Last year I spent the entire month of February dedicated to Asian foods so click here if you want some recipe ideas to celebrate Asian culture and the new year through food I know, it seems I am going all Michael Smith crazy but in fact I am recipe testing his book The Best of Chef at […]
Anna’s Rustic No-Knead Artisan Bread
Food Network Canada’s Cooking Club Challenge: Nadia G’s Stracciatella
This month Nadia G from Bitchin Kitchen won the Cooking Club Challenge at Food Network Canada for her recipe Italian Stracciatella with Mini Meatballs, Tender Cheese Tortellini and Baby Spinach. I was super excited! As my newsletter readers will already know, I am a huge fan of Nadia G and decided to order her cookbook as a birthday present […]
Flavours of PEI: Buttermilk Biscuits
“OMG! These things are dynamite. Made them. Loved them. Me and kids ate them all.” ~ Three D Photos Thanks to all of you who voted for me to win the PEI Recipe Challenge, I won second place and a copy of the cookbooks Flavours of Prince Edward Island: A Culinary Journey and The Best of Chef at Home! […]
Giveaway: Time for Dinner Cookbook
Rachel Allen’s Banana Bread & Cookbook Review of “Bake”
Last Christmas I received the cookbook Rachel’s Baking Secrets (although my book is entitled “Bake”) from my mom for Christmas and have had a great time testing out the recipes. I absolutely adored watching Rachel Allen‘s show Bake, so much so I had to get her cookbook. I have made her Apple and Oat Crumble, Peanut Butter […]
Recipe Review: Cooks.com’s Baileys Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love hearing what people are cooking and baking via my Facebook Group and I found out about these Baileys Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies via my dear real-life friends Nigel and Kenora. They made them for the holidays as gifts and said they were a huge hit. Normally, I am very stingy with my Baileys. I am […]
Recipe Review: Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls
These are my version of Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls which I wanted to add to my plate of holiday goodies for my friends because one of my friends tries to avoid carbs. Most rum balls are made with cookies but these ones are made with ground almonds bumping up the protein and bringing down […]
Recipe Review: Taste of Home’s Fudgy Pinwheel Cookies
Before I hit the wall of baking, I continued my treat-making odyssey to share with my friends for Christmas. I have never made a pinwheel cookie before so I took on Taste of Home’s Fudgy Pinwheel Cookies recipe. I used pecans instead of walnuts and I toasted them ahead of time so they were not super raw, my […]
Recipe Review: Taste of Home’s Chocolate Orange Meltaways (Truffles)
These Chocolate Orange Meltaways are actually truffles. Last year for my post “The Trouble With Truffles” I made the mistake of using a lot of bittersweet chocolate. This recipe calls for milk chocolate and semisweet chocolate so I felt much safer making them! If you are losing holiday baking steam and only have little bits of time […]