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March 2020

Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Ovaltine and Vanilla Pudding Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I like to experiment with Chocolate Chip Cookies. There are so many out there that claim to be the “best” or “stay soft” or “stay crunchy”… some add vinegar, some add molasses. These add ovaline for flavor and vanilla pudding mix (which really just boils down to extra vanilla and corn starch) for consistency. And they are “aged” overnight and are deliciously huge. Nom nom nom!
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Dinner, Lunch

Tourtière Québecois
(Quebec-style Meat Pie, updated recipe)

Ever since I’ve been back from Quebec, I’ve been on a little bit of a kick to find more French Canadian foods that I like. I wanted to make a tourtiere, which I have done before with mixed results and when doing research, I found there are about as many recipes for tourtiere as there are people in the entire province of Quebec, so I just went with my own. The one pictured is actually only a half-recipe one because I am a singleton. The recipe is for a full-sized one though. My flavor profile is traditional meat-pie filling with ground beef and some veg and gravy, and the spices lean to the pepper and paprika side of things. I did find some recipes with cinnamon and clove but that isn’t my thing for meat pies. Happy with the result and *really* happy on how flaky the crust came out.
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