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Getting Cool Bell Pepper Hummus in our Bellies and Spring Into Our Step!

April 1, 2015 By Food Retro

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m glad April is here! It’s finally spring. The time where Canadians come out of their home-caves and all swear to lose weight gained from being sedentary over the winter. I mean, you can hardly blame us, especially the last couple of winters. Too bad hubs isn’t retired…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, Side Dishes, SLIDER, Snacks and Appetizers Tagged With: gluten free, high fiber, Kitchen Chemistry, low glycemic, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, vegan, vegetarian

Homemade Vegetable Bouillon

December 15, 2014 By Food Retro

If you’ve read my how-to on making vegetable stock, then you’ve probably got some idea how much stock I go through. I really, really like my version of vegetable stock (it’s far soup-erior to the store bought stuff, which usually tastes overwhelmingly of parsley), and I consider it to be the par of any good…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER Tagged With: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, Health & Home, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, soup, The Urban Homestead, vegan, vegetarian

Spreadable Vegan Margarine

September 15, 2014 By Food Retro

This post won’t be for everybody, and that’s cool. After all, the real foodies among us have the option of butter instead of margarine. But if you’re vegan, or you’re contending with dairy allergies, butter is a no-go. My tale of vegan margarine begins with a commercial brand, the only vegan brand available, that my…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER, Weird Science Tagged With: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, GMOs, Health & Home, Kitchen Chemistry, Life With Food Allergies, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, vegan, vegetarian

Pumpkin Spice Mix (and Why You should Enjoy It)

September 5, 2014 By Food Retro

It used to be that the fall season was heralded by back to school sales, some lovely apples, and the changing of the leaves. Now I know that winter is coming when I see my first Instagram photo of a pumpkin spice latte. Within hours, the internet becomes full of Pumpkin Spice Everything and I’m…

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Filed Under: Herb Lore Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: cookies, dairy free, dessert, egg free, gluten free, Health & Home, Kitchen Chemistry, low glycemic, nut free, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

Eggcellent Summer Salads from the Egg Farmers of Ontario

August 12, 2014 By Food Retro

I don’t know about anybody else, but here in Ontario, August is always the hottest time of the year. Heating up the kitchen with the oven? Ain’t nobody got time fo dat.  Eggs are a huge staple over in my household. In baking, I constantly use them as the universal binder and leaven-er that they’re…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Meals, Sauce & Condiments, Side Dishes, SLIDER

Cracked Pepper Rosemary Mayonnaise from Scratch (+ The Most Amazeballs Potato Salad You’ll Ever Make)

July 21, 2014 By Food Retro

I’m not sure how it happened that SOMEHOW I made it through an entire year and then some of blogging without a recipe that featured potatoes. Crazy. But then again, maybe not… Potatoes are easy to give love to. Whenever I had a recipe that might have called for a potato, I thought, “Everyone has…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, Side Dishes, SLIDER

Blueberry Maple Syrup + “Baby” Pancakes

July 14, 2014 By Food Retro

I’m not sure how it happened, but somehow Sunday morning has become pancake morning. Actually, that’s a lie; I know exactly how it became pancake morning. My son would be happy to eat pancakes every morning, every day of the week, but I convinced him with mommy magic that Sunday is the best day to…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER Tagged With: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, kid friendly, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

Strawberry Cocoa Riesling Freezer Jam

July 2, 2014 By Food Retro

Last year I pansied out on canning jam because I was intimidated by the idea of food poisoning. This year, I’m just flipping it off entirely. Canning for shelf-stability is a pretty precise science where well-tested recipes that doesn’t invite a great deal of playing around. It’s limiting, and boring, and many recipes taste pretty…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER Tagged With: jams & jellies, Kitchen Chemistry, preserving

Sticky-Rib Sesame Maple BBQ Sauce

June 27, 2014 By Food Retro

Happy (early) Canada Day, readers!  In honour of the occasion, what’s more fitting than 100% Canadian maple syrup at the BBQ? And make no mistake, there will be BBQ. Lots and lots of BBQ. Being as I’m originally from the south and all, I’m pretty sure that it’s a law of the universe that if…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER Tagged With: BBQ, Kitchen Chemistry

Sweet Potato Salad + Poppy Seed Dressing

May 19, 2014 By Food Retro

Happy Victoria Day, Canadians! You gotta love em… Somehow many have gotten this holiday that traditionally marks the “safe planting” date for frost-tender plants mixed up with the first day of summer. So if you go about Ontario right now, you see many a person in shorts and fleece jacket, and there’s always someone among…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, Side Dishes, SLIDER Tagged With: BBQ, egg free, Health & Home, high fiber, kid friendly, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, soy free, vegetarian

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