At a regular family get-together around here, we usually have 8 grown-ups plus 4 little kids. Until now, one dessert would cut it for everyone, but those days are now over, and this cake is proof....
Nicole hosted a late summer BBQ a few weeks ago and cooked up an absolute feast for us. This girl is definitely a true cook – no recipes in sight. She tastes and adjusts as she goes, and just uses whatever she thinks will work together. I so admire this; I rely on recipes (probably......
Lately I’ve been obsessed with the blog Ezra Pound Cake; Rebecca lives in Nashville and blogs about all kinds of delicious Southern food, plus healthy ideas to balance everything out. When clicking around her website for ideas for a Southern style appetizer for my little dinner party, I came across these Cheese Straws. Homemade Cheese-Its? SOLD....
I’m so fascinated with Southern cooking. I think Paula Deen and I would get along great. We’d deep fry butter, make marshmallow stuffed sweet potato balls, and then take our Lipitor together....
Updated with a new picture September 8, 2018 At certain times during the month of August, I found myself daydreaming about cinnamon, apples and pumpkin. Then I got an email from Starbucks about the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Then I saw Halloween cards in Shoppers Drug Mart. I’m a HUGE fan of fall,......
My niece Charlotte turned 4 this month, and ever since her little brother’s birthday back in April, she’s been telling me she wants a Blue’s Clues Cake! The funniest part is that when I asked Joel what flavour of cake she wanted, her response was: chocolate caramel crunch cake. How does a 4 year old......
Danielle, her sister Ashley and I took a lovely drive out into the country on my second day in Calgary. Did we go to look at beautiful scenery? Experience some fresh, crisp Alberta air? Nope, we went for pie....
I mean did you honestly think after all those Top Chef Canada recaps that I’d go to Calgary without eating at Connie’s restaurant? Danielle and I visited Charcut on the Friday night of my visit, and it was jam-packed. Sometimes trendy restaurants make me nervous, but the hostess was nice and our waiter was very......
Right now I’m sitting on my couch, waiting for Kristine’s sister Chi to come over for our second personal training session. These doughnuts are only part of the reason why. At the beginning of the month I took a quick trip out west to visit with my WCBFFs, and this basically turned into a 4 day......
I am a huge tomato snob. There’s nothing worse to me than pale orange, mealy, out-of-season tomatoes; the kind you see at Subway or Extreme Pita, or every grocery store between October-July. I try to avoid them as much as possible....