a question I can expect him to ask every time. He likes to work on his knife…
Kitchen Tasks for Kids Ages 3-5
The subject of children’s kitchen tasks came up quite a bit during my recent round of interviews for cookbook promo, which got me thinking. Over the years (we’ve had five good ones here) I’ve never…
Vegan Pumpkin Seed Cocoa Brownies
We’re more cookie people than brownie fans around here, and you’ll find more recipes for pies than bars in the archives. In fact, this is the first brownie recipe I’ve published in five years. Now,…
11 healthy family food habits to embrace in 2015
This list originally started as a few notes scratched in a notebook I keep in my bedside table. Reminders. Little practices that I occasionally forget about, yet want to continue because I know they have a…
