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Happy New Year, everyone! And to celebrate, here’s a recipe for pie. What, you think I’d start the New Year out with celery sticks? Think again, my dearest friends, think again. That’s so not how I roll. If you have one resolution this year, make it this: Eat more pie. To add to that, bake [...]
I have never been a cobbler kinda gal. I like my fruits in crisps, the cakey topping that I usually associate with crumbles can’t hold a candle to the crunchy oatmeal topping that crisps are known for. The story that lead me to this recipe is a common one around this house. It started with [...]
Oh, yes I did! These lovelies were inspired by my first trip to the Bulk Barn, prompted by everyone on Twitter telling me how much I was missing in life by not frequenting said store. And I mean everyone. I think even Jessica Alba chimed in at one point and said “Are you crazy??” Ok, [...]
The devil made me do it. That’s the only thing that came to mind when I realized that on a day when it was about plus 28 Celsius, I was finally making the cookies that have been niggling in the back of my mind for a long, long time. I recently posted the base recipe [...]
This pie was inspired by the simple fact that I had an abundance of strawberries and blackberries in the fridge that needed to be used up. The kids and I did our best to eat as many as we could but I still was left with a bowl that were just on the edge of going too ripe. Pie Day was coming up, I needed a pie and I love strawberries and blackberries together. This is an incredibly … [Read more...]
Oh boy. There is nothing I like better than an amazing banana cream pie. With that said, however, the kind I like are not the pre-made, banana pudding type pies. I was searching for a real, old-fashioned, before instant pudding kinda pie and found the perfect pie in this recipe, literally called Old Fashioned Banana Cream pie. I first made this pie at Christmas and attempted two versions. This … [Read more...]
I'll start today's pie post with a disclaimer: I know that not everyone has leftover chocolate in their house. I know that "leftover chocolate" is indeed, an oxymoron in some houses and to be honest in this household that's usually exactly what it is. "Leftover" and "chocolate" are completely contradictory terms that in no way, shape or form should go together. Like "housecleaning" and … [Read more...]
Today's pie day brings with it coffee. The needs for lots and lots of coffee. We are a crazy travelling family circus this weekend, only the kids and I, to visit my parents in Airdrie. The kids have a 3 day weekend thanks to a school PD day and I haven't been out to visit my parents in a long, long time thanks to the cook off taking up so much of my spare time. We arrived … [Read more...]
Hey, look, pie and a story that's almost completely unrelated! As always, this pie comes with a side of story for everyone, because what would Pie Day be without a tale to tell? This tale is about a criminal profiler that I happen to be related to, a familiar tale to many of those who knew me in high school or have the misfortune of being related to me in some way as well. However there are … [Read more...]
By now I am sure that everyone has read my goal, nay, my steadfast promise to myself that I am not cooking up a monstrous dinner this weekend for Easter or in fact even for tonight, Good Friday. Thanks to the Four Points Sheraton here in Edmonton I don't even have to make an Easter brunch for my family this Easter Sunday. We are getting up, questing for chocolate and then taking off for a noon … [Read more...]
Oy. This pie is electric. Electric colored to the point of almost making your eyes bleed but oh, did the kids ever think I was Super Mom for this Easter Pie! I had a huge surplus of colored coconut in my freezer thanks to Valerie popping by during Spring Break to make awesome Easter Basket cupcakes with the kids. She left a ton of coconut and icing which I promptly froze. I opened my freezer … [Read more...]
The question that comes to mind when you look at the title of this soup is why 6 ingredients? Why not 5, or 7? Heck, why not 10? I'll answer that question readily: this is literally all I had on hand. We were just back from Salt Lake City and I was plunged head first into Spring Break with the kids as soon as we returned. Being the social gad-about that I tend to turn into when the kids were out … [Read more...]
Happy PieDay everyone, our favorite day of the week! A new pie recipe for everyone and Friday being the last day of the work week for most of the workforce. I am getting back in my groove...starting to look at everything that I have to post on the site...do around the house...clean here and there..and then promptly ignoring them all and made chicken pot pies. No different than usual. Same ol' … [Read more...]
I was in the middle of Idaho...just finished my "traveller's" breakfast at one helluva truckstop restaurant, was content, full to the point of falling into a coma and suddenly it hit me: "Oh cripes Mike, is today Friday?" And it was. And I had no pie post done. I looked to the left of me. Mountains. I looked to the right of me. More mountains. I looked at my cell phone - … [Read more...]
I had no idea what a Quebec sugar pie was. I definitely have heard of sugar pies but more from the Deep Southern States, not attributed to Canada. I asked my lovely Facebook followers what recipes they wanted to see for PieDay and Quebec sugar pie was mentioned. The reason I chose this one is that it was fast. Oh so very fast to make and I need speedy lately! I pulled this recipe off of … [Read more...]
The pie was a 7 o'clock at night impromptu spur of the crazy moment creation. I had a book to review, The Around the World Cook Book. (coming soon) I was jonesing for a sweet snack something fierce. I was flipping through it and the apple-oatmeal crumble sounded sooo amazing that I started drooling instantly. I didn't have enough butter -and I call myself a food blogger- to make the entire … [Read more...]
Oh, pecan pie how I do love thee....and what could make a pecan pie better than adding chocolate to it? This recipe come from David Lebowitz with very few changes on my part. I made this for my Pie Party back in December and when you are cooking for company it's the last time you should ever be trying out new recipes. I used Bernard Callebeaut chocolate in mine which can be bought bulk in … [Read more...]
Chocolate mint mousse. Homemade vanilla ice cream with Andes mint chips mixed in and a chocolate cookie crust. All is happy in the world of pies right about now. This one came from the back of the Andes Mint Baking chips bag, my usual last-minute panic recipe grab. When faced with surprise company or just the fact that I simply forgot about dessert when having someone over … [Read more...]
I'd like to welcome back Sam Peter's as a guest poster, her granola clusters recipe was a hit with everyone and now she's back with Banana Bread Pancakes! Who knew tomorrow was National Banana Bread Day?? Who's making me some banana bread? Enjoy her recipe! ~ Magpie In just a few short days, National Banana Bread Day will be upon us. That's right, you read that correctly - National … [Read more...]
It's last-minute but I am posting my recipe for pie day! I know that this is literally by the skin of my teeth time wise, but darn it, I am getting this done. I would like to point out that I am writing this after an afternoon at WineFest Edmonton so this is short, sweet and possibly full of spelling mistakes. In retrospect, leaving my pie post for the evening after I partake in … [Read more...]
Yes, I just said simple in the same sentence as "elk" and "morel". It's true. Just because you had this instant vision of a majestic elk bugling in the crisp fall morning, it's warm breath fogging the air when I said the word "elk" doesn't make this stew complex. Yes, elk are in the wild and you can hunt them. They're also grown on farms and you can buy the meat at farmers markets. Yup. Grown … [Read more...]
Today's pie post is brought to you by the letter F, the color red and a computer meltdown. Just think on that sentence for a while. You'll get it. While typing out the latest Culinary Cook Off post, announcing the awesome fact that we are raffling off the 4th judges position, my computer, without warning, literally died on the table. No amount of thumping, cursing, button pushing or electric … [Read more...]
Happy PieDay to all of those who have been nagging strongly encouraging me not to give up on my PieDay's just because I took on planning the Culinary Arts Cook Off and a double thank you to those who remained silent and didn't send emails. Just kidding. I am ignoring my inbox completely lately. It's time for another music playlist to get my inspired to clean my house, do laundry and all these … [Read more...]
This would be my first guest post for PieDay, my friend Pam was kind enough to ante up a coconut cream pie that she made this week. I met Pam while taking the mushroom course at NAIT this fall, when I tweeted asking anyone if they wanted to come with me, she jumped on it like white on rice! We proceeded to have a blast trudging through the bush looking for mushrooms then cooking up a storm in the … [Read more...]
I love my kids, my husband and chocolate.
The order depends on when you ask.
Welcome to my nest!
