Easter goodies

Here in Ottawa we are all pining for crocuses, daffodils and tulips. While the temperatures outside may not be spring-like yet, Easter reminds us that spring is indeed here.

I will be putting up a price list for Easter shortly but just to get you thinking about Easter treats, here are some of the recipes I plan to offer:

• Lemon Puff Pie
• Key Lime Pie
• Acadian Sugar Pie
• Shoefly Pie
• Butter tarts
• Old Fashioned Lemon Squares
• Seafoam Chews
• Caramel Toffee Squares
• Paska (Mennonite Easter Bread)
• Rolo cookies
• Homemade Easter Cream Eggs

In a cruel twist of fate, the Sugarplum Fairy has discovered that she is gluten intolerant. Rather than crying myself to sleep each night, I've decided to embrace this as a learning opportunity and work out some really good gluten-free recipes. As such, I'm able to offer the following recipes as gluten-free:

• Butter tarts
• Old Fashioned Lemon Squares
• Homemade Easter Cream Eggs
• Key Lime Pie
• Acadian Sugar Pie

Please note however that I still do bake recipes in my kitchen with regular flour which means that my mixers and pans do come in contact with wheat flour.