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Emily Richard's Ricotta and Wine Honey Fig Crostini

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Emily Richard's Ricotta and Wine Honey Fig Crostini

"Dried Figs have a wonderful, sweet taste that makes ricotta cheese sing when combined. Use your favourite red wine to cook the figs in so you can enjoy a sip or two while they simmer away." - Emily Richards, Recipe is Reprinted with Permission.

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Sheet Pan Western Omelet

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Sheet Pan Western Omelet

If you’re on breakfast duty, these sheet pan omelets are unbeatable for their ease of preparation. Omelets are hearty and filling, but standing over a stove making individual omelets probably isn’t how you want to spend a gorgeous morning at the lake—especially when everyone rolls out of bed at different times. You can serve these alongside bacon and home fries, but for my money, they make the perfect filling for a build-your-own breakfast sandwich bar! (From The Essential Cottage Cookbook by Andrea Buckett, Appetite by Random House, 2025)

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Mary Berg's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake with Cornflake Crunch

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Mary Berg's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake with Cornflake Crunch

A happy accident while grocery shopping led to the surprise star of this cake. While perusing the baking aisle looking for peanut butter chips, I hastily grabbed a bag of butterscotch instead. Typically, I find butterscotch chips cloyingly sweet but, with the cornflakes, peanuts, and extra sprinkle of salt, oh my gosh, so good. While either will work, this is just further proof of my belief that there are no mistakes in the kitchen.

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Best of Bridge Bowtie Shrimp & Pesto Pasta

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Best of Bridge Bowtie Shrimp & Pesto Pasta
Bowtie pasta, also known as farfalle, means butterfly in Italian. We love how the pesto nestles into the pinched centre of the pasta for more flavour in each bite. Using bottled pesto is a great supermarket hack, or use our recipe for Small Batch Pesto when harvesting the basil.

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The Perfect Valentine's Dinner

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The Perfect Valentine's Dinner

With both my husband's and my birthday falling at the beginning and end of February, we really don't make a big deal out of celebrating Valentine's Day. However now that we are "almost" empty nesters, we will have an evening to ourselves and I think we will make this simple and easy meal for two. Enjoy and Happy Valentines ❤️❤️ MENU ❤️❤️ Rose Petal Risotto with Pan-Seared Scallops (Download Recipe Card) Chocolate Dipped Strawberries with Sponge Toffee (Download Recipe Card) OR Frozen Berries with Hot White Chocolate Sauce ROSE PETAL RISOTTO WITH PAN-SEARED SCALLOPS Ingredients... 3 cups vegetable or chicken...

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