Tart and tangy rhubarb is easy to incorporate into wholesome baked goods. We're sharing our best rhubarb recipes so you can enjoy the fresh taste of spring while you wait for summer fruit to arrive. A chilly spring in New Brunswick means that rhubarb season is
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Triple Ginger Cookies, a classic molasses crinkle cookie that gets added panache from fresh ginger and candied ginger (along with a generous dose of powdered ginger). Chewy triple ginger cookies have a delicious hit of ginger flavour and heat. The recipe comes from the October 2017 issue of
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Apple cider pumpkin muffins are refined-sugar-free - sweetened only with molasses and maple syrup. Pumpkin and apple are a great combination. The flavours both go well with spice and adding diced apples to the batter helps keep the muffins from feeling too dense. The apple cider
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Lassy (or Lassie) buns are a satisfying cross between a soft molasses cookie and a molasses biscuit. Not too sweet, these molasses buns are perfect with a bowl of soup or a cup of tea. There’s a reason why so many old-fashioned recipes are still around
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Turkey Sloppy Joes are the ultimate weekend comfort food. They're hearty and filling, easy to throw together, and can feed a crowd.
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Whole wheat zucchini pancakes are hearty and wholesome and include one serving of vegetables in each portion. I'm a proponent of pancakes for supper. And it isn't just a Shrove Tuesday thing. Some days, having breakfast for supper is just what everyone needs. But then there is
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Molasses Mustard Chicken is an easy, flavourful weeknight meal. The chicken is baked with a tasty rub and the glaze is brushed on near the end of cooking. No more boring chicken. This recipe is especially good for boneless, skinless cuts of chicken. The spice rub and molasses
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One recipe, many variations. This particular recipe was adapted from the 1932 edition of The Guide To Good Cooking, published by Five Roses Flour and edited by Jean Brodie, a popular food writer in Toronto. In the book, the basic recipe is for cornmeal muffins offers a
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Make a healthy version of an old-time favourite: Fudgy brownies, filled with zucchini, flax and whole wheat flour. These are healthy compromise brownies. They’re sweet and fudgy but made healthier with zucchini, ground flax, whole wheat flour and much less sugar than your average brownie recipe.
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Every great barbecue needs side dishes to go with it. Here are 10 healthy favourites. Wondering what vegetables to serve with a special dinner this weekend? Here are 10 vegetable side dishes that suit spring and summer. 10 Healthy Side Dishes for Summer French Potato Salad (no mayonnaise) The
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Healthier Carrot Cake for a Crowd is a classic carrot cake recipe that’s lower in fat than the original with less in sugar. Made in a 9"x13" pan. Extra easy.
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Traditional football food In search of something new to feed your Super Bowl fans this year? Here are 5 simple Super Bowl recipes for finger food and a hearty chili recipe that will keep everyone content around the TV. Load up on the napkins, you're going
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Our go-to recipes for easy entertaining
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Ready in less than 30 minutes, Maple Molasses Candied Pecans are the perfect hostess gift or an easy snack for guests. When you want a good nibble in a hurry, candied nuts are always a great option. They’re quick to mix up, don’t take long to
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Gingerbread is best shared with friends. A one-bowl gingerbread cake recipe that makes a good sized cake is the easiest way to have more to go around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8mxRMFiOQ There’s nothing better than a dessert recipe that can feed a crowd. Not every recipe doubles well and sometimes making
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Molasses baked beans with apple and sage - classic comfort food with a twist. Baked beans were a common Saturday night supper for many employees here at Crosby's when growing up, along with molasses brown bread. This version of baked beans is filled with apples and seasoned
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Are you in search of the perfect cake for fall? This moist, light textured and oh so easy pumpkin cake is just what October called for. It seems to suit the season of falling leaves and cooling days. Not heavy and not too sweet. Not
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Sticky Upside Down Apple Ginger Cake is a rich and very moist cake that needs no accompaniment. If you can’t resist serving something alongside, choose whipped cream or crème fraiche. (Anything sweeter might be over the top.) It is especially good served warm.
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This molasses pull taffy recipe is easy to follow and great fun to make with kids. Who doesn’t love an old-fashioned taffy pull? As a kid, making this molasses pull taffy recipe was great fun. Slathering our hands with butter and pulling great gobs of soft taffy
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Switchel, a refreshing energy drink made with molasses, cider vinegar, fresh ginger and lemon. Mixed with sparkling water, it’s a versatile drink for steamy summer days. Switchel is an old drink that farmers relied on during haying season. On those scorching summer days in the field,
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In this cake the rhubarb cooks almost to a compote and gets all the sweet that it needs as it bakes in a molasses-maple syrup mixture. The rhubarb is soft but still holds its shape so this cake is very pretty when you turn it
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Whole orange molasses cake is made with olive oil, not butter.
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Quick pickled onions are mellow and tart with the fresh taste of lime juice and just a hint of savoury sweet from molasses. Their flavour has been mellowed by the lime juice and salt. So there is none of that strong onion flavour and lingering
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An old fashioned gingerbread for spring. This easy hot water gingerbread is about the simplest cake recipe out there. It's practically as fool proof as a cake mix. You toss into a bowl everything but the flour and water, then mix. Next, add the water, then mix. And finally,
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