Our oven died. We bought it when we moved into our house, nine years ago. I'm a little frustrated it didn't last longer, but searching around on Google it appears I picked a lemon. The piece we would need to replace is no longer being made, which makes purchasing a replacement likely more cost effective than a repair. In the meantime, I have a stove where the stovetop works, … [Read more...]
Recipe Round Up with Next Issue, Five New Recipes I Can’t Wait to Try
I wrote a few weeks back about Next Issue, the app that lets me stuff digital copies of dozens of magazines into my tablet to read on the go. My free month's trial expired and I didn't cancel the service. I let it renew. Because I've really been enjoying reading magazines on the tablet, when I can steal a spare moment here and there. From the get go, I fully expected to enjoy … [Read more...]
Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies {Paleo Recipe}
Grain/gluten free chocolate chip cookies (CCCs) that actually taste like the homemade ones I enjoyed growing up are hard to come by. After searching high and low, and trying what feels like a bajillion CCC recipes, I do believe I found THE ones. Appropriately named “Real-Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies”, these do live up to their title. Danielle Walker, popular Paleo food blogger … [Read more...]
Build Your Own Sushi, Making Kid Friendly Sushi
Last Friday was a P.A. day and one of our special activities for the day was to make "build your own" sushi. Just after we finished our sushi party lunch, I had a friend send me a message on Facebook saying, "Hey, I remember before you mentioned making sushi with your kids. How the heck do you do that? I want to try it. What should I buy?" The ensuing conversation left me … [Read more...]
Eggnog Snickerdoodles {Recipe}
Christmas cookie time, right? I saw eggnog in the grocery store and couldn’t resist. Eggnog Snickerdoodles are my absolute favourite holiday cookie so I thought I would bake some and share the recipe with you. Enjoy! Eggnog Snickerdoodles For the dough: 3/4 cup butter at room temp 1 cup sugar ½ cup eggnog 2 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla 2 ¼ cups flour 1 tsp baking … [Read more...]
Mini Chocolate Brownie Bites {Vegan Dairy-Free Gluten-Free Recipe}
I used my Pamela’s Chocolate Cake Mix to make brownies today and it turned out so good that I wanted to share. Pamela's does also make a brownie mix, but I already had the cake mix on hand and wanted to use what was in the cupboard. These decadent tasting brownie bites are vegan friendly, as well as gluten and dairy free. Mini Chocolate Brownie Bites 1 package … [Read more...]
Pork Chops in Creamy Mushroom Sauce the Made from Scratch “Clean” Version {Recipe}
Have you ever read the ingredients on the back of a can of cream of mushroom soup? The list includes things like sugar, modified food starch, and “flavouring”, to name a few. Cream of mushroom soup is a favourite with my kids (ooh! future blog recipe idea!), and none of those ingredients have a place in my pot. So when I make the classic “pork chops in mushroom soup”, I … [Read more...]
Super Blueberry Banana Bread {Recipe}
I love baking. I really wish I didn’t, but I do. Spending time to make tasty treats always feels like time well spent, but I know I should be cooking something healthy-ish. My favourite thing to make is blueberry banana bread. If you’ve made banana bread before you know that when bananas are overripe they are PERFECT for baking banana bread. It’s getting to the point that I buy … [Read more...]
When Life Gives You Peaches… Peach Cobbler Recipe for #FoodPicFriday
Peaches are in season. My kids can't seem to decide if they love them or not. I get constant requests to chop up peaches and then they eat maybe half the of bowl. Which is of course driving me bats. Given that I have handfuls of pre-chopped peaches kicking around, I thought why not make a cobbler? Here's the recipe I came up with: Peaches, about 4 cups worth sliced. 1/4 … [Read more...]
Three Pork Poutine, My Twist on a Canadian Classic {Recipe}
The other day I made poutine. You know, the iconic Canadian artery hardener composed on french fries, cheese curds and gravy. This was a first for me, as poutine is something I've never made at home before. I came up with a recipe that I think if it was on a restaurant menu, a la Smoke's Poutinerie, I'd call it the Gourmet Porker. Or maybe the Three P; Pancetta Prosciutto … [Read more...]
Pesto Crepes with Smoked Salmon & Asparagus
I love crepes. Specifically, I love savory crepes. But it's something I've never made at home. I had the notion stuck in my head that crepes were fancy and hard to make. I have been on an everything tastes better with pesto kick, and just got a bee in my bonnet that I wanted to try pesto crepes. So I looked up a couple of basic crepe recipes and messed around until I came up … [Read more...]
Maison Le Grand Pesto & Rosée Sauces {Super Simple Recipe}
Canadian sauce maker Maison Le Grand sent me a lovely assortment of gourmet cold-pressed Pesto and Rosée Sauces to play around with in the kitchen. They asked me to share a recipe with my readers that I made with one of the Rosée Sauces. And I've been struggling with what to post, because truly the sauces are so easy to use, it's embarrassing to call anything I've come up with … [Read more...]
Nordic Ware Dutch Oven: Lemon and Milk Chicken Recipe
Hubby and I are both attending the Food Bloggers of Canada Conference, and so we both got a delivery of lovely pre-conference swag from Nordic Ware. I was most excited about the Dutch Oven, a little bit of kitchen happiness I've long coveted. I hunted about on the net for a bit looking for dutch oven recipes to test my new beauty out with, and settled on this Jamie Oliver … [Read more...]
Trying out a Few Tasty Recipes with Kraft’s #NewPourables
So here's a riddle for you, what do tasty guacamole, sweet candied nuts and creamy cauliflower rice all have in common? The answer is that they are all things I've made in the past week with a little help from Kraft Pourables. Kraft Pourables new salad vinaigrette comes in four flavours: Berry Balsamic Roasted Yellow Pepper, Garlic and Lime Fire Roasted Tomato with … [Read more...]
J is for… Jittery Journey to Joyous Java Juice {Caramel Mochaccino TASSIMO Recipe}
You may have noticed, I'm a bit of a coffee junky. And my favourite poison, when enjoying a jaunt to the local coffee shop is a nice rich chocolatey mocha. Yum. So of course when I got a TASSIMO (back over 2 years ago now), the very first order of business was trying to make a decent mocha. I tried mixing a hot chocolate T-Disc with an espresso T-disc. I tried adding … [Read more...]