Cathi Litzenberger

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For a twist on traditional pancakes, try these Cinnamon Roll Pancakes for your Shrove Tuesday feast.

If it’s Tuesday it must be pancakes

Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday — whatever you call it, it's time for the traditional feast before Lent

For a twist on traditional pancakes, try these Cinnamon Roll Pancakes for your Shrove Tuesday feast.
White chocolate cheesecake topped with raspberries makes a sweet treat that is perfect for your Valentine.

Valentine’s Day calls for sweet treats

Chocolate, raspberries and all things sweet are perfect for Feb. 14

White chocolate cheesecake topped with raspberries makes a sweet treat that is perfect for your Valentine.
The annual Chinese New Year celebration has begun and brings families together to enjoy delicious food, such as stir-fried snow peas with sesame oil and garlic.

Chinese New Year and time for a feast

Food and family top the list of what's important as Chinese families all over the world gather to celebrate

The annual Chinese New Year celebration has begun and brings families together to enjoy delicious food, such as stir-fried snow peas with sesame oil and garlic.
January is soup time, and Cathi Litzenberger has two tasty recipes for the crock pot this week.

Cook up a pot of warmth

Crock pots can be one of the best tools in the kitchen during the cold days of winter

January is soup time, and Cathi Litzenberger has two tasty recipes for the crock pot this week.
January's cold weather is the perfect time for a hearty stew, cooked in the slow cooker or slowly cooked on the stove.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Slowly cooking into 2017

Stews cooked in the slow cooker are the perfect antidote to January's frosty temperatures

January's cold weather is the perfect time for a hearty stew, cooked in the slow cooker or slowly cooked on the stove.
When doing your Christmas baking, make enough for your family to enjoy as well as to give away as gifts.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Cookies aren’t just for Santa

Layer your cookie mix ingredients in a jar for an inexpensive and much-appreciated holiday gift

When doing your Christmas baking, make enough for your family to enjoy as well as to give away as gifts.
A breakfast frittata can be prepared ahead of time, leaving you plenty of time for fun on Christmas Day.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Make it ahead and relax

Instead of slaving over a hot stove Christmas morning, try preparing breakfast ahead of time, leaving you more time to enjoy the day

A breakfast frittata can be prepared ahead of time, leaving you plenty of time for fun on Christmas Day.
Soup is the perfect dinnertime solution for those cold winter nights.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Soup for you

Warm up to some tasty winter soups — Cathi Litzenberger has two to try this week

Soup is the perfect dinnertime solution for those cold winter nights.
Hosting or attending a cookie exchange is a great — and fun — way to stock up on homemade baking for the holiday season.

Bake it and exchange it

Cookie exchanges are a great way to share your favourite baked treats, as well as a fun way of stocking up for the holidays

Hosting or attending a cookie exchange is a great — and fun — way to stock up on homemade baking for the holiday season.
Love them or hate them, fruit cakes are one of the most enduring symbols of Christmas.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Let the fruit cake debate begin

Candied fruit, nuts and brandy are just a few of the elements that go into a fruit cake, with each as individual as the next

Love them or hate them, fruit cakes are one of the most enduring symbols of Christmas.

It’s a low-carb pasta alternative

Spaghetti squash can be cooked and tossed and served with a variety of sauces and toppings, making a tasty low-carb alternative

After Halloween, save those pumpkins from the landfill or compost, roast them in the oven and stock your deep freeze with fresh pumpkin purée.

From Halloween to home baking

Pumpkins can be roasted when Halloween is over — save the puree for delicious fresh pumpkin straight from the freezer all year long

After Halloween, save those pumpkins from the landfill or compost, roast them in the oven and stock your deep freeze with fresh pumpkin purée.
Cathi LItzenberger offers up some tasty recipes for using up that zucchini surplus in your garden.

Zucchini is plentiful this time of year

Sweet treats can be made from all of that excess zucchini, not to mention some tasty savoury dishes

Cathi LItzenberger offers up some tasty recipes for using up that zucchini surplus in your garden.
Parmesan Butternut Squash Gratin makes a tasty and colourful addition to the Thanksgiving table.

Side dishes take centre stage

Thanksgiving dinner is filled with tradition for most people, but why not put a little spin on some old favourites

Parmesan Butternut Squash Gratin makes a tasty and colourful addition to the Thanksgiving table.
The apple harvest is in full swing in the Okanagan, and Cathi Litzenberger offers some tasty recipes for using the popular fall fruit.

Apple season has arrived

French toast made with apples puts a delicious spin on a classic breakfast favourite

The apple harvest is in full swing in the Okanagan, and Cathi Litzenberger offers some tasty recipes for using the popular fall fruit.
Squash is plentiful in the garden at this time of year — Cathi Litzenberger offers up some tasty ways of preparing it.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: A brief history of squash

Squash casseroles and squash soups are just two of the delicious ways of preparing the vegetable that's really a fruit

Squash is plentiful in the garden at this time of year — Cathi Litzenberger offers up some tasty ways of preparing it.

Time to pick those peppers

Peppers are in abundance at this time of year and Cathi Litzenberger offers some tasty recipes for using up the colourful veggies

Have a peachy day

It’s August, which means that National Peach Month has rolled around.

Keep summer going all year long by canning and preserving all of those tomatoes and peaches, turning them into delicious salsas and sauces.

Preserve summertime in a jar

Cathi Litzenberger offers some tasty suggestions for preserving all of those tomatoes and peaches this summer

Keep summer going all year long by canning and preserving all of those tomatoes and peaches, turning them into delicious salsas and sauces.
New potatoes can be transformed into delicious nuggets of goodness, with olive oil, parmesan cheese, garlic and other flavours.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Tiny potatoes with big flavour

Cathi Litzenberger looks back on a childhood where potatoes were a staple of every dinner, but now loves the tasty ways of preparing them

New potatoes can be transformed into delicious nuggets of goodness, with olive oil, parmesan cheese, garlic and other flavours.