With Chinese New Year coming up and me happy to celebrate it every day of the year, I was excited to try making (and eating) ginger beef for the first time. I know I have mentioned it before but I have to mention again the awesomeness that is the cookbook The Everything Chinese Cookbook: From Wonton […]
PC Cooking School’s Gingered Carrot Soup
At the Loblaw livelifewell blogger and media session we were treated to a lovely soup that both Reg and I adored. It was very light and flavourful, perfect for this time of year where we are transitioning to “better” weather, AKA moving from snow to freezing rain. We still need soup! I liked it so much I […]
My So-Called “Instant” Mini Mincemeat Pies
When you read this post, it will become quite clear that I have never made mincemeat pies before. In fact there were a lot of “firsts” when it came to my experience of making these over the weekend. Although they might be called “instant” there was nothing easy or fast about them. Mincemeat pies are […]