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Suzie the Foodie’s Perfected Potato Pancakes

June 22, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie Leave a Comment

I grew up enjoying potato latkes in my old hood and then when I was out east I learned how to make Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Irish Potato Cakes. Both, totally delicious. Now I have made them my own and enjoy them as a side dish with dinner or brunch. These potato pancakes […]

Cast Iron Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

June 12, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

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 […]

Foodie Bucket List: My First Ragù Sauce

June 8, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

I thought the perfect thing to top my first polenta with would be my first ragù sauce. That way I would get to check off TWO items from my Foodie Bucket List. What is ragù exactly? “Ragù is a class of Italian pasta sauces made with ground or minced meat, vegetables and, occasionally, tomatoes.” Sounds do-able! I turned […]

How To Make Polenta Fries

June 6, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

AKA What To Do With All This Leftover Polenta??? I did it! I finally learned how to make polenta for my Foodie Bucket List which rocks but what I was not expecting was so many damn leftovers from 1 1/4 cup of cornmeal. Holy crap! The Dilemma My friend Florence suggested I make polenta fries and I […]

Foodie Bucket List: How To Make Polenta With Cornmeal

June 5, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

I had no idea when I added polenta to my Foodie Bucket List that it was going to be such a complex journey. Just like when I started doing research for making bagels, everyone not only has a different approach to making polenta, there are different main ingredients to take into consideration. Cornmeal? See you can make […]

Foodie Bucket List: Vanilla Mille Crêpe Cake with Blueberry Sauce

May 31, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

Mille Crêpe Cakes are all over the internet. Soft and pillowy crêpes stacked on top of each other with pastry cream layered in between… So beautiful and dramatic. I wanted to not only see how delicious it tasted but try making one myself. I had no idea what a pain in this ass this cake […]

Foodie Bucket List: Vanilla Pastry Cream Filling

May 30, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

Many times I have watched Anna Olson make pastry cream on Sugar and Bake, but I realized I had never made a post about it so I added it to my Foodie Bucket List. I made it for another item on the list, Mille Crêpe Cake, which I will be posting tomorrow. I took the pastry cream […]

Cheese Tortellini & Chicken Sausage with Red Pepper Sauce

May 17, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

I discovered coming up with my foodie bucket list just how important learning how to make sauces is to me so I played around with ingredients I had in order to make this homemade red pepper sauce. This is far from a traditional professional chef-style sauce but it is fast, easy and damn delicious. The Ingredients […]

DIY Deli-Style Sour Pickles

May 9, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

One of the first foods I binged on as a kid was pickles. I ate so many, my dad took me to the hospital, convinced the acid would eat a hole in my stomach! Years ago I taught myself how to make my mom’s sweet pickles but this time, I wanted to learn how to […]

Foodie Bucket List: How To Make Homemade Bagels

May 4, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

Bagels. I knew that I wanted bagels to be the first thing I accomplished on my Foodie Bucket List. I asked all sorts of people for advice and opinions. A lot of people said they were straight forward but the more I looked into it, the more I realized nobody makes them the same way. […]