Boiled, then baked soft, chewy, salty pretzels. Simple!

Bread Pudding with Espresso Syrup

Fried thin Chinese egg noodles with ginger, garlic, sesame and leftover pork.

A recipe for Two Bite Brownies, with much less fat, but every bit as delicious.

Intensely flavoured romesco dip made with roasted red peppers, almonds, garlic, toasted bread and olive oil. Great as a sandwich spread.

Maple Walnut Cookies with White Chocolate Chips

Chocolate chip cookies made with butter, sugar, flour and real chocolate chips, with less than half the fat of a traditional recipe.

Green Eggs & Ham – a new twist on deviled eggs, made with ham (great use for leftovers!) and spinach.

Bacon and egg salad sandwiches with torn fresh basil.

Parmesan Biscuits

Homemade churros made with choux pastry and doused in cinnamon sugar.

Pink candied popcorn – easy to make using cherry or raspberry Jell-O gelatin powder.

Puffed oven pancake with sauteed apples – would also be great with sauteed pears or bananas or fresh berries.

Whole roasted chicken with exhausted green tea leaves stuffed under the skin (with some butter) before roasting.

Curried Lentils with Sweet Potatoes and Swiss Chard, served with roasted cauliflower. Great, simple vegetarian dish.

I figured out how to make my own Raincoast Crisps – now I can feed my addiction!

Handmade peroghies made with a Ukrainian mama, using a dough recipe passed down from her Ukrainian Baba.