Suzie The Foodie

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Instant Pot Magic Soup

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I have made My Magic Soup on the stovetop so many times, it was time to see how it would do in the pressure cooker. Would it be easier? Faster? The Inspiration On top of being incurably curious about food and the benefits of a pressure cooker, it has gotten super cold here in Toronto! […]

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Studying Chocolate: SOMA Chocolatemaker

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I have been wanting to learn about chocolate. I tried taking a chocolate making class at George Brown but they had a prerequisite class and I could not afford both. So, I am going to teach myself, as I have been doing with food for almost 10 years now. I decided that if you want […]

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Happy Halloween!!! I Am Not Dead!

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Happy Halloween Foodies! I do not know about you but mine is going to be very different this year. No more hand in the mailbox or giving out candy to trick or treaters. My first Halloween back in Toronto is going to be spent with family enjoying homemade food and watching slightly scary movies together. […]

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Restaurant Review: Hogtown Smoke

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You would think I would have to dust off my foodie brain a little to remember going to Hogtown Smoke at 1959 Queen Street in The Beaches but no, no I remember it quite clearly unfortunately. I took this photo on the way to the restaurant. Look at the Toronto sneer on that young guy’s […]

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My First VIP Movie Experience… HALLOWEEN!!!

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For the record, I HATE elitism of any kind. BUT! For something as special as getting to see the new Halloween movie with the same friends I watched the second movie with at a Halloween party back in grade 6? I could not say no! And I am so glad I didn’t. The Theatre We […]

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Foodie Fears: My First Raw Oysters

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I will admit it. Until very recently I had never had a raw oyster. I have wanted to try this foodie rite of passage desperately since I went to The Nova Scotia Seafood Festival eight years ago. You really have to try something so nerve wracking with an oyster connoisseur which I did not have at […]

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Suzie The Foodie’s Pressure Cooker Butternut Squash Soup

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It is that amazing time of year… Soup-making time! I wanted that same slow-roasted flavour from my butternut squash soup recipe but these days with winter coming and getting ready for the future housebound reality ahead, I have not had time to slow roast a butternut squash on a low heat for 2 hours. As a […]

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Magical Butter Final Tests & Product Review

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I had thought I had completed phase 1 product testing Magical Butter’s dark chocolate when I finished making dark chocolate covered strawberries. I was very, VERY wrong, which I did not know at the time so I moved on to testing their milk chocolate. Milk Chocolate So the revolutionary idea behind Magical Butter is you can melt the […]

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Spicy Hot Chocolate In A Gift Jar!

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A family member was having a very special birthday and I knew that he likes homemade gifts in particular. Considering all the food that would already be at the big party I thought it would be nice to make him something that he could enjoy when life cools down and he wants to have spicy […]

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Magical Butter’s Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

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When I heard about Magical Butter’s compound dark and milk chocolate made with Belgian chocolate that is perfect for chocolate molding with no tempering required, I thought it was too good to be true but I wanted to believe!!! So I said yes to product testing their chocolate but I was not going to be […]

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