Boyfriendly Cooking

Boyfriendly Cooking is about a fairly slim girl who lives with a hungry boy and tries to make good food that they both can enjoy in Ottawa, Ontario. (Note: The boy also cooks for the girl – plenty!)

Boob cupcakes

I decided to make these cupcakes to celebrate having breastfed Alden for 3 whole months (and counting).  Afterall, this blog is about ‘boy friendly’ cooking.   And this meal definitely counts as organic and notably “free range”.  It’s probably a cupcake best shared with girlfriends or maybe even at a baby shower and not a cupcake [...]

Coffee Cupcakes

With the newfound joy of baby naps, I now have these hour long pockets of me time during the day. My new favourite activity? Opening up a cookbook, finding a recipe that requires less than an hour and doesn’t require any special trips for groceries. It almost doesn’t even matter what [...]

Moomin Swedish rye cookies

I decided to bake this afternoon as our “big afternoon out” was totally foiled by the weather.  You would think that a surprise 10 degree day in December would mean happy frolicking on the streets of Ottawa, but in reality, the sudden warm spell turned our downtown core into a grid of lakes and [...]

Vanilla Bean Scones

 
I got a honking huge bag of vanilla beans for Christmas and I couldn’t wait to crack them open and start using them.  I needed a recipe that was quick enough to whip up while the boy napped.  (Napped in the crib – omg!) So obviously, creme brulee and cakes were just too time consuming… [...]

Gingerbread cake

I made the boy a gingerbread cake for his birthday.  I found the recipe for the cake in one of our Delicious magazines and the icing idea on taste.com.au. I baked the cake a few days ago and popped it in the freezer to keep until his b-day.  This morning, I whipped together the simple [...]

Pie times

Maternity leave + no baby = baking.
To keep myself busy until this baby decides to make an appearance, I’ve been keeping busy (and on my feet) in the kitchen.  I’ve had pie on the brain since Robyn started posting photos of her yummy looking pies.   The only obstacle?  We (I) didn’t actually own a pie [...]

Chocolate zucchini cake

I had a couple of pattypan squash left over from our trip to the farmer’s market, so I thought I’d use them up in this sweet treat – a chocolate zucchini cake.  Because that’s what you do on the first day of maternity leave – bake a cake.  I found the recipe online and it’s [...]

Willing and Abel

We were gifted the Abel & Cole Cookbook a couple of months ago and with local produce in full swing here, it was time to crack out some of their recipes.
First, we were inspired by the grilled aubergines (eggplant) with buffalo mozzarella. Well, we had some nice Canadian zucchini (courgettes) on hand, so we [...]

Australian wattleseed cookies

After installing the new cupboard last week and organizing our collection of Australian spices, I thought it would be a good idea to make use of some of them. We’ve been using them sparingly since well… things like wattleseed and sea parsley don’t exactly turn up in very many (ie: none) of our North [...]

Rice pudding

I’ve had this recipe bookmarked from Simply Recipes for a long time and finally made it over the weekend. My only regret? Not making it sooner. This recipe is a.maz.ing.  You probably have all of the ingredients just hanging out in your fridge and cupboard: milk, eggs, rice, sugar.  Just add a [...]