Lighten up your brunch table with these fragrant and tasty lemon and cherry whole wheat scones. There’s even a make-ahead option to make your morning easier. For the kids, Easter morning may be all about Easter baskets and chocolate eggs. But for me, it’s about sipping on a hot cup of tea and munching on…
Strawberries & Cream Scone Recipe for Mother’s Day {Healthy}
Last night, I wrote a rather maudlin post, which expressed the heaviness I felt about being away from my mum on Mother’s Day. When I awoke this morning, I knew that the whole thing must be re-written. Why wallow in the disappointment of one day when there is a lifetime of pleasures to celebrate? After…
Healthy(er) Scones Recipe with Chocolate & Crystallized Ginger
Long family road trips are typically peppered with stops at Starbucks. And Subway. Hey, don’t judge. When the choices are day-old gas station burritos and sub sandwiches, the sandwiches will always win out. The Starbucks pit stops happen first thing in the morning – jet fuel for the first part of the drive – and…
Blueberry Streusel Scone Recipe
My history with scones has not always been a happy one. Dry, crumbly versions seemed to follow me wherever I went and I was always baffled when someone spoke of the moist, flavorful scones they ate at the Joe Blow coffee house down the road or in their grandmother’s kitchen. The only experience I had…
Nectarine & Hazelnut Scone Recipe
When I was in my early twenties, I slung a backpack over my shoulder and set off for the adventure of a lifetime. My backpack was proudly adorned with a Canadian flag patch and carried all of the clothes and possessions I would need for the next 6 months. If only I could live so…
Crystallized Ginger & Chocolate Scones Recipe with Homemade Oat Flour
When you marry into a family, it is hard to know exactly what you are going to get. If extremely unlucky, you could be living a scene straight out of Monster-in-Law. Think Jane Fonda meets Mommy Dearest. Or, perhaps, you could be put through your paces trying to impress your future family, like Ben Stiller…