Life has gotten crazy and I have been looking to the past for inspiration. A little bit of comfort with a bit of contemporary flare. I bought this 1974 copy of Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook Completely New Revised Edition at Value Village. It was such a giant treasure trove of retro food, I could not wait […]
Product Review: Butterball Seasoned Stuffed Turkey Breast
Since there were no fresh turkey breasts anywhere at my store I picked up a Butterball Seasoned Stuffed Turkey Breast over the weekend to make for Thanksgiving. Inside the box you will find a sealed turkey breast. Before putting it in the oven you need to let warm water run over it for a minute. Then you […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Canadian foodies!!! How is it going in your kitchens? Life has been pretty rough here. Even the weather with tropical storms slamming into us but we got to the grocery store, finally stocked up and now can celebrate with food again. We also got to Kin’s Farm Market, my absolute favourite place to […]
Product Testing: Philips Pasta Maker
Anna Olson’s Chocolate Brownies
I am super excited to announce that Anna Olson’s show Bake has been renewed for another season! Also, I have been watching her videos on this great site called Grokker which is where I discovered this recipe for her chocolate brownies. When I saw her secret ingredient, I absolutely had to make them! It was […]
Storm Crow Tavern
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 […]
President’s Choice Hot Chocolate Cookies
Now where on earth did I get the idea to make hot chocolate cookies? The “inspiration” came from PC’s The Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies Flavour Hot Chocolate Mix. My store was out of my favourite hot chocolate so I picked this up instead. Just like PC’s The Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookie, there was an overwhelming flavour […]
“Everything Nice” Caribbean Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Recently, Winslow Taylor from Recipe to Riches contacted me regarding his own line of spices. He wanted to know if I wanted to review them and I of course said, yes please! I absolutely loved his Jammin’ Jamaican Lobster Bisque and knew Winslow had a great understanding of spices. An understanding that was way beyond […]
Shannon’s Mouth-Watering Stuffed Mushrooms
My sister Shannon has been making these Mouth-Watering Stuffed Mushrooms forever! They are so good, we all love them. She normally makes them with cayenne for a kick. I was watching her make these during the holidays this year on Facebook and knew I had to make them too. I could not go another year without her mushrooms! […]