Marie Beausoleil 🍁
@justplaincooking.ca
Nova Scotia food nerd & chaos cook | Author, A Cabin Full of Food |
Just trying to keep people fed. | Mom x6 | Brain tumor survivor + fighting a second | Big fan of kindness
“Feed people, tell stories, fight fascism.”
Just trying to keep people fed. | Mom x6 | Brain tumor survivor + fighting a second | Big fan of kindness
“Feed people, tell stories, fight fascism.”
I haven’t disappeared.
Two weeks ago my husband was charged with sexually abusing our minor daughter.
A week ago, he died by suicide.
I’m navigating the aftermath and a LOT of layers of feeling (mine and four kids).
If you’re visiting my blog - thank you. You’re helping keep things afloat.
Two weeks ago my husband was charged with sexually abusing our minor daughter.
A week ago, he died by suicide.
I’m navigating the aftermath and a LOT of layers of feeling (mine and four kids).
If you’re visiting my blog - thank you. You’re helping keep things afloat.
February 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I haven’t disappeared.
Two weeks ago my husband was charged with sexually abusing our minor daughter.
A week ago, he died by suicide.
I’m navigating the aftermath and a LOT of layers of feeling (mine and four kids).
If you’re visiting my blog - thank you. You’re helping keep things afloat.
Two weeks ago my husband was charged with sexually abusing our minor daughter.
A week ago, he died by suicide.
I’m navigating the aftermath and a LOT of layers of feeling (mine and four kids).
If you’re visiting my blog - thank you. You’re helping keep things afloat.
Ok someone mentioned my Hermit cookies (Jumbo Raisin Cookies) can't be jumbo if scooped with a teaspoon (re Mom's recipe card) so I'm making them again & taking more pics. It's been a couple of years since I made them. Snowed in so they'll be half-raisin/half-currants, cuz that's what I have.
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Ok someone mentioned my Hermit cookies (Jumbo Raisin Cookies) can't be jumbo if scooped with a teaspoon (re Mom's recipe card) so I'm making them again & taking more pics. It's been a couple of years since I made them. Snowed in so they'll be half-raisin/half-currants, cuz that's what I have.
Double Apple Snack Cake is everything a snack cake should be: quick, simple, loaded with apples, and gone before you know it. No frosting, no fuss, just pure apple magic. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Double Apple Snack Cake
all baking just got a whole lot easier (and more delicious). Double Apple Snack Cake is the cozy, no-fuss treat you’ll crave all season—packed with real apple chunks and applesauce for double the flavor, super-moist crumb, and that “gone before you kno...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Double Apple Snack Cake is everything a snack cake should be: quick, simple, loaded with apples, and gone before you know it. No frosting, no fuss, just pure apple magic. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
What’s the difference between jam, jelly, compote, chutney, coulis, and sauce? Learn how each fruit preserve is made, how to use them, and which recipes to try. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Jam, Jelly, Compote, Coulis, Sauce: What’s the Difference?
What’s the difference between jam, jelly, compote, chutney, coulis, and sauce? Learn how each fruit preserve is made, how to use them, and which recipes to try.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What’s the difference between jam, jelly, compote, chutney, coulis, and sauce? Learn how each fruit preserve is made, how to use them, and which recipes to try. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Cottage Pudding is a simple, old-fashioned, soft vanilla cake served warm with pudding sauce. There are many ways to vary this quick and simple dessert. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Cottage Pudding (Old-Fashioned Cake with Sauce)
Cottage Pudding is a simple, old-fashioned, soft vanilla cake served warm with pudding sauce. There are many ways to vary this quick and simple dessert.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cottage Pudding is a simple, old-fashioned, soft vanilla cake served warm with pudding sauce. There are many ways to vary this quick and simple dessert. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Tired of soggy coleslaw leftovers? This freezer-friendly version stays crisp and tangy thanks to a hot vinegar brine. Perfect for garden gluts and CSA overloads. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Easy Freezer Coleslaw
Tired of soggy coleslaw leftovers? This freezer-friendly version stays crisp and tangy thanks to a hot vinegar brine. Perfect for garden gluts and CSA overloads.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tired of soggy coleslaw leftovers? This freezer-friendly version stays crisp and tangy thanks to a hot vinegar brine. Perfect for garden gluts and CSA overloads. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Classic Yellow Sheet Cake is a basic, tried-and-true recipe that can be topped with any frosting and is practical for birthdays, holidays, or to end a family dinner. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Old-Fashioned Yellow Sheet Cake
Old-Fashioned Yellow Sheet Cake is the no-fuss classic you grew up with - made from scratch, topped with chocolate frosting, and perfect for any celebration.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Classic Yellow Sheet Cake is a basic, tried-and-true recipe that can be topped with any frosting and is practical for birthdays, holidays, or to end a family dinner. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Make your blueberries go further with this old-fashioned apple-based jam. It tastes like pure blueberry, sets beautifully with natural pectin, and fills more jars for less money. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Small Batch Blueberry-Apple Jam
Make your blueberries go further with this clever apple-based jam. It tastes like pure blueberry, sets beautifully with natural pectin, and fills more jars for less.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Make your blueberries go further with this old-fashioned apple-based jam. It tastes like pure blueberry, sets beautifully with natural pectin, and fills more jars for less money. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Classic no-bake Chocolate Haystacks are made on the stovetop for a no-bake snack. Easy enough for kids to help make. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Stovetop Chocolate Haystacks
🥥 Stovetop Chocolate Haystacks - classic no-bake cookies with oats, coconut, and cocoa. Ready in 11 minutes and perfect for kids, holidays, or cozy snow days.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Classic no-bake Chocolate Haystacks are made on the stovetop for a no-bake snack. Easy enough for kids to help make. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
This old-fashioned green tomato piccalilli is a tangy, mustard-yellow relish made with cabbage, onions, and peppers - the perfect way to use up unripe garden tomatoes before frost hits. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Green Tomato Piccalilli (Mustard Relish)
This old-fashioned green tomato piccalilli is a tangy, mustard-yellow relish made with cabbage, onions, and peppers - the perfect way to use up unripe garden tomatoes before frost hits.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This old-fashioned green tomato piccalilli is a tangy, mustard-yellow relish made with cabbage, onions, and peppers - the perfect way to use up unripe garden tomatoes before frost hits. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Blueberry Grunt is a classic East Coast comfort food - juicy blueberries bubbling under fluffy dumplings. Perfect for snow days or any time you have a quart of fresh berries. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Nova Scotia Blueberry Grunt
Nova Scotia Blueberry Grunt – juicy blueberries bubble under pillowy dumplings in this cozy stovetop dessert. Made with pantry staples and perfect for snow days or summer preserves. Serve warm with cream or ice cream!
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November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Blueberry Grunt is a classic East Coast comfort food - juicy blueberries bubbling under fluffy dumplings. Perfect for snow days or any time you have a quart of fresh berries. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
This old-fashioned carrot jam tastes shockingly like apricot - no pectin needed. A frugal, heritage preserve with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves for a cozy twist. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Spiced Carrot Jam (No Pectin)
This old-fashioned carrot jam tastes shockingly like apricot - no pectin needed. A frugal, heritage preserve with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves for a cozy twist.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This old-fashioned carrot jam tastes shockingly like apricot - no pectin needed. A frugal, heritage preserve with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves for a cozy twist. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Classic and indulgent! This French Canadian Sugar Pie is rich, creamy, and filled with sweet goodness. Perfect for dessert lovers. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Traditional French Canadian Sugar Pie
🥧 Classic and indulgent! This French Canadian Sugar Pie is rich, creamy, and filled with sweet goodness. Perfect for dessert lovers.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Classic and indulgent! This French Canadian Sugar Pie is rich, creamy, and filled with sweet goodness. Perfect for dessert lovers. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Turn leftover watermelon rind into a small batch of sweet-tart pickles with a simple spiced brine. A classic frugal - although unusual - recipe. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Small-Batch Pickled Watermelon Rind
Turn leftover watermelon rind into one pint of sweet-tart pickles with a simple spiced brine, cinnamon, and maraschino cherries. A classic frugal recipe that keeps summer’s flavour all year.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Turn leftover watermelon rind into a small batch of sweet-tart pickles with a simple spiced brine. A classic frugal - although unusual - recipe. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Classic and chewy! Jumbo Raisin Hermit Cookies are packed with warm spices and plump raisins. Perfect for a cozy treat any time of the year. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Jumbo Raisin Hermit Cookies
🍪 Classic and chewy! Jumbo Raisin Hermit Cookies are packed with warm spices and plump raisins. Perfect for a cozy treat any time of the year.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Classic and chewy! Jumbo Raisin Hermit Cookies are packed with warm spices and plump raisins. Perfect for a cozy treat any time of the year. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
If your cutting board looks like a crime scene, you’re doing it right - these pickled beets turn fall’s messiest root into sweet-and-sour nostalgia. A simple vinegar brine keeps them jewel-bright and shelf-stable all winter. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Old-Fashioned Pickled Beets (Canadian Farmhouse Style)
If your cutting board looks like a crime scene, you’re doing it right - these Canadian farmhouse pickled beets turn fall’s messiest root into sweet-and-sour nostalgia. A simple vinegar brine keeps them jewel-bright and shelf-stable all winter.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If your cutting board looks like a crime scene, you’re doing it right - these pickled beets turn fall’s messiest root into sweet-and-sour nostalgia. A simple vinegar brine keeps them jewel-bright and shelf-stable all winter. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is a classic, tried-and-true, way to decorate cakes and cookies. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is a classic, tried-and-true, way to decorate cakes and cookies. Best of all, it's easy to make with just five ingredients: butter, cocoa, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is a classic, tried-and-true, way to decorate cakes and cookies. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
A quick pickle that is ready in an hour? These Paleo Pickled Jalapeno Peppers and Red Onions give an extra zing to Mexican and Tex Mex dishes - or anywhere you need a snap of flavour.
Pickled Jalapeno Peppers and Red Onions
A quick pickle that is ready in an hour? These Paleo Pickled Jalapeno Peppers and Red Onions give an extra zing to Mexican and Tex Mex dishes - or anywhere you need a snap of flavour.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A quick pickle that is ready in an hour? These Paleo Pickled Jalapeno Peppers and Red Onions give an extra zing to Mexican and Tex Mex dishes - or anywhere you need a snap of flavour.
A delicious, healthier Yogurt Cheesecake made from thickened yogurt and simple pantry ingredients - if you don't tell them, I won't. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
3 Ingredient Yogurt Cheesecake
3 Ingredient Yogurt Cheesecake – creamy, tangy, and made with thick yogurt cheese, eggs, and sugar. No flour, no cornstarch - just simple, budget-friendly indulgence. Top with fruit or pie filling!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A delicious, healthier Yogurt Cheesecake made from thickened yogurt and simple pantry ingredients - if you don't tell them, I won't. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
A thrifty Canadian farmhouse cake that stretches a handful of blueberries. It's forgiving and frugal, the kind of make-do dessert our grandmothers baked. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Small Batch Blueberry-Apple Jam
Blueberry flavor, apple magic. This small-batch jam stretches pricey berries with apples - no one will guess the secret. Cozy, clever, and pantry-friendly.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A thrifty Canadian farmhouse cake that stretches a handful of blueberries. It's forgiving and frugal, the kind of make-do dessert our grandmothers baked. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Looking for a low-carb side dish? Try Creamy Microwave Mashed Cauliflower! Steamed in the microwave and ready in just 15 minutes, it's a healthy and delicious alternative to mashed potatoes. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking
Microwave Mashed Cauliflower
Looking for a low-carb side dish? Try Creamy Microwave Mashed Cauliflower! Steamed in the microwave and ready in just 15 minutes, it's a healthy and delicious alternative to mashed potatoes.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Looking for a low-carb side dish? Try Creamy Microwave Mashed Cauliflower! Steamed in the microwave and ready in just 15 minutes, it's a healthy and delicious alternative to mashed potatoes. 🍯🍽️ 🍜 #food #WhatsCooking #JustPlainCooking