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Scones - plain, lemon cranberry and pumpkin spice

Hello baby! – Lemon Cranberry Scones

July 22, 2011 by EmmaEats

It has been awhile! I’m happy to be posting again, and happy that you’re here reading. Things at Emma’s have been pretty topsy-turvy as of late — mainly because at the end of June, we welcomed a new member into our family: Katie. That’s right, Emma’s a big sister now. And, the first two weeks after Katie’s arrival lulled me into a false sense of security — and then BAM! she doesn’t sleep consistently anymore, all routines are blown away […]

Categories: Breakfast, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Breakfast, Brunch, Cranberry, Dried fruit, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, healthy, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, pumpkin, quick and easy, Recipes, scone, scones, Whole wheat flour

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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C is for Cookie… — Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookie Bars

May 26, 2011 by EmmaEats

It has been a long time since my last post on EmmaEats. It’s certainly not been because Emma hasn’t been eating (well, we had a small spell of that when everyone here was sick for a few days!), however, things got a little busy here. G was travelling up a storm for work, we then had a delightful holiday to Paris, on our return, got sick, were catching Emma up on all of her missed classes/lessons, preparing for the arrival […]

Categories: Desserts, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Chocolate, Chocolate chip cookie, Chocolate chips, Cookie, Cranberry, Dessert, desserts, Dried fruit, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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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

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

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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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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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

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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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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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

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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All the leaves are brown… — Apricot and Raisin Granola

October 29, 2010 by EmmaEats

Well, fall seems to have arrived with a vengeance. Temperature has dropped nearly 10F everyday over the past few days! I feel as though we need a quick injection of something warm and cinnamon-y in the house. And since Emma’s also been asking (out of the blue, I may add), that she’d really like some granola, I’ve set to work on some. I never really thought I’d be the granola-making kind of girl, although I remember loving the Quaker granola […]

Categories: Breakfast, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: Breakfast, Cinnamon, Cooking, Dried fruit, Family-friendly, Food, gluten-free, Granola, healthy, Kid-friendly, Martha Stewart, nut-free, oil-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Going bananas

August 27, 2010 by EmmaEats

Emma’s first taste of banana bread goes way back – probably one of the first dessert foods she ever ate. And it’s become a long time favourite of hers. In the early months after her arrival, our big outings would be to head back to the town we used to live in while I was still working and stay with a friend for a day or two while my husband worked. We’d play, visit, have coffee with friends and then […]

Categories: Desserts, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, banana bread, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Recipes

Summertime…and peaches are easy

August 25, 2010 by EmmaEats

A good friend, D, introduced our family to crumble a few years ago. Emma, not surprisingly, became terribly fond of them. So much so that when that friend visits, she tends to make a mini Emma-sized apple crumble as a treat for her. Mmmmmm. I decided to try my hand at crumble not that long ago. The results were lacklustre at best. Too heavy on the crumble, too light on the fruit and a little too sweet. Thank goodness I […]

Categories: Desserts, Recipes • Tags: baking, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Peaches, Recipes, summer recipes

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Not for the faint of carb

August 12, 2010 by EmmaEats

My family is a carb-loving family. My daughter could eat pasta for every meal, every day if we permitted it. My husband can eat multiple loaves of bread weekly, and if I had to pick one food to eat for eternity, it would probably be pizza (one cannot sustain oneself on chocolate alone). So imagine the horror when we realized one holiday morning that we had no bread for toast/sandwiches/snacking! Thankfully, after some quick thinking (and searching the cookbooks in […]

Categories: Appetizers, Recipes • Tags: baking, Biscuit, Bread, Breakfast, Cooking, Family-friendly, Food, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes

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Good Morning Sunshine

August 11, 2010 by EmmaEats

We start every morning the same way — Emma wakes up and calls out to my husband, G, and I “Mummy! Daddy! I’m ready!”. This is the indicator that the day is starting, whether we’re ready for it or not. I’m usually not. After some of my own delay tactics (I can hardly wait until someone else wants to sleep in when she hits her teens), we do eventually get moving and it’s on to breakfast. Emma usually is pretty specific […]

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Calgon, take me away

April 7, 2010 by EmmaEats

My husband came home yesterday and he was broken. I should start this by saying he is normally unshakeable and it takes a lot to finally push him to the point where he will say he’s had enough. Emma sensed things weren’t as they usually are with her daddy and turned to him (after planting a few wonderful kisses on his face) and said “Don’t worry Daddy. I know you’ll feel better.” In an attempt to help things along, Emma […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Recipes • Tags: Chicken, Cooking, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, nut-free, Poultry, quick and easy, Recipes, Rice