Carrots

Maple Pecan Carrot Cake with Maple Buttercream Frosting. A delicious new twist on a traditional carrot cake with maple syrup and plenty of crunchy toasted pecans in the cake, topped off  by a creamy maple frosting.

Traditional Newfoundland Pea Soup and Dough Boys. Made with leftover ham or salt beef, it’s a hearty local favourite that has warmed many a belly over the decades.

Chickpea Soup with Green Lentils & Tomato. A healthy and delicious vegetarian soup featuring chickpeas, green lentils, tomato, carrots and onions in a light, herb flavoured broth. Now that our daughter Olivia is home from university in Toronto for the summer, the vegetarian cooking around here is on the upward swing. This Chickpea Soup is …

Carrot Cake Jam – a a differently delicious and easy jam recipe featuring the flavours of a perennial dessert favourite, carrot cake.

Roasted Carrot Celeriac Soup. A deliciously simple soup that starts building flavour by first roasting the vegetables to bring out their natural sweet flavour.

Carrot Cake Cheesecake is a brilliant combination of a luscious, creamy cheesecake layer baked right on top of moist delicious carrot cake. Genius!

Leftover Turkey Cottage Pie. Two ways! Stretch whatever turkey dinner leftovers you have, or even make a couple of easy additions to them, to create another delicious meal.

Honey Roasted Carrots with Mint, a simple side dish for many meals; great to serve with grilled fish or chicken or with practically any Sunday roast dinner. Originally published October, 2007. We had these honey roasted carrots for dinner yesterday and I decided to take a new photo and update this simple side dish recipe. …

Carrot Raisin Rice Pilaf. A terrific base recipe to use as is or add your additional herbs, veggies, even nuts to create your own favourite version. Originally published on Oct 7, 2007. Although others in the family love a good rice side dish, other than in sushi, I’m not much of a rice person. I …

Carrot Cake. No added Fat or Oil! A bit of a lighter version of carrot cake using applesauce instead of a large amount of vegetable oil. Fantastic with our cheesecake frosting!