Baking

A summer recipe in the winter in hopes that warmer weather is just around the corner! Full of earthy eggplant, mellow zucchini and juicy peppers, this ratatouille is rich and flavourful. Feel free to play around with the spices to find your favourite flavour combination. As is surprisingly common here on Sophreakin’ Good, this is more of a method than an exact recipe! View Recipe

One of the very first things I learned how to bake was a lemon poppy seed loaf. It was a terrible mixture of white flour, vegetable oil and sugar, but it never ceased to amaze me how delicious something so simple (though nutritionally useless) could be! View Recipe

I’m just gonna come right out and say it: make these the day before. Trust me. They’re good right away, but holy fudgy batman do they ever get better after an overnight in the fridge! Made with a handful of deliciously decadent ingredients, these bad boys walk the line between fudge and brownie like they have nothing to lose. They are rich enough for dessert and probably healthy enough for breakfast. I’ll let you make that call. View Recipe

This plantain bread is reminiscent of a laffa – a type of middle eastern flat bread that is typically a vehicle for shawarma (spiced chicken cooked on a spit), hummus (chickpea spread), labneh (strained yogurt), or other tasty delights. This version, however, is not stretched by hand and baked in a taboun (or clay oven) – it is blended and poured onto a baking sheet! It is simple to make and has just the right amount of chew. View Recipe

I usually have eggs for breakfast. Nothing else is quite as nourishing, filling and delicious. But sometimes, I get a hankerin’ for pancakes. Specifically banana pancakes. And now that the Jack Johnson song is playing in your head, let’s talk about these grain free dark chocolate banana pancakes. View Recipe

I don’t like eating bananas that aren’t ripe. If there’s even a bit of green left on them, it feels like I’m eating tree bark. There’s pretty much a 12 hour period when a banana is ripe enough to eat, but not so ripe that it’s unbearably sweet. And if you miss that golden window of opportunity, you’ll enter the realm of banana bread. View Recipe