recipes
These are some of my favourite recipes. 2.0 and I like our meals to be tasty – no fanciness required. Easy recipes with simple ingredients. That’s the key to our happy, food-filled existence. Also, we are unapologetic fans of butter and sugar. Do with that what you will. If you would like some baking tips, or information on how I credit the sources of my recipes, check out my FAQ page.
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Ballerina Bakeshop
Beef
- beef stroganoff
- {movita’s} chili
- coconut and beef curry with noodles
- curry beef with rice
- jimmy fallon’s crock pot chili
- movita’s slow cooker roast
- slow cooker beef stew
- taco salad
Breads and Loaves
- blueberry loaf
- chocolate zucchini bread
- emily’s ridiculously simple banana bread
- marbled chocolate banana bread
- zucchini bread and/or muffins
Breakfast
- baked tomato and egg goodness
- banana chocolate chip muffins
- biscuit no. 1 and no. 2 (jackie’s biscuits)
- blueberry buttermilk pancakes
- blueberry muffins (with toasted coconut)
- chocolate cheesecake muffins
- chocolate chip pancakes
- coffee cake muffins
- elsa hodder’s great grammie’s scottish oat cakes
- emily’s ridiculously simple banana bread
- fancy pants pancakes
- glazed orange breakfast rolls
- lemon tea muffins
- lemon cornmeal muffins
- marbled chocolate banana bread
- movita’s chocolate chip muffins
- movita’s granola
- nectarine muffins
- oatmeal scones {topped with lavender sugar}
- orange yogurt pancakes
- pumpkin cheesecake muffins
- sour cream coffee muffins
- to die for blueberry muffins
- white chocolate cherry scones
- zucchini bread and/or muffins
Cakes
- banana cake with mocha frosting
- blueberry snacking cake
- chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting
- dinette cake with kirsch and kirsch glaze
- giddy-up cake {old-fashioned white cake with seven-minute frosting}
- honey gingerbread
- hot mess chocolate cake
- mackenzie’s cake (old-fashioned white cake with buttercream frosting)
- movita’s perfect birthday cake (buttery yellow cake with fudge frosting)
- old fashioned rhubarb cake
- old fashioned white cake with vanilla buttercream icing
- oliver’s cake (old fashioned white cake) with buttercream icing
- racines cake
- six-inch classic white layer cake
- strawberry dream cake
Chicken
- african chicken in peanut sauce
- chicken and mint salad
- chicken sauterne
- chicken, veggie and rice soup/stoup
- cook your chicken this way and put it on top of a salad
- jackie’s spicy chicken wings
- movita’s slow cooker chicken soup
- seasoned flour (homemade shake ‘n bake)
- slow cooker chicken stew
- thai-ish chicken stir fry
- zucchini and chicken salad
Cookies
- almond cookies
- chocolate cake cookies
- chocolate chip cookies
- chocolate chip cookies – the best so far
- chocolate cookies
- cinnamon almond tea cookies {with almond glaze & cinnamon sugar}
- killer peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
- lemon cookies
- melt in your mouth shortbreads
- oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
- orange sugar cookies
- pussycat polvorones
- refrigerator cookies with lemony frosting
- sand tarts
- snowball cookies
- strawberry shortcake cookies
- triple ginger cookies
- vanilla almond biscotti
- vanilla sugar cookies
- white chocolate coconut shortbreads
- yippie cakes (aka whoopie pies)
Cupcakes
- autumn fairy cupcakes
- black swan cupcakes
- celebration cupcakes
- chocolate cupcakes with {awesome} chocolate frosting
- classic cupcakes
- coconut lime cupcakes with white chocolate frosting
- perfect party cupcakes
- self-frosting chocolate cupcakes
- vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing
- white swan cupcakes
Drinks
Dude, The Maritimes Rock
- beaucoup seafood chowder
- blueberry grunt
- jackie’s fish chowder
- nova scotia hodge podge
- seafood chowder 2.0 (guest post on cravings of a lunatic)
Fish/Seafood
- beaucoup seafood chowder
- haddy’s shrimp pasta
- jackie’s fish chowder
- mactuna casserole
- movita’s favourite shrimp
- movita’s lemon garlic shrimp
- salmon cheddaroni
- salmon cheeseballesque dip
- seafood chowder 2.0 (guest post on cravings of a lunatic)
- shrimp with fennel, dill and feta
- super easy pasta sauce topped with shrimp {or not}
- weekend salmon
Frostings
Frozen
Meals
- african chicken in peanut sauce
- baked rigatoni
- beaucoup seafood chowder
- beef stroganoff
- carrot and leek soup
- carrot ginger soup
- chicken and mint salad
- chicken sauterne
- chicken, veggie and rice soup/stoup
- {movita’s} chili
- coconut and beef curry with noodles
- curry beef with rice
- easiest meal you’ll ever make (aka tomato chickpea goodness)
- haddy’s shrimp pasta
- jackie’s fish chowder
- jackie’s spicy chicken wings
- kinda creamy pasta bake
- lasagna
- mactuna casserole
- movita’s favourite shrimp
- movita’s lemon garlic shrimp
- movita made this especially for you pasta sauce
- movita’s slow cooker chicken noodle soup
- movita’s slow cooker roast
- movita’s summer pasta
- movita’s super easy pasta with garlicky cream sauce
- movita’s yummy sausage bake
- nova scotia hodge podge
- pasta with pea pesto
- pasta with leeks, lemon, peas and parmesan
- pork paprika
- rice bowl with egg
- salmon cheddaroni
- seafood chowder 2.0 (guest post on cravings of a lunatic)
- shrimp with fennel, dill and feta
- slow cooker beef stew
- slow cooker chicken stew
- spaghetti and meatballs
- spaghetti with tomatoes and onion
- spicy corn chowder
- super easy pasta sauce topped with shrimp {or not}
- thai-ish chicken stir fry
- thin crust pizza
- weekend salmon
Muffins
- banana chocolate chip muffins
- blueberry muffins (with toasted coconut)
- chocolate cheesecake muffins
- coffee cake muffins
- lemon cornmeal muffins
- lemon tea muffins
- movita’s chocolate chip muffins
- nectarine muffins
- pumpkin cheesecake muffins
- sour cream coffee muffins
- to die for blueberry muffins
- zucchini bread and/or muffins
Pasta
- baked rigatoni
- coconut and beef curry with noodles
- haddy’s shrimp pasta
- kinda creamy pasta bake
- lasagna
- mactuna casserole
- movita made this especially for you pasta sauce
- movita’s summer pasta
- movita’s super easy pasta with garlicky cream sauce
- movita’s yummy sausage bake
- pasta with pea pesto
- pasta with leeks, lemon, peas and parmesan
- pork paprika
- salmon cheddaroni
- seasoned flour (homemade shake ‘n bake)
- spaghetti with meatballs
- spaghetti with tomatoes and onion
- super easy pasta sauce topped with shrimp {or not}
Salads
- beaucoup potato salad
- classic creamy coleslaw
- movita’s caesar salad
- pasta salad
- quinoa salad
- ranch dressing
- roasted cauliflower salad
- super easy salad
- taco salad
- vietnamese style chicken and mint salad
- zucchini and chicken salad
Sides
Slow Cooker
- movita’s slow cooker chicken noodle soup
- movita’s slow cooker roast
- slow cooker beef stew
- slow cooker chicken stew
Slow Cooker Sunday Features
Snack Fare
Soups & Stews
- beaucoup seafood chowder
- carrot and leek soup
- carrot ginger soup
- chicken sauterne
- chicken, veggie and rice soup/stoup
- jackie’s fish chowder
- movita’s slow cooker chicken noodle soup
- nova scotia hodge podge
- seafood chowder 2.0 (guest post on cravings of a lunatic)
- slow cooker beef stew
- slow cooker chicken stew
- spicy corn chowder
Sweet
- amy’s cherry crisp
- almond cookies
- autumn fairy cupcakes
- banana cake with mocha frosting
- biscuit no. 1 and no. 2 (jackie’s biscuits)
- blueberry grunt
- blueberry snacking cake
- blueberry squares
- caramel dumplings
- caramilk brownies
- celebration cupcakes
- chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting
- chocolate chip cookies
- chocolate chip cookies – the best so far
- chocolate cake cookies
- chocolate cookies
- chocolate cupcakes with {awesome} chocolate frosting
- chocolate pudding (cake)
- chocolate zucchini bread
- cinnamon almond tea cookies {with almond glaze & cinnamon sugar}
- classic cupcakes
- coconut lime cupcakes with white chocolate frosting
- cranberry mini-pies topped with walnut streusel
- darrell’s chocolate sauce
- dinette cake with kirsch and kirsch glaze
- emily’s ridiculously simple banana bread
- fudge brownies
- giddy-up cake {old-fashioned white cake with seven-minute frosting}
- granola bars
- honey gingerbread
- hot mess chocolate cake
- killer peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
- lemon coconut squares
- lemon cookies
- lemon sorbet
- lemon tea muffins
- mackenzie’s cake (old-fashioned white cake with buttercream frosting)
- marble squares
- melt in your mouth shortbreads
- mixed berry sorbet
- movita’s perfect birthday cake (buttery yellow cake with fudge frosting)
- oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
- oatmeal scones {topped with lavender sugar}
- old fashioned rhubarb cake
- old-fashioned white cake with vanilla buttercream icing
- olive oil & fleur de sel crispie treats
- oliver’s cake (old-fashioned white cake) with buttercream icing
- orange sugar cookies
- p. kitty’s white chocolate coconut shortbreads
- peach cobbler
- peanut butter swirled brownies
- perfect party cupcakes
- pumpkin cheesecake muffins
- pussycat polvorones
- racines cake
- refrigerator cookies with lemony frosting
- sand tarts
- self-frosting chocolate cupcakes
- snowball cookies
- strawberry shortcake cookies
- strawberry dream cake
- triple ginger cookies
- vanilla almond biscotti
- vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing
- vanilla sugar cookies
- white chocolate cherry scones
- white chocolate coconut shortbreads
- white chocolate ice cream
- yippie cakes (aka whoopie pies)
- zucchini bread and/or muffins
- zucchini brownies
