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 […]
Recipe Review: The Neelys’ Grandma Jean’s Potato Salad
Recipe Review: Chef Academy Grandma Louise’s Tomato Sauce
Yesterday I finally had a whole day to myself in the kitchen. What bliss! Life has been insane lately. From hibernating and just getting by all winter to life going crazy, I have been having a hard time keeping up. Then, yesterday came. What was I going to make? Food Network’s Chef Academy inspired me […]
Recipe Review: Alton Brown’s “The Chewy”
Recipe Review: Soft Onion Sandwich Rolls
Test Kitchen: Everyday Food
My sister Jamie got me a subscription to Everyday Food Magazine one year. Is there anything more exciting than getting a magazine in the mail? Filled with pretty pictures of food and new ideas, what joy. I tried out many recipes by them including making my version of their chicken pot pie seen on the […]
Recipe Review: Baked Potato Soup
Recipe Review: Sunny’s Baked Lemon Sole
Recipe Review: Giada’s Roasted Fennel with Parmesan
Now that the world is cooling off outside here, the ground covered in frost every morning and even sometimes visited by snow, it is time to start roasting food. Roasting is one of my favourite methods of making food, flavours develop slowly, ingredients caramelize and get all bubbly. My first roasting recipe of the year? […]
Halloween Test Kitchen: Popcorn Balls
I have decided to open up my test kitchen to some Halloween treats, to see which ones I recommend people attempting for Halloween this year. I decided to begin with a treat I have never personally had but is quintessentially Halloweeny: Popcorn Balls. I found a recipe for “Best Ever Popcorn Balls” at Allrecipes.com but […]