My mind: Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake bars are a jillion times easier to make than an actual Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake. Reality: probably roughly exactly the same. Maybe I should actually bake a cheesecake and then I’ll know. But I think nah. Because these bars? They’re awesome! Beyond delicious and so easy […]
I ate this entire bowl of jicama salad for lunch.It’s a big bowl. Then I made it again for dinner and my girls inhaled it too.It’s just so good. You might be thinking what is jicama? Or maybe you know what it is but you’re wondering how to eat jicama… […]
It’s Monday my friends and I’m going to share with you the reasons I’m making these simple (and very delicious) Spinach Quesadillas tonight instead of making a big fancy dinner: 1. It’s the first day of summer.2. It’s beautiful outside.3. I don’t want to. Also, these quesadillas are so quick […]
Need a new whipped ricotta toast idea? THIS IS IT! It’s my new favourite breakfast and I hope it will be yours too. We’ve been eating it on the daily around here if that tells you how good it is. I always buy maple butter for my Dad when I […]
Friends, what I did here is pretty cool… I managed to take a simple classic dish like a Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino recipe and make it both easier and harder at the same time. Harder? Because I added lemon, olives and cheese. All good ideas, I think you’ll agree. […]
My girl and I created this savoury baked beans recipe together last year when I was making ribs for some guests and I needed a vegetarian dish for her and planned on making some homemade baked beans. That was the moment I found out that she thinks sweet baked beans […]
I adore butter lettuce and I adore this salad. It’s a funny story though… the whole inspiration for this salad was a bottle of raspberry red wine vinegar that I bought thinking it was regular old red wine vinegar, put in something that should definitely NOT taste like raspberry and […]
This Donut Cake is for all my non-Canadian friends who have never experienced the true life joy that is a Tim Horton’s sour cream donut (Canadian friends who haven’t, shame). They are truly one of my very favourite things in life. And while I’m never opposed to getting my hands […]
My goal was to make these turkey meatballs as tiny as these bocconcini balls. My lack of patience and low tolerance for fiddly things made them the size you see here. You can make them smaller if you are a better person than I am. And please invite me over if […]
I love Nice Cream. It’s so easy to make and tastes really good, but I don’t always want it to taste like banana. This one is made with coconut milk… and it’s blue! With sprinkles!! For as long as I can remember I’ve been drawn to blue food… What ice […]
Welcome to my site! I'm a self-taught, home cook who pretty much lives in the kitchen. Or with my nose in a cookbook. Cooking is my passion, my obsession, my very favourite thing. I make a lot of really good comfort food with creative twists and bolder flavours. My food is slightly elevated but isn't too fussy. I'm not here to teach you how to cook, I'm here to inspire you, to show you something new and really, really good. And to make you hungry. In my home, in The Pypers Kitchen, this is what we eat. Want to know more about me?