I love when I find an unexpectedly exceptional recipe among the family collection. I had a lot of hopes for these sourdough scones (the recipe is in my mother’s handwriting) because my comfort food, growing up, was her (regular) scones. Alas, I did not love her sourdough scone recipe – no butter!? No sugar? yikes….
Category: Mom’s recipe
Apple Crumble Bars
This is basically just an apple crumble with a greater crumble-to-apple ratio. Base and Crumble Ingredients 1 3/4 cups rolled oats 1 1/2 cups flour 3/4 cup Earth Balance, melted 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 tsp salt Filling Ingredients 5 apples, peeled and sliced 2 tbsp Earth Balance, melted 1/2 cup…
Rum Balls
This recipe brings back strong Christmas memories for me – I am not even sure I ever liked these (if I’m honest) but because my mom made them several times at Christmastime, I can’t help but have the urge to make them every once in a while. I’ve adapted mom’s recipe somewhat and I think…
Banana Bread (light)
As an avid lover of banana bread I’m sort of surprised it took me this long to get around to making mom’s recipe. I’m used to a darker banana bread (usually darker on account of brown sugar) but the granulated white sugar makes for a distinct sort-of caramelized crust that really won over my friends…
Texas Neatloaf
My mom made this recipe many times growing up. It never occurred to me to try to make this a plant-based recipe because I was pretty sure lentils wouldn’t hold up (and let’s be honest, wouldn’t taste the same). But then I thought, why not try with ground round? It’s the closest I’ve had to…
Cinnamon Bread
This was a huge hit in our house. This is another of Grandma Donna’s recipes where I was pleasantly surprised by the result of a few simple ingredients. The crust is a bit sweet and crunchy but the inside is soft and moist and the top is very reminiscent of a cinnamon bun. This would…
Double Apple Crisp
Apple crisp is a quintessential family favourite so you can imagine my excitement when I found this recipe – and in my mom’s handwriting! I’ve made the recipe a few times and am wondering if my mom altered it in later years because it didn’t turn out as I remembered it. Mom’s handwritten version calls…
Sweet and Sour Tofu
Wow! This recipe really brought me back to my mother’s kitchen. She really loved Chinese take-out and I can remember her making this homemade version at least a few times. This is good back-pocket recipe to make for the vegan-skeptics – I don’t think even the staunchest meat eater would spit out the delicious battered…
Mulligatawny Soup
My wife used to make a mulligatawny soup in the early years of our relationship. Although this recipe is quite different from the one she used to follow, she remarked that she was surprised at how differently the different recipes started out but ended up in a very similar place. My mother omitted the apples…
Potato Soup
Ingredients 12 potatoes, peeled and sliced 10-12 cups cold water 1 large carrot, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 3 celery stalks, chopped 4 tsp salt Pepper to taste 1/4 tsp thyme 1/4 tsp marjoram (optional) 1-2 bay leaves 4 cups vegetable stock 4 tbsp Earth Balance 6 tbsp flour Yield: 6-8 servings Add water to…
Grandma Donna's Cookbook 