I realized the other day that I do not think I have shared this fantastic recipe on my site yet. I have been making it for years! It is Rachael Ray’s Veg-Head Three-Bean Chili. Yes, that is right, I like a vegetarian recipe. The genius ingredient that makes it so thick and convinces you (and Reg) […]
Churned Old Fashioned Malted Chocolate Ice Cream
It has been HOT here in Vancouver! You know what that means?! Homemade ice cream! Oh yeah… Reg loves anything chocolate so I knew I wanted to make us chocolate ice cream but then I thought, what about MALTED chocolate ice cream? When I was a kid I loved everything malted: Malted Milk chocolate bar, […]
Cast Iron Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
I have always wanted to bake a dish in my cast iron skillet and decided to also complete a goal on my Foodie Bucket List: cobbler! What is cobbler exactly? “… a fruit or savoury filling poured into a large baking dish and covered with a batter, biscuit, or dumpling (in England) before being baked“. I […]
Mini Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting
What do you do when you have a large class of drawing students to bake for to celebrate your last class together but only have so much energy? You turn to Martha Stewart’s Cupcake cookbook and take her recipe for Devil’s Food Cupcakes, divide the recipe in half and convert it to mini cupcakes. That way […]
Anna Olson’s Chocolate-Dipped Ladyfingers & Cookbook Review
I have had a blast working through Anna Olson‘s cookbook Bake With Anna Olson. From getting the cookbook signed in person by her through the trials and tribulations of making her focaccia, bagel bites and her Indian naan bread… I have enjoyed this baking journey and will continue to work through her cookbook and learn a ton. For […]
Recipe Review Allrecipes Magazine Thai Wonton Soup
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Click here for recipe As I type this it is SNOWING outside my apartment in Vancouver damn it but it was feeling like spring last week when I made this double chocolate peanut butter ice cream recipe by Joy the Baker. Imagine making chocolate ganache and chocolate pudding, mixing them together and then incorporating peanut […]
Recipe Review of Kraft’s Coffee-Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Mocha is one of my favourite flavours so I am always on the lookout for new recipes with chocolate and coffee. During this unseasonable cold and snowy Vancouver winter my friend Marina mentioned making these Kraft’s Coffee-Chocolate Chunk Cookies. What is so odd is despite living in the same area, we had completely different results. […]
Recipe Test of Nutella Cake in a Mug… My First Mug Cake!
Yesterday was World Nutella Day and I struggled a little while to figure out what new Nutella recipe to try because you know, I love Nutella and have made numerous recipes with it. I turned to my Facebook page for help. My friends Michelle and Lisa have been encouraging me to try making my first […]
Recipe Review of Dine & Dish Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
My friend Wayne (hey Wayne!) messaged me about this recipe by Dine & Dish for Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins and I was intrigued! Not just because I have been meaning to make this type of muffin but because she uses the egg whites to help with leavening them. The foodie scientist in me was intrigued so […]