It was cold this weekend! Really cold and I am so glad I prepared for it ahead of time and made Janet & Greta Podleski‘s Obi Wonton Kenobi soup from their The Looneyspoons Collection on Friday so we could enjoy it all weekend! As I mentioned in my New Year Mulligan post, I am doing my best to not […]
My New-Fashioned Breadmaker Vegan Oatmeal Loaf
During the last six weeks stuck in bed resting, I yearned for homemade bread! Even with my KitchenAid mixer and Folding Proofer, I did not have the energy to make anything because I was so sick. I mourned my old breadmaker’s demise. A Holiday Treasure We bought Reg’s parents this breadmaker during our first Christmas here. That was […]
Suzie the Foodie’s Fromage Awards: Foodie Disasters of 2011
Bitchin Kitchen Cooking for Trouble Split Pea and Bacon Soup
Oh the problems with trying to recipe test when you are sick! I wanted to do a post on my conversion to liking split pea soup. I figured it any cookbook could make me like it, it would be Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen: Cookin’ for Trouble published by Random House of Canada. Reg also got super sick […]
New Year’s Eve Party Food Ideas with PC Products
Remember how most of you voted for the PC Black Label Fleur de Sel Caramels for me to review next? Well the stores were all out so I guess that was a hugely popular item. As a result I received the PC Black Label Chocolate Toffee Assortment instead with the other popular product you voted for: the Umami […]
What is on your holiday menu?
We still have not decorated our Yule tree completely because we have so little energy and gave up on stocking shopping entirely. But! We will still celebrate the holidays through food. TONIGHT Today I will soon begin making my crockpot apple cider. I wish I had cranberry juice leftover to make my favourite kind but this […]
Homemade Broth: Tutorial, Foodie Emergency Kit & Miracle Cure
My Favourite Holiday Treats!
KitchenAid Holiday Stuffed Turkey Breast with Sweet & Sticky Glaze
Nadia G’s Bitchin Kitchen Creamy Cream-Less Tomato-Pepper Soup
Before the migraine marathon and the wheezing and hacking began, I was living on this soup from Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen: Cookin’ for Trouble cookbook. I think it was keeping me alive and healthy but all soups do eventually come to an end… Here is how I made it. The page the recipe comes from has a […]