Now until September 30th, there is a fantastic event happening around Victoria, or #yyj as us Twitter-philes know it as. Step into any of the participating restaurant/lounges and you’ll be welcomed with an appetizer and cocktail pairing that rivals any you may have experienced before.
As part of the Art of the Cocktail, Sip Around is a more casual version of the main event. Whereas at big showdown on October 1st showcases many different liquors and cocktail creations, Sip Around offers a more relaxed approach. You can take a lounge or restaurant every day for a week, sampling their food and bevy offerings or you can do it all in one day (though cabs or buses are recommended!).
I will be attending the main event in October, but gearing up for it is the best part.
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Corn. Zucchini. Late harvest vegetables that we all (mostly) love. The only problem with zucchini is that it has a mind of it’s own and can take over vast swaths of your garden if left unchecked. Even an avid gardener (me) can lose track of where the newest veggie has taken hold and all of a sudden there are four or five ready and ripe for the picking (never over 8-10 inches in my house). But what to do with it all?
Zucchini can get awfully boring if used over and over again in the same fashion. Baked with, it is wonderful as I’ve shown with my chocolate zucchini bread and a great guest post from Hélène, who gave us a spiced version. You can bake it, roast it in butter or throw it in to soups and curries, as we have been doing all summer. But there must be other ways?
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For my second part of my Canadian Tire Kitchen Crew Mission I decided to show what can be done with dinner in less than 20 minutes of prep. Yes, it is possible to make a most fabulous dinner with such little prep time and I didn’t have to use a slow cooker either. Most people that I have met assume I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, and this would be an accurate representation of my life, yes. BUT…I don’t like to be in the kitchen all night long, especially as it’s the only time that I get to spend with my husband and the kids at the same time.
The kids are so young they still go to bed relatively early and that’s fine by me, but spending quality family time together is rather important as well. The best way to do this is to throw something together quickly and get it in the oven so that we can head outside (barring wind, rain, snow, clouds that are any shade of gray, thunder, falling leaves, you get the picture…I like nice weather).
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Living in the capitol of British Columbia (yes it is Victoria, not Vancouver), you sometimes forget that there are reasons why we are so overrun with tourists during the summer. You forget that attractions abound all over the city and are beautiful, wondrous places to take yourself and your children. With this in mind, last weekend we decided to go to The Butchart Gardens, a staple attraction and probably the biggest draw for many tourists coming to the island.
Nestled in Central Saanich, The Butchart Gardens have been around for over 100 years. A great feat for a garden. But when you arrive there, you realize why it is still there and draws so many to it’s beauty.
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Today marks the first post in a series of challenges sponsored by Canadian Tire. For the next two months I will be challenged to use my kitchen in more creative ways and create six original recipes using various tools available at your local Canadian Tire. The Kitchen Crew, a fabulous group of fellow food bloggers, are tasked with “missions” to complete and provided with various kitchen tools or appliances to do so. For my first mission, the task was as follows:
“It’s back to school time again! And you know what that means – packing your little one a lunch and preparing snacks for an army of friends after school. Besides wanting to be nutritious and delicious, you also don’t want to slave away for hours in the kitchen. Your mission this week is to develop easy eats for back to school! That means a total prop time of 20 minutes or less – no cheating!”
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