Adorable culinary rodent at Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market Reg and I are officially on holidays but not to worry, I still have tons of posts coming up and foodie stories to share with you. We may be on a very budgetted staycation but I am hoping we also have some new culinary adventures on the […]
No-Bake Stovetop Peanut Butter Special K Cookies
My Low Fat Strawberry Nutella Crepes
Homemade Flour Tortillas & Chorizo Sausage Meat
It is just natural that in the summer time to want tacos, fajitas, enchiladas… The last time I made my own tortillas they had shortening in them. I found a tortilla recipe here that used vegetable oil which I was thrilled about. I was also a little naughty and made my very own chorizo sausage meat […]
Fast Breads Lots of Cheese Bread
This month at Food Network Canada’s Cooking Club Challenge the theme is inspired by the show Top Chef Canada and its President’s Choice episode. I loved this episode and seeing what products the judges liked and those that failed to impress. One that stood out was the PC Smokin’ Stampede Beer & Chipotle Barbecue Sauce which the […]
Spice Goddess Bal Arneson’s Spinach and Basil Roti
I have been doing a lot of recipe testing from the cookbook Bal’s Quick and Healthy Indian written by Bal Arneson, published by Whitecap Books with mixed results. I was looking forward to trying her spinach and basil roti for two reasons: I had never had roti before and my friend Fran surprised me with presents from Epicure Selections […]
Mairlyn Smith’s Red Lentil Soup
I will admit, when I made this red lentil soup I was a little worried. After quite a few healthy cooking mishaps, I was hesitant. I made this soup from the cookbook Healthy Starts Here: 140 Recipes That Will Make You Feel Great by Mairlyn Smith published by Whitecap Books and put it in a wee little […]
Boring food gone wild. My salmon cake/burger.
I adore Bal Arneson the Spice Goddess but had a real miss with one of her recipes from Bal’s Quick and Healthy Indian cookbook published by Whitecap Books. As much as I love recipe testing, sometimes it gets frustrating so instead of getting upset. I went off the foodie map! Here is what happened… I was […]
Dietitians of Canada Cook! Broccoli Cheese Soup
The dark cold weather continues here as we approach June in Nova Scotia. The only thing that can make up for this fact is soup season continues. Recently I had a copy of Dietitians of Canada Cook!: 275 Recipes Celebrate Food from Field to Table published by Robert Rose delivered to me and I thought what is more […]