I am from Orillia, Ontario, Canada. I love to bake! My specialty is cheesecakes.
I didn't really cook when I was a child by Oma and Opa owned a restaurant. I remember spending a lot of time watching my grandparents in the kitchen preparing meals. I also remember my mom would always bake German horseshoe shaped cookies at Christmas. They were shaped as a horseshoe and sprinkled with icing sugar. They were only made once a year which made it extra special. As a parent, I now make these cookies once a year at Christmas for my children. Another thing I do as a parent is to make sure our family eats dinner together every night. I think it's really important to spend that time together because everyone is so busy with school and work. It's a time to reflect on your day and spend time with one another.
I chose to teach people how to make zucchini salsa because zucchini was in abundance when we ran the community kitchen in August, and everyone loves salsa. You can eat it with tacos, nachos, and even put it in on your eggs. My family eats a lot of salsa. We eat it at least once a week with dinner. I also bring salsa to potluck dinners or gatherings with friends.
Preserving foods is very popular in Canada. Our summers are very short, so for us to have fresh food year-round the best way is to can your foods. Popular items to can in Canada are salmon, tomatoes, beets, pickles, apple sauce, etc. Preserving food is something I started doing as a young adult. Raspberry jam was the first thing I ever canned. After a few years I started expanding my canning recipes and now I can apple sauce, pear sauce, tomato salsa, zucchini salsa, jam and chutney.
