Category Archives: Recipes

Challah for Neighbours and a Quick Bread Machine Challah Recipe (Dairy)

As you all know, every Friday we bake a loaf of fresh Challah for our Shabbat celebration. My very first loaf that I made many years ago as a newly married woman in our tiny kitchen in a two-bedroom house … Continue reading

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Potato Latkes – A Family Recipe

Recently my good friend Vor of Vordoo Cuisine and I were talking about our favourite comfort foods for the colder days, and of course I immediately thought of Latkes. Latkes are the perfect food for Autumn and Winter and definitely … Continue reading

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Toffee Popcorn Chocolate Bark

We love making these chocolate cookies in the winter to give to friends. They are a nice addition to a box of homemade chocolate bark, and even though they might not look as fancy as traditional chocolate bark they are … Continue reading

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Honey and Raisin Flapjacks Recipe

Today I wanted to share our favourite Flapjack recipe with you, they make great snacks to take along to the park and are easy and quick to prepare. This recipe makes about twenty servings. Honey and Raisin Flapjacks You will … Continue reading

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Lemon & Honey Tea

The little ones have caught their very first cold this year, so we have spent the day cuddled up on the sofa with stories and woolly socks, and this fantastic Lemon & Honey Tea. I am so grateful to have … Continue reading

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Honey Ice Cream Recipe – No Ice Cream Maker

One of our favourite summer treats is Honey Ice Cream. It’s really easy to make, you don’t need an Ice Cream Maker and it is almost healthy. It is very creamy and just sweet enough. Honey Ice Cream You will … Continue reading

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Banana Pancakes from Jamaica – Recipe

Every Sunday Grandpa gives Emily bananas to take home, and every Monday Emily and I cook Banana Pancakes together. We first tried these many years ago when our Jamaican friends made them for us, so I was really happy to … Continue reading

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Spooky Sugar Castle

We finally finished moving into this lovely little home of ours, and to celebrate we decided to build a Halloween castle. I thought it might be fun to share how we did it, so you can give it a try … Continue reading

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Monster Bites

We’re almost done with the house, but as we recently got the lovely news that our Emily can have wheat,gluten and dairy again we took some time off this morning to make some Halloween treats. There were some arguments over … Continue reading

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