The Kitchen Frau

Fresh garden ingredients, whole foods, alternative grains, and always room for sauerkraut! Canadian food blogger.

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Cooking with Kids: Peek-a-Boo Muffins
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A cheeky sugared strawberry peeks out from the center of each lightly sweetened vanilla-flavoured muffin. Kids will love to help make these easy Peek-a-Boo Muffins. Enjoy them warm for breakfast or as a snack any time of day. (Try them with different fruits, too.) Peek-a-Boo muffins are a fun pro...
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Campfire Cooking: Spicy Ribs for Grilling or Oven Roasting, Canadian-Style
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Bring on the heat! Deliciously spicy pork ribs with a sweet-tangy maple & whisky glaze can be pre-roasted in the oven (even the day before) and then finished on the grill (campfire or barbecue) or under the broiler for a smoky, charred finish. It's never the wrong time of year to grill up som...
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Secret Burger Sauce
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The secret is out! That tasty burger sauce from your favourite burger joint is easy to make yourself, in about 5 minutes, with ingredients you probably already have on hand. This sauce adds an irresistible zing to burgers and sandwiches. HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: I have changed the format of my blog sli...
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Candied Jalapenos (Sweet Pickled Jalapeño Peppers)
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Make these easy-peasy refrigerator candied jalapenos with just 3 ingredients in about 15 minutes - no canning needed (unless you want to). They're sweet and spicy and add delicious zip to just about any meal. They're great on burgers, buns and sandwiches, too. Psssst! Hey there! I think you need ...
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Jammy Berry Bars
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The taste of summer! A fresh berry filling, sweetened with jam to intensify the fruity flavours, oozes between layers of buttery, oaty, crumbly goodness. These berry bars make the perfect snack or dessert. Pack them on your next picnic or serve them after a summer grilling meal with a scoop of ic...
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Garlic Herb Butter and a Campfire Cooking Venison Dinner
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Whip up a simple and delicious garlic herb butter with whatever fresh herbs you have on hand. The fresh and succulent flavours of this simple compound butter are great for slathering on meats, fish, or vegetables before grilling, for making an extra-special garlic bread, or for melting over barbe...
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Easy Haskap Jam (Honeyberry Jam), No Pectin
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Haskap Jam is a wonderful way to preserve the intensely fruity flavour of those northern berries known as haskaps or honeyberries. It's a thick and lusciously tangy jam, made with only 2 ingedrients. No pectin needed! You'll love how easy it is to make. The haskap berries are always one of the fi...
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Coronation Chicken Salad Sandwiches and a Perfect Afternoon Tea Picnic
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Classic Coronation Chicken Salad makes lovely little finger sandwiches for a delightful Afternoon Tea Picnic or serve it as a light luncheon salad. The world is brightly blooming and it's picnic time again! We teamed up with our blogging friends Nicoletta and Loreto of the 'SugarLoveSpices' blog ...
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Easy Hollandaise Sauce with White Asparagus (Spargel mit Hollandaise)
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This easy Hollandaise sauce recipe will take away all your fears for making the classic sauce. It always turns out, doesn't split, and is done in just a few minutes. Just whisk all the ingredients together over simmering water. It's creamy, rich, and tangy - perfect for spooning over Eggs Benedic...
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Eierlikörtorte (German Egg Liqueur Torte)
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This decadent German cake, Eierlikörtorte, is a wonderful way to celebrate spring - or any other special occasion! Egg liqueur adds a rich and luscious quality to the chocolate-speckled almond flour base (naturally gluten-free), as well as a silky layer atop the slathering of softly whipped cream...
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