If ever there was something I am known for amongst my friends and family, it is “The Big Salad”. We’re talkin’ huge here, people. Why? I like salad. I like the crispy lettuce and the freshness of the ingredients, the colours like a Mexican Carnival, the surprise of every bite being different. I just really […]
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I know, I know. Everyone has a chocolate chip cookie recipe on their blog….sigh…borrrrrrriiiiiiiing. Well, that may be what you think, and I’m sorry to hear that, this recipe has a very good reason, two, actually. I made these wonderfully, delectable, crispy edged yet soft centered, totally stand up to their name, cookies for Culinary
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I was feeling a little guilty yesterday. Like I ate too many cheesy bites at my hubby’s staff party on the weekend. Or maybe it was the gargantuan tart I ate the other night. Whatever the case, I needed to eat something a little more on the “healthy” side last night. Also, it was raining
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Now we all know that things don’t always go 100% as planned. To me this is what experimenting in the kitchen is all about. When you are passionate about food, you take risks with it. You do daring things in the kitchen, you risk ingredient’s lives for recipes you’ve never even seen before, you make
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When I go grocery shopping, I have lists. Long lists. Lists of ingredients for every meal I will make in a week, planned in advance, so that I don’t go out of control in the grocery store. I could go crazy in there… When we were a young, childless, dual income family (DINKS! Dual Income
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Nothing says summer like a nice, big bowl of……hot soup? I know what you’re thinking, but this soup will seriously change your mind. My in laws went on vacation this week and left us to look after their garden. Also, they asked us to clean out their fridge. What should I find but a large
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Zucchini season has been among us for a while now, as I can easily see by scrolling new recipes popping up on the intraweb everywhere. Stuffed zucchini flowers, zucchini bread, succotash, etc. But, I’m not the biggest fan of zucchini. I like it alright, especially raw, dipped in a little bleu cheese dressing….mmm mmm good!
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I always find that I am trying to make creative recipes for sprucing up your everyday chicken breast. It’s the old stand by, although no longer a cheap one, at least not in my neck of the woods. It’s also diet friendly, heart healthy, blah blah blah. Well, the Husband and I took a little
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After posting my new cookie recipe the other day, I figured I’d better get to perfecting it, as it’s not quite there yet. So today, while Cohen took his long afternoon nap, I got to baking. I didn’t change much, but the additions I did add have now created the perfect cookie, The Chocolate Nutter!
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I love making cake. Love it. It’s such a fun process. Baking the cake, making the filling and frosting or ganache or glaze or whatever you want! There are so many possibilities. Which is why I offered up my powers of cake baking and divine frosting whipping for my Father in law’s __st birthday. (Left