Canning Adventure, part II

I'm bringing back canning and making it cool!  Perhaps -  at least I've proved that it's easy enough for a twenty-something grad student to do on the weekend.

beginnings: fruit and fresh apple cider

Yesterday morning I went to the public market with friends, picked up a cappuccino and a pastry for breakfast, and began selecting my fruits for canning.  I recently got a canning pot for nearly free at a yard sale, and was eager to experiment.

Canning adventure part I

Fortified by fresh apple cider and optimism, my canning adventure begins.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Speculoos Spread

Belgian cookie spread.  If you haven't tried it, do so as soon as possible.  Warning: it may become a new obsession.

Delicious on waffles (thanks @sarahngu!), among other things.

A wonderful opportunity to learn self control. :)

summer dinner

Looking for a good summer dinner?  This one was a win.  Here are the recipes I used, with very few modifications:
panko coated chicken schnitzel
thai harvest red rice salad
This would probably also be good on a bed of fresh lettuce.

Enjoy!
Bethany

p.s. Remember to be careful when heating oil (have a shielding lid ready!), and that when you add the parsley and capers to the hot butter, their moisture could cause some exciting things to happen if the butter is too hot.  Just a friendly word of caution.

Pastries

So it begins.  Inspired in large part by the fabulous book, The Supper of the Lamb, by Robert Farrar Capon, I made it a life goal to learn how to make pastry.

Happy Thanksgiving!

(American, that is!)

So far the feasting has been delightful.  Here's a few photos from my first one, with friends.  It tasted even better than it looks!

I hope you have a wonderful time of celebration!

homemade Island Oat Bar

In Vancouver, where there's a Starbucks on every corner, it's good to know the cheapest thing they sell - the Island Oat Bar, a simple but delicious and filling bar.  In Calgary it's simply the "Oat Bar", and everywhere else I've been it doesn't exist.