Luvo offers chef-created, nutritionist-approved frozen meals and has moved into British Columbia. Each meal has one serving or more of fruit and vegetables, mostly whole grains and “lean proteins raised without antibiotics”. They use herbs and spices to flavour food, not sodium, sugar or artificial colours. Sounds too good to be true? It certainly grabbed my […]
Simple Mocha Ice Cream
Cranberry Sorbet
The Ultimate Ice Cream Book’s Strawberry Ice Cream
Welcome to my kitchen disaster tale! It really should be titled “How I totally failed at making strawberry ice cream” or as the graphic says, “Strawberry Ice Cream From HELL!!!” I had such success making chocolate ice cream from The Ultimate Ice Cream Book: Over 500 Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, Drinks, And More that I […]
How To Make Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
Killer Mocha Sorbet
Printer-friendly recipeAs you know, I am crazy about anything mocha flavoured. When I was a kid, coffee ice cream was among my favourite things in the world. The idea that I can take leftover coffee, make a chocolate syrup in minutes and come up with this easy low-fat but super tasty sorbet any time I […]
My version of Auntie Laima’s Super Easy Vanilla Ice Cream
I know there are a lot of people out there new to making homemade ice cream. I wanted to share a super easy technique I came across that would make anyone tentative about ice cream become an ice-cream-making-freak like I have apparently become. This recipe is inspired by my mom’s sister Laima (right in the […]
The Not-So-Perfect-Yet-Still-Delicious Homemade Orange Sherbet
This orange sherbet was the best defence against the summer heat we went through this year. It is not perfect, there are problems with it but in the end, who cares? It helped cool us down and when combined with homemade vanilla ice cream, it was like snacking on a Creamsicle. Dreamy… The Recipe This […]
Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Tutorial
Captain Morgan Private Stock exclusive spirits sponsor of the Tall Ships Festival
Once again the Tall Ships are coming to Nova Scotia! They will arrive in Halifax July 19-23 and visit outports across the province July 24-29. This year’s exclusive spirits sponsor of the Tall Ships Festival is Captain Morgan. Captain Morgan Private Stock Wow, Captain Morgan Private Stock is an absolutely impressive rum. From the packaging to its taste, […]