Dawna in the Kitchen

This was one of our family's favourite snacks when I was a child, and boy did we go through a lot of them! Much like many of today'...

Pears are one of my favourite fruits for flavour and texture. The fact they work so well in salads is a wonderful bonus. The name of this...

My mother called these "Summer Cookies" because you could make a batch on the hottest day of the year without turning the oven on...

A couple of weeks ago, I made a Lithuanian recipe for Blueberry Dumplings , using a cookbook given to me by my former colleague at the end ...

A few weeks ago, we received a care package that contained two tins of hot-smoked wild fish from my home province of British Columbia: one ...

It has been a long time since I last made Southern Spoon Bread, which is an egregious oversight. This is one of the few recipes that I stil...

We're well into salad season. Every thought of actually cooking something when the temperature keeps spiking outside is accompanied by...

This wonderfully veggie-packed, one-pan meal was inspired by a number of different online recipes, including Smitten Kitchen's Warm Bu...

Devil(l)ed eggs go in and out of fashion, party-wise. However, they are easy enough to make and, it seems, always gladly received, even whe...

One of the first German recipes that I made once I moved to Germany was Linseneintopf , a thick and hearty lentil stew, often served with s...

This is an easy, refreshing pickle to add colour and texture to a meal. It is not, however, a German recipe, despite a prodigious reliance ...

Happy 2014 from Always In The Kitchen! Shall we start the new year with some fish? This is a slight adaptation of Anne Lindsay's Teri...

This is something a little different, for those looking for a hot breakfast cereal that isn't oatmeal-based. The polenta is soft and cr...

This is too good an idea not to try, especially if you find you need to use up a bunch of corn tortillas. For smaller families, those pack...

Grits take a while to cook, it's true (even "quick" grits...and let's not even consider instant grits, which are par-cook...

Happy Canada Day, everyone! Now, "enchilada" may not be the most Canadian thing you've ever heard of, but we do seem to enjoy ...

This was inspired by the existence of Eating Well's breakfast taco , despite being quite a different creature entirely. I disapprove o...

These are so very, very delicious. They were fantastic as dinner, and they were a miracle fried up as hashbrowns the next day at breakfast....

Still life with smoothie. If you've been following my breakfast posts, you'll know that my usual pattern is a quick, simple brea...

Shakshuka (aka Shakshouka, Chakchouka) is a dish of eggs poached in sauce, that sauce primarily consisting of a combination of at least an...