Roasted Tomato and Garlic Sauce

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This is my favourite recipe for pasta sauce. Not only is it the most flavourful sauce I’ve come up with, it’s also the least time consuming. Once you chop the tomatoes, onions and garlic, you just let the sauce cook down in the over for 45 minutes to an hour. Roasting the tomatoes and onion allows for caramelization which produces a great depth of flavour. This sauce is perfect to make in the spring and summer when tomatoes are at their peak. You can use any assortment of tomatoes. No matter what, you are bound to get wonderful flavour at…

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Vegetable Chowder

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This vegetable chowder is an absolute favourite around our home. Don’t be turned off by the amount of chopping you have to do for this recipe. The chowder is worth the effort. It’s very hearty and each bowl has at least two servings of vegetables. And we all need more veggies in our diet! Best of all, this recipe makes quite a bit of chowder (yay! leftovers!). I like to make this chowder when I know we have a busy week ahead. The soup lasts a few days in the fridge and is great to take for lunches.  This may…

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Strawberry Chocolate Truffle Tart

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Yesterday, I told my mom that I would be bringing dessert for sunday dinner. I had a fantastic plan to bring the Ferrer Rocher Cheese Cake I have been dying to make! I went to the store to get everything yesterday and then got up early this morning to make the cheesecake. Much to my surprise, I forgot to buy the graham cracker crumbs required to make the crust of the cheesecake! I was so annoyed; especially because I knew I’d be busy the rest of the day and could not get to the store to get the missing ingredients….

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