Jun 29, 2015 | in the kitchen, products, reviews
Honey. What can I say about this sweet, golden food treasure. And seriously, it’s a TREASURE. Honey is not only a wonderful sweetener that’s good on toast, in tea, drizzled on dessert and a myriad of other delicious uses, but it is simply AMAZING. Many...
Apr 30, 2015 | in the kitchen, products, reviews
A few weeks ago, I was asked to try out a recipe from RicardoCuisine.com – I could pick any recipe I wanted, but it had to come from the Dessert Recipes section (obviously, they know I love making desserts more than anything else!). I had a really tough time...
Feb 27, 2015 | desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Here’s the results of my February Baking with Tea Challenge! THE TEA: Caramel Toffee Oolong Tea by Octavia Tea Description on Amoda Tea’s site: “An oolong dessert tea! Sweet and creamy with decadent caramel and hazelnut. It’s certainly rich with...
Feb 10, 2015 | gadgets, in the kitchen, reviews
brand: Circulon gadget: 5-cup non-stick egg poacher MRSP: not sold individually, but sold as part of the Circulon 11-piece Red Cookware Set, which retails for $499.99 CAD available for purchase: exclusively at Canadian Tire the first nibble: Confession time – I...
Dec 24, 2014 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
A few days ago Paul pulled out a Founders Breakfast Stout, a rich, double chocolate coffee oatmeal stout, to make oatmeal cookies and that got me thinking about my own beer cookies. I’ve baked with beer before, with some pretty good success, like my beer...
Dec 23, 2014 | desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Pineapple and coconut together is one of my favourite flavour combinations of all time – I guess because it reminds of Hawaii, one of my favourite places. Now that I think about it, I don’t actualy have that much that’s pineapple-coconut flavoured...
