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Tutorial: How to Make Homemade Tortillas

April 14, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 12 Comments

One day not that long ago I realized I had run out of tortillas! That is a major issue in my house. We use them all the time for wraps, quesadillas, fajitas… The weather was crappy. I did not want to trek outside and buy some. I started to wonder if I could make them […]

Tutorial: How to Poach an Egg

April 17, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

Until yesterday, I had never poached an egg. I had heard horror stories and will admit, they scared me. I found out that it was National Eggs Benedict Day yesterday from Alias Grace on Twitter. She also told me about the site The Perfect Poached Egg which gave me courage to try poaching my own. […]

Back to Basics: Homemade Bread by Hand!

January 18, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 11 Comments

This was a huge challenge for me to do. Number one: I have sensitive hands because of my fibromyalgia and they get hurt very easily. Number two: I have been so down and depressed lately that I can barely get off my couch let alone bake or cook. Number three: I usually avoid baking when […]

The Ridler Family Traditional Christmas Sugar Cookies

December 20, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

Photo taken with the last of the winter daylight sneaking in through our living room window My family has been making these Christmas sugar cookies since I was old enough to say, I want Christmas cookies so let’s bake some darn it! Store-bought cookies never taste truly Christmasy to me and I wanted Christmas cookies […]

Candied Chestnut & Cranberry Rugelach

December 19, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

I was asking people at the Canadian Food Network forums for the best holiday cookie ideas and Ava suggestion this Rugelach recipe. I had never heard of them before but wow, they looked absolutely delicious and realized I could use my candied chestnuts for the filling. Rugelach is apparently a Jewish pastry which I had […]

How To Make Roasted Chestnuts

December 18, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

Oh the idea of making roasted chestnuts sounds so nostalgic, so heartwarming. I had no idea that it would be this challenging. Now for most people with a whole set of sharp knives and strong fingers, you probably will not find it as challenging as I did. You can read all about my knife issues […]

Tutorial: Anna Olson’s Homemade Pumpkin Pie

November 26, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 13 Comments

Normally, I hate pumpkin pie. For most of my life I could not understand why people loved this “weird” baking concoction. Then one day a neighbour came by, she had grown a pumpkin in her backyard and gave it to me. Wow! OK, Halloween was too far off to use it as a jack-o-lantern and […]

How To Boil An Egg

November 24, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

Why the heck are there boiled eggs in a jar you ask? Well I am also going to be sharing how to make Piedmont Eggs, marinated eggs. Rudimentary? Yes. Obvious? Well no, not for me. When I left university I knew so little about food that I did not even know how to boil an […]

Tutorial: Traditional Apple Pie

September 20, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

In a matter of hours, my dad will be here visiting for the next couple of days. Yesterday I agonized over this apple pie: should I pre-cook the filling and then make the pie on Sunday or should I just bake the pie right now? I do not like to bake under pressure so I […]

How to make homemade chicken stock from scratch

September 7, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 3 Comments

I am definitely going through a soup phase right now. Everything is cooling off, you can smell autumn in the air and to me that means it is soup time. I have made soup stocks before but never really followed proper “technique” and I wanted to give it a shot. Once again I took out […]