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February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Marlene Cornelis

Chocolate Recipe Roundup: 14 Recipes for Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Marlene Cornelis

Chicken, Rice and Lemon Soup

Overhead view of kale, quinoa and roasted sweet potato salad with bright pops of red pepper on a white plate.
March 17, 2019March 21, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Exploring Canada’s Food Guide: 5 Vegetable & Grain Salads

Farro Salad | © UrbanCottageLife.com
March 15, 2019March 20, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Farro Salad ❉ A Cut Above

Close-up of a stack of thin chocolate chip cookies with one leaning against the side of it
March 14, 2019May 23, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Stew with Cucumber Mint Couscous | © UrbanCottageLife.com
March 12, 2019March 15, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Stew with Cucumber Mint Couscous

Red Quinoa & Black Bean Salad witih Mango
March 9, 2019March 13, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Red Quinoa and Black Bean Salad with Mango

Sugar Shack Maple Cupcakes | © UrbanCottageLife.com
March 8, 2019March 11, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Sugar Shack Maple Cupcakes

Two Butternut Squash and Chickpea Cakes on a Bed of Green Salad and Tomatoes
March 5, 2019March 9, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Butternut Squash and Chickpea Cakes

Pre-Cooked Grains & Legumes | © UrbanCottageLife.com
March 2, 2019March 8, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Planning Ahead ▶︎ Pre-Cooking Grains and Legumes

A plate of 4 orange poppyseed muffins with a plate with a partially eaten muffin spread with orange maple butter in the background.
February 24, 2019March 6, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Orange Poppyseed Muffins with Orange Maple Butter

Basic Spaghetti Sauce | © Life Through the Kitchen Window.com
February 17, 2019March 10, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

7 Fast, Easy, Family-Friendly Meals

A 45-degree angle shot of a goblet of berries, yogourt and chocolate ginger granola on an elegant serving tray, with a jar of granola in the background, and further back an arrangement of. birch boughs and red berries.
February 10, 2019March 2, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Chocolate Ginger Granola: An Indulgent Experience

Hazelnut, Sour Cherry and Orange Biscotti ❘ UrbanCottageLife.com
January 20, 2019March 31, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Hazelnut, Sour Cherry & Orange Biscotti

Turkey, Cabbage & Squash Soup with Fennel Seeds |© UrbanCottageLife.com 2017
January 6, 2019February 10, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Turkey, Cabbage & Squash Soup with Fennel Seeds ✼ Virtue in a Bowl

Braised Lentils, Beets & Squash | © UrbanCottageLife.com
January 1, 2019March 27, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Happy New Year! ❊ Braised Lentils, Beets and Squash

December 30, 2018January 6, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Recipes for New Year’s Eve: 13 Ways to Say Happy New Year!

Banana Chocolate Muffins ❘ © UrbanCottageLife.com
November 3, 2018March 22, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Banana Chocolate Muffins

Maple Pecan Pumpkin Bars ❘ © UrbanCottageLife.com
October 4, 2018March 31, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Maple Pecan Pumpkin Bars ❦ Get Your Pumpkin Spice On

Curried Pumpkin Coconut Chickpea Soup ❘ © UrbanCottageLife.com
September 27, 2018October 1, 2018 Marlene Cornelis

Curried Pumpkin Coconut Chickpea Soup ❊ Pumpkin Goes Exotic

Golden Summer Soup with Turmeric & Celery Leaf │ © UrbanCottageLife.com
September 3, 2018October 1, 2018 Marlene Cornelis

Late Summer Harvest Soups: A Recipe Roundup

Basic Granola ❘ © UrbanCottageLife.com
August 16, 2018September 27, 2018 Marlene Cornelis

How To Make Basic Granola

Roasted Beet, Potato & Bean Salad ❘ © UrbanCottageLife.com
August 8, 2018April 10, 2019 Marlene Cornelis

Roasted Beet and Potato Salad with Cannellini Beans & Herbs

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A little something for some family members on Family Day. Banana bread cupcakes with walnuts and chocolate chunks. #familydaybaking #bananabreadcupcakes #bananabread This is gravy making magic in a jar. It’s frozen potato cooking water from the last time I made mashed potatoes. It’ll go into the gravy I’m making today for pork chops with roasted potatoes. Great way to build flavour & reduce kitchen waste. #gravymaking #potatowater #reducekitchenwaste #kitchenwastereduction #lowwastekitchen I just published a roundup of 14 recipes featuring chocolate — luscious chocolate — for Valentine’s Day. Here’s what it includes: *Raspberry Chocolate Bread Pudding *Chocolate Buckwheat Pancakes *Chocolate Ginger Granola *Black Forest Cake *Strawberry Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream *Chocolate, Cherry and Pistachio Macaroon Meringues *Raspberry Cacao Smoothie *Chocolate Whisky Maple Cake *Dark Chocolate Sour Cherry Cookies *Choco-Caramelicious Patties *Chocolate Avocado Mousse *Chocolate Banana Bread *Milk Chocolate Panna Cotta *Chocolate Chip Cookies No matter what you feel about Valentine’s Day, there’s something here to enjoy. Link in profile. #chocolaterecipes #chocolate #chocolateforvalentinesday Pleased to be part of @foodbloggersca’s roundup of pomegranate molasses recipes — that’s my pomegranate molasses-glazed chicken thighs in the photo! See the full collection at https://www.foodbloggersofcanada.com/over-15-ways-to-use-pomegranate-molasses. #pomegranatemolasses #canadianfoodbloggers Well, would you look at that. I just published a blog post and it’s for a new recipe, no less. Chicken, Rice and Lemon Soup anyone? Link in profile. #chickenricelemonsoup #canadianfoodblogger #fbcigers #canadiancook #makesoup #chickensoup Ready for my afternoon’s work. #homebarista #brevillebaristaexpress #cappuccino #coffeebeforework #coffee It’s stew time! Weekend #batchcooking. This is going to be a big one, with almost 3.5 pounds of beef along with lots of vegetable goodness. #beefstew #canadianbeef #cookingahead #stew It’s buckle-down-to-work time, which means posting a pic of my homemade #cappuccino with cocoa first. Um, procrastination, anybody? #cappuccino #brevillebaristaexpress #homebarista #coffeeandwork Approaching Thetford Mines, Quebec. What beautiful January weather for a short road trip. #labelleprovince #thetfordmines

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