Last year we started a brand new tradition: baking and decorating gingerbread cookies at Christmastime. I think it's a keeper! These soft and chewy gingerbread cookies were enjoyed by all.
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Just 4 more sleeps until Christmas!!
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Les Crêpes Incroyables
Jessi's assignment in French class last week was to create a restaurant (including a name, location, and menu) that served a classic French food. Jessi chose Crêpes, after finding out that they are basically just thin pancakes (her favourite breakfast).
She and I had fun designing the logo for her restaurant and creating the menu:
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Three cheers for culinary adventures!
Sunday, September 20, 2020
The Frog
The girls had a great first full week back at school! Although it kept us busy, we were surprised at how slowly the days seemed to pass. It was nice to wake up on Saturday morning without the need to get out the door.
I didn't take any pictures all week until Friday when the girls caught a frog in the backyard. They named him "Click", built him a little home, and hung out with him for a while.
We spent the rest of the weekend enjoying the sunny (but cool) weather, cleaning out our closets, and trying a new recipe: sourdough crackers! Last but not least, we'll be heading to my parents' this afternoon for our traditional Sunday dinner.
Hello Fall!
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Organizing Recipes
I've been working hard over the last couple of weeks to solve a problem in the kitchen: too many recipes all over the place! Cookbooks, printouts, recipe cards, websites... I decided it was finally time to put it all together. With Christmas money I bought our very first tablet. I figured it was best to go paperless at this point!
The plan was simple: find an app or website that allows me to collect/record/sort all my recipes. A nice layout and an easy searching function were musts! After looking at a few options, I chose Copy Me That (though really all the options seem to offer the same things).
The last two weeks have been all about typing up recipes (from books, cards, printouts) or copying them from websites using the Copy Me That button (which will transcribe the recipes from any website for me). A big job, but I was totally into it! Steve helped out too, especially with all of his tried-and-true baking recipes. 150 recipes later and we are done!
So far I'm happy with the new setup. Copy Me That has been easy to use and I do like the look/format. There are options to download the recipes (in case I want to back them up or access them offline) as well as print them if needed. The only downside so far is that the option to scale the recipes (e.g. from 4 to 8 servings) is only a feature for Premium (paying) members. Boo!
Another handy use for my tablet will be to collect ukulele song sheets -- again for the purpose of going paperless. It's about time!
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (10.5")
Plus keyboard and cover
The fun part
Setting it up for the first time!
First picture taken with "Tabby" the tablet
Second picture :)
The plan was simple: find an app or website that allows me to collect/record/sort all my recipes. A nice layout and an easy searching function were musts! After looking at a few options, I chose Copy Me That (though really all the options seem to offer the same things).
The last two weeks have been all about typing up recipes (from books, cards, printouts) or copying them from websites using the Copy Me That button (which will transcribe the recipes from any website for me). A big job, but I was totally into it! Steve helped out too, especially with all of his tried-and-true baking recipes. 150 recipes later and we are done!
Recipes everywhere!
Do you need a recipe? Look it up here!
So far I'm happy with the new setup. Copy Me That has been easy to use and I do like the look/format. There are options to download the recipes (in case I want to back them up or access them offline) as well as print them if needed. The only downside so far is that the option to scale the recipes (e.g. from 4 to 8 servings) is only a feature for Premium (paying) members. Boo!
Another handy use for my tablet will be to collect ukulele song sheets -- again for the purpose of going paperless. It's about time!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Best Recipes Recap
As promised, here is a list of all the new recipes we've tried and loved. These are the ones we now make (or will make) regularly, which was the point of this whole 'try new recipes' thing. Links and pictures, as well as a "Best Recipes Recap" label, are included for easy reference. I also included links to the original New Recipes posts since I often wrote about changes/comments in my reviews.
I must confess that I've been lazy over the past month and haven't recorded any new recipes (there haven't been many). My main complaint is the lack of natural light, which makes food look a lot less appetizing! Hopefully I'll get back into it when the sunlight comes back (or maybe I should make more new recipes at lunch time). In the meantime, bon appétit!
Dressing from Smoky Brussels Sprout Salad
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