The idea to turn my Green Iced Tea into Green Tea Lemonade came from the ultra fabulous Bohemian Mom last year. It is so easy that I have preferred making it this way ever since. Yes, from the photograph above you can see that most of our days are dark here but I can pretend […]
Lobster Bisque
Recipe Review: Barefoot Contessa’s Carrot Salad
After the Neelys’ fabulous potato salad, I was all geared up to try another salad. Ina Garten promised her Carrot Salad was not your ordinary carrot salad but sadly, I have to disagree. I found it quite boring and unsurprising when it comes to flavour. Instead of raisins I used dried cranberries and plumped them […]
Recipe: My Chili
Orange Pineapple Ice Cream Take 1
Lorraine, my mother-in-law who you all know so well now, loves orange pineapple ice cream. Which no one seems to make anymore. I personally have never had it. I thought it would go nicely with the Sour Cream Coffee Cake so I decided to experiment in the kitchen. You would think making ice cream is […]
Food Network Cooking Club Challenge: Anna Olson’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake
The Canadian Food Network has monthly challenges for us foodies which I love! This month it is for Anna Olson’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake. You can find the recipe here and information about the challenge here. I made this for my mother-in-law Lorraine for Mother’s Day. Sadly, once again I had some serious issues with […]
Happy Mother’s Day at Cora’s!
Yesterday my husband and I took out my mother-in-law Lorraine for Mother’s Day at Cora’s. We knew that today would be absolutely insanity there and we would have a better time going a day earlier when it was much, much quieter. One of the absolute best things about being on the east coast has been […]
How not to waste a pineapple
And the winner is…
“I’m a writer, music geek, amateur foodie, and bride-to-be…” Laura Downs from foodie blog Loverly won the contest for Eat, Shrink and Be Merry! Laura will also be writing a story for The Food Network Blog, interviewing the author of The Happy Baker Erin Bolger as well as covering the opening of her local farmers […]