My journey into the cookbook Salad Love: 260 Crunchy, Savory, and Filling Meals You Can Make Every Day by David Bez published by Penguin Random House Canada has officially begun! As promised in my reveal of the cookbook, my first recipe was one with which I felt extremely confident about the flavours. A lot of the recipes have […]
Recipe Review: Cook’s Illustrated Foolproof Vinaigrette
Chives’ Chef Flinn Pre-Emptive Ultimate Burger Strike!
Chef Craig Flinn of Chives Canadian Bistro in Halifax has developed a burger recipe to represent Atlantic Canada as one of 5 ”regional” burgers created for President’s Choice by chefs across the country. Chef Craig will be doing a demo of the new recipe on CTV Morning Live soon. I got to check out some of the […]
Anne Burrell’s Wilted Romaine Salad & Cookbook Review
Anne’s Burrell’s Own Your Kitchen, published by Random House of Canada, is inspiring. If you love Anne, she is in every page of her cookbook. What is even better? She knows how to make a kick-ass salad and that, for me, is high praise. Her Wilted Romaine Salad with Roasted Pears and Hazelnuts was divine. I […]
Panzanella Salad
In order to fix a foodie wrong, I wanted to use the slightly over-baked Gordon Ramsay Focaccia I made and turn it into a panzanella salad. A bread salad?! Those are two of my favourite things! What is there not to like? I sliced off all the crusts around the perimeter of the focaccia. Turned them […]
Bobby Flay’s Buttermilk-Blue Cheese Dressing
I really appreciate this recipe only makes 1/2 cup, the perfect amount After making Bobby Flay‘s chicken pot pie from his recently published Bar Americain Cookbook published by Random House of Canada, I decided to take on a less complicated recipe but one that, if I liked it, would impress the hell out of me. An Iron Chef salad dressing with […]
Product Review: Danone’s Oikos Greek Yogurt
I must apologize to Danone. They sent me coupons for their new Greek yogurt Oikos a while ago and with the madness of Halloween and family visiting, posting about it was delayed. Which ended up being a good thing because then I could do some product testing with Jamie and Justin during their visit which helped […]
Eva Longoria’s Avocado Stuffed with Shrimp & Veracruz Corn
Lately I have been sharing my baking stories and recipes so much some people may think this is a baking blog but it isn’t! I do actually cook. In fact that is where I got started in the kitchen. I must admit, I have just loved exploring the recipes in Eva Longoria‘s cookbook Eva’s Kitchen, published […]
Product Review and GIVEAWAY!!! Kraft Sizzling Salads
Thanks to all the spam I’ve been getting since I opened up my blog to anonymous posts, I have decided to close the contest a little early. Winner will be announced tomorrow! Good luck everyone! Kraft Canada asked me to review their new Sizzling Salads product as well as do a giveaway for coupons to my […]
My Version of Jamie Oliver’s Proper Chicken Caesar Salad
You know when you watch a food program and you want to make that meal right away and you think you have all the ingredients and then realize you don’t? Well that happened when I watched Jamie Oliver make this unbelievable warm Chicken Caesar Salad. It looked like a dream! Jamie only uses a quarter […]