Every Halloween as a child when my family was for carving our pumpkins, we would save some of the scrapings to make pumpkin marmalade. This is a tradition I continue with my family. While my husband and daughter are carving I prepare the pumpkin scrapings. There are a few different versions of pumpkin marmalade available, …
Growing up in a small town in Newfoundland, I lived within a km of both of my grandparents, so I would visit them often. On my Nans' kitchen tables, I would often find fresh bread, pies, capelin and sweet tea buns. When I was preparing to move to Ontario for university, one of my Nans …
(Makes ~16 1.5cup (375ml) servings - Estimated based on 375ml portion using beef: 375 calories, 30g protein, 9g fibre) Preparation time: 20-30 minutes Cooking time: 90-120 minutes Ingredients: 1.5kg (3.3 lbs) lean ground beef or ground turkey 1 medium onion chopped 2 bell peppers (any preferred colour) chopped 3 cups mushrooms chopped 1 x 540ml …
Recipe makes about 12 cakes - (Estimated per cake: 195 calories, 25.5g protein, 0.6g fibre) Preparation time: 30-60 minutes (depends on type of salmon used) Cooking time: 10-15 minutes Ingredients: 2.5 lbs salmon (precooked or wild canned) 1.5 lbs potatoes ½ cup whole wheat bread crumbs (regular bread crumbs can be substituted) 1 egg 1 …
(Estimated per bun: 110calories, 3.8g protein, 2.4g fibre) This recipe originally came from my mother on the East Coast which she adapted from a Cream of the West Cook Book, adding an egg and adjusting ingredient amounts. I have since adapted it even further as I found the difference in humidity in Ontario required further …
(Adapted from recipe found on Yummly at https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Date-Bars-1406325 ) In my blog entitled, “So you want to increase your fibre?”, I discussed how you can adjust the fibre in recipes by switching from refined flours to whole grain flour. I have changed this date bar recipe originally found on Yummly website as an example of …
(estimate: 9g fibre and 13g protein per serving **Not including topping such as fruit/granola) Prep time: 5 min if overnight 10 min if made hot sameday Ingredients: 125ml rolled oats 1 tbsp chia seeds 2 tbsp natural peanut butter (or alternative) 125ml water **Optional topping – Fruit or granola Instructions: Combine water, rolled …
(estimated for 3 bites: 345 calories, 6g fibre, 7g protein) Preparation time: 20 min Ingredients: 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/3 cup of your favourite roasted seeds (I mixed salted sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds together as I like a little sweet and salty) 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup chopped pitted dates Handful of …
Continue reading Nut-free cranberry & date energy bites (Makes ~25 bites)
