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Pizza!!

27/4/2020

If I had to pick one food to eat for the rest of my life it would be pizza. I love making it, I love eating it. And I love getting creative with the toppings. Recently, I looked into our depleted pantry to see what we had to work with and ended up with this amazing pizza that combined roasted butternut squash, Thunder Oak Gouda and crispy sage leaves. I've also included here the recipe for two standards, Margarita Pizza and a simple Proscuitto-arugula. I'd love to hear what you've come up with based on your Covid-19 pantry options!

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Biscuits and Scones

23/4/2020

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Switching up added ingredients can turn this basic scone recipe into something sweet or savoury depending on what you want. Right now, I'm limiting my trips to the grocery store so try to work with ingredients that I have on hand. The basic recipe can be easily doubled, or prepared as a "biscuit mix" (don't add the wet ingredients) and stored in the fridge (if using butter) or cupboard (if using vegetable shortening). I use a (cold) baking stone to cook these on, which helps create an nicely browned bottom and fluffy texture, but a cookie sheet works fine, too. Any scones/biscuits not eaten the first day should be frozen - scones stale very quickly.

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Nothing beats fresh Naan!

17/4/2020

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I've made naan bread a few different ways over the years, including cooking it over the campfire, but no matter how you cook it, fresh warm naan is yummy. A traditional East Indian bread, naan is perfect with dishes like butter chicken, dal (I'm think we all still have bags of lentils on hand?) or as the base for "unwraps". If you're cooking at home, it's best to use a cast iron or other heavy frying pan. You can use partial whole wheat flour for extra nutrition and flavour. After cooking, brush with butter and sprinkle with coarse salt and, if you want and have them on hand, herbs like cilantro or parsley. Did I mention how yummy these are?

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Easter Grasshopper Cakes

13/4/2020

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Theoretically, the inspiration for our COVID-19 Easter dessert was my grandmother's grasshopper cake that pairs chocolate and mint and was a perennial special occasion favourite. But in reality, there were two main reasons I thought of it. The first was that SOMEBODY ate all the Mini eggs and the only chocolate in the house was a couple of packages of wafer cookie. The second was that we had lamb planned for our Easter dinner, and I usually serve it with mint jelly and didn't have any. While I was trying to figure out how to make mint sauce with the Crème de menthe, it jumped into my whipped cream, and... voilà!

These are super easy to make and look gorgeous. If you don't have Crème de menthe, use peppermint extract and a hint of food colouring. I figure if the Easter bunny didn't hop into our house with chocolate eggs, the grasshopper might as well hop into our dessert.

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Cardamom Brioche Twists

9/4/2020

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The aroma alone is worth the work to make these, but the taste is ah-mazing! When I met my husband, his Finnish grandmother, Aune, taught me how to make pulla, a braided loaf of sweet bread flavoured with ground cardamom. It became a staple holiday favourite at Christmas and Easter, and while the smell and taste of homemade bread evokes a sense of comfort, this bread brings with it the sense of family and celebration.

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Fresh greens in a jar - sprouted lentils

9/4/2020

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When I was a teen, I lived on a boat with my family for 14 months and we had to get creative with food. One of my favourite memories is fresh bread, tuna and sprout sandwiches. We used alfalfa and radish to make the sprouts, but I have lentils (LOTS of lentils). There different types of lentils. I have spouted both green and brown lentils successfully. I haven't tried red.

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Easy no-knead bread

7/4/2020

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Why is it that we seem to collectively be turning to bread-baking as a way to cope with a global pandemic? Bread is the ultimate comfort food, the essential foundation of sustenance for millennia, and almost every culture in the world has some form of bread in its cuisine. It is simple to make, delicious and only requires a bit of time. Which we now seem to have. Baking also provides us with a sense of accomplishment - I may not have gotten dressed today, brushed my teeth, or made any significant progress with my work, but look what I did - I MADE THAT!

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Jean E. Pendziwol

I live on the north shore of Lake Superior where I write books for kids and adults. I express love and care through food. Since I'm unable to feed friends and family during this period of COVID-19 isolation, I thought I would share some of my favourite recipes instead. Hope you enjoy!

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Pizza!!

Biscuits and Scones

Nothing beats fresh Naan!

Easter Grasshopper Cakes

Cardamom Brioche Twists

Fresh greens in a jar - sprouted lentils

Easy no-knead bread

Jean E. Pendziwol

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