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Canadian Butter Tarts

Celebrate #Canada150 with Canadian Butter Tarts!

July 1, 2017 by Elizabeth

The perfect Canadian recipe to celebrate Canada Day! Today is Canada’s 150th birthday! To help celebrate, here’s a recipe from my handwritten notebook, a recipe I brought with me when I immigrated from Canada to Scotland in 1999. I have no idea where the original recipe came from, and, if I am to be honest, …

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Lamb and Mint Sausage Rolls

Leftover Roast Lamb & Mint Sausage Rolls

June 29, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. When I was a little girl my mother used to make the best meat pies ever with leftover Sunday roast. The cold roast was cut into pieces and fed into an electric meat grinder along with an onion and a carrot and bound together with leftover gravy (always of …

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