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S'mores Fudge

Flee Fly Mosquito – Fudgey S’mores

November 10, 2011 by EmmaEats

Over the summer, G talked to Emma about camping. The conversation has come up a few times; I stay conspicuously quiet each time while the excitement between the two of them builds. I’m sure one of these times the conversation will lead to action, but hopefully, it will mean I won’t have to sleep outside among the bugs too. I’m also hoping that I might be able to share in the s’mores around the campfire. Also this past summer, we […]

Categories: Desserts, Recipes • Tags: Baking and Confections, Chocolate, Condensed milk, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Fudge, Gift-giving, Graham cracker, Homemade, Kid-friendly, Marshmallow, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, S'more, summer recipes

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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Sunday morning… – Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

November 3, 2011 by EmmaEats

Emma loves apples. She eats at least one every day. In fact, probably one of the first phrases she uttered includes an apple a day keeps the doctor away. We made Apple Crumble Pie this week (coming soon to EmmaEats) all due to her love of apples (and not of pumpkin pie which I learned after making it for Canadian Thanksgiving).  When it came time for her to choose a breakfast on Sunday morning, I was not surprised when she was […]

Categories: Breakfast, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: Apple, Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, Apples, Autumn, Breakfast, Brunch, Cinnamon, Cooking, Crumble, Fall recipes, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Kid-friendly, Oatmeal, quick and easy, Recipes, Winter recipes

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Great Big Butter Tart

Sugar, sugar

October 20, 2011 by EmmaEats

Just last week, Emma’s Nanna and Grandad returned from a 3-week trip abroad.  She was very excited about them coming home and when we told her they were coming for dinner, she knew exactly what she wanted as a treat for their visit: butter tarts. Warm, buttery, brown sugary goodness. Emma’s first exposure to butter tarts was with our friend D. I say “our” friend because D and I became fast friends years ago through work, and when Emma arrived, […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, butter tart, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Handmade, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Spanikopita

Under pressure

October 6, 2011 by EmmaEats

As usual, and like all families with children, on any given day, we find ourselves running to and from school, lessons, appointments and the such. Somewhere in between the running around, we also have to feed our families. I find myself spending many a waking hour, these days, thinking about what I can put together quickly to nourish my family. And, ever since Katie arrived, the sense of urgency around getting this activity completed quickly, between naps/laundry/baths/whatever-crisis-emerged-today has increased dramatically. […]

Categories: Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes, Vegetarian • Tags: baking, Brunch, Cooking, Family-friendly, Feta, Food, healthy, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Phyllo, quick and easy, Recipes, Spanakopita, Spinach

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Baked Crab Cakes

Under the sea

September 29, 2011 by EmmaEats

As we watched Emma gobble up some grilled wild salmon the other night, G and I lamented that we haven’t been eating enough seafood lately.  Summer has flown by and although we have had a tonne of grilled and smoked meats (thanks to our Big Green Egg and G’s proficiency with it!), somehow, fish and seafood had taken a back seat. It’s unfortunate really, because in our household, we all really enjoy it. We also all seem to really love […]

Categories: Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Brunch, Cooking, Crab, Crab cake, Family-friendly, Food, healthy, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Made for a prince(ss)

September 9, 2011 by EmmaEats

August was a hot and stormy month around here. On top of the heat, our oven was suddenly on the fritz. Not that I would have turned on the oven in our already hot kitchen. However, this meant that my dessert-baking obsession was taking a serious beating throughout that time. As I’ve mentioned before, when Emma has friends coming by, she selects what treat she’d like to have for the visit.  We were preparing to have some friends by for […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: Baking and Confections, Biscuit, Chocolate, Cooking, Cranberry, Dessert, desserts, Digestive biscuit, Dried cranberry, Dried fruit, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Handmade, Homemade, Kid-friendly, no-bake, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Quinoa Salad

Keen-what? – Quinoa and Veggie Salad

August 29, 2011 by EmmaEats

Our family has hit a new level of rushing about. We are always in a hurry — whether we’re trying to get to classes and appointments on time, doing grocery shopping, or cleaning and cooking. That rushing around coupled with some very hot summer temperatures means that I’m working hard to have the stove/oven on for as little time as possible. Keeping the temperature in our kitchen below a sizzling 30C is definitely a good thing. And most days this […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Recipes, Sides, Vegan • Tags: Cooking, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, healthy, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, quinoa, Recipes, summer recipes, Vegan

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Grilled Quick Pizza Dough

When the moon hits your eye…

June 2, 2011 by EmmaEats

I’ve been meaning to post this recipe for nearly a year. And finally, I was spurred into posting it because of Mother’s Day.  Emma’s preschool class put together “Mommy Fact Sheets” which included the question, “What is your Mommy’s favourite food?”  Emma’s answer about her mummy: pizza. Thankfully, everyone in our family, including Emma, loves pizza and even more thankfully, I have a quick and easy pizza dough recipe that makes me actually prefer making the dough to purchasing/ordering pizza. […]

Categories: Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes • Tags: baking, Calzone, Cooking, Dough, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, hand pies, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Olive oil, Pizza, quick and easy, Recipes

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Double Chocolate Blueberry Brownies

The Sweetest Thing – Double Chocolate Blueberry Brownies

March 29, 2011 by EmmaEats

It has become increasingly noticeable that I’ve been posting a lot of dessert recipes lately on EmmaEats.  It’s not been intentional, nor is the only thing Emma eats dessert. But we’ve been on a bit of a discovery of some “essentials” and this recipe is no exception. About a month or so ago, I was making pizza for dinner and noticed that next to the dog-eared page that I’ve followed for pizza dough, there was a recipe for brownies. We […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, blueberries, Blueberry, brownie, Chocolate, Chocolate chip, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Chewy Cranberry Granola Bars

In between meals… — Chewy Cranberry Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

March 3, 2011 by EmmaEats

Most of our friends (with and without children) are always looking for healthy, portable, easy to assemble snacks. When I was pregnant with Emma, I was looking for the same. I ate many All Bran bars, blueberries, Babybel cheeses and baby cut carrots, and although it satisfied my need to eat constantly, I would have been happier to have a bit more variety. I posted a granola recipe awhile back that is incredibly popular in our household and thought would […]

Categories: Breakfast, Desserts, Recipes, Super School Snacks, Vegetarian • Tags: baking, Breakfast, coconut oil, Cooking, Cranberry, dairy-free, Dried fruit, Family-friendly, Food, Granola, Granola bar, healthy, Homemade, Honey, Kid-friendly, Maple syrup, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, Snack, Snack food, Vegetarian

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Delicious zippy lemon squares

Zip-a-dee-doo-da – Zippy Lemon Bars

February 17, 2011 by EmmaEats

We returned last week from a very Emma-friendly vacation to Disney World. We all had a very good time – so good that none of us were really ready to come home, especially to 15+ cm of new snow. Before we left, we were all starting to feel the mid-winter blues and so, one evening for dessert, Emma picked something that brought a little sunshine – lemon squares. I have always enjoyed lemony desserts – one of my favourites being […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Kid-friendly, Lemon, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, Sugar, summer recipes

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Secret Surprise Cookies

Be Mine, Valentine

February 13, 2011 by EmmaEats

This is the year where Valentine’s Day changes for our family. Before now, there were Valentine’s given to one another, maybe to grandparents and a few close friends — this year, since little Emma is in nursery school, all of her classmates, teachers, playdate friends have all been selected to receive Valentines. Although it is very sweet, it has been a bit of effort to get those cards and treats ready in time for delivery on the big day. (We’re […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Chocolate, Christmas, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Gift-giving, Hershey Company, Hershey Kiss, Hershey's Kisses, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Orangette, quick and easy, Recipes, shortbread, Valentine, Valentine's Day

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Whole Wheat Buns

Got a bun in the oven!

January 24, 2011 by EmmaEats

Well, 8 actually! On a few occasions lately, we’ve found ourselves low on fresh bread. May have something to do with the colds/flu/tiredness floating around our house.  Nonetheless, we made the realization we were out of bread when G briefly mentioned meatball subs one evening around dinner time. (I *love* meatball subs!) I couldn’t stop thinking of them. Knowing that Emma loves meatballs and bread, this was a no-brainer. Except bread = yeast! Again, my aversion to yeast recipes! Thankfully, […]

Categories: Appetizers, Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Sides • Tags: baking, Bread, Bun, Butter, Cooking, Dough, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Side dishes, Yeast

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Cinnamon Buns

Happy New Year!

January 5, 2011 by EmmaEats

Incredibly the holidays have already passed by and we are back to our normal day-to-day.  Emma pointed this out on Sunday morning when she asked for me to take the reindeer sheets off of her bed and bring back her “non-Christmas” sheets. Once I convinced her that it wasn’t urgent to remove all signs of the holidays that very moment, I asked her what she’d like for breakfast. “Sweet buns,” she replied without hesitation. Emma’s introduction to sweet buns (aka cinnamon […]

Categories: Breakfast, Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Breakfast, Brunch, Cinnamon, Cinnamon roll, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, England, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, nut-free, quick and easy

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Palacsinta (aka crepes) are delicious

A new favourite?

December 6, 2010 by EmmaEats

When I was a child, my mother used to make all sorts of fantastic food. She still makes fantastic foods (hope you’re reading Anyuka!). Thankfully, although there was a multiyear blip when I first left home where everyone thought I didn’t know how to cook, I have been trying to learn how to make some of the wonderful things she made for our family. One of my favourites was palacsinta (aka crepes). She would make what seemed like 100 at […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: Brunch, Chocolate, Cooking, Cottage cheese, Crêpe, crepes, Dessert, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, France, Homemade, Hungarian, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Nutella, palacsinta, quick and easy, Recipes

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Baked Cheesy Pasta

Not quite low carb

November 22, 2010 by EmmaEats

One of the things that amazes me about young children is their incredible ability to eat anything and pretty much not gain any weight. As adults, we’re always fighting our weight and trying the next new fad to help us lose it. One of the other things that amazes me is Emma’s insatiable affinity for pasta. If I were to consume a third of the pasta that she does, well, I just can’t even imagine what it would do to […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Recipes • Tags: Cooking, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, Macaroni & Cheese, Noodle, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Chocolate Raspberry Cake

May I have another slice please? — Chocolate Raspberry Cake [Vegan]

November 19, 2010 by EmmaEats

Every year, Emma’s birthday is a turning point for the amount of cooking/baking/cleaning/other domestic activities that take place in our home.  It marks 6 weeks until Christmas which of course, sends me into a frenzy preparing for the holidays. There has been something in the oven pretty much every day this past week, and I anticipate much more over the coming weeks. Earlier this year, I also “declared” that I hoped to change the types of gifts we give to […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Vegan • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Cake, Chocolate, Christmas, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Raspberry, Recipes, Vegan

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Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Ladybug ladybug…

November 11, 2010 by EmmaEats

Our little Emma turns three on Sunday. I can’t believe how quickly the time is flying by! Emma had a few requests for celebrating her birthday: a Tinkerbell party, sausage rolls to eat and ladybug cupcakes. A few times this past year, I made some cupcakes for her, including this incredible set of Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes from Nigella. Not only does this recipe taste delicious, it’s a no-mixer required and almost a 1 bowl recipe (aside from beating the eggs […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Cherry, Chocolate, Cooking, Cupcakes, Dessert, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, Nigella Lawson, nut-free, quick and easy

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