Sep 15, 2014 | in the kitchen, products, reviews
A couple of weeks ago, Summer Fresh was kind enough to send me samples of their new snack lineup. Conveniently packed in handy single-serving sizes, the Summer Fresh Hummus mini dippers come in packs of four and are available in three flavours: Original, Roasted...
Jun 13, 2013 | beef, grilling & smoking, in the kitchen, main courses, products, recipes
Paul makes awesome burgers. Seriously awesome burgers. One of his secrets is to add some “moisture” ingredient to the meat before shaping the patty – it can be mustard, pesto sauce, barbeque sauce, beer…really, there are an unlimited number of...
Jun 6, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, pasta & noodles, products, recipes
Paul and I make our own tomato sauce all the time – in fact, we’ve never purchased tomato sauce before and we have bought pesto sauce, but mainly because fresh basil is expensive and for some reason, basil is the only plant that refuses to grow in our...
Mar 1, 2013 | beef, in the kitchen, main courses, meat dishes, products, recipes
The next Summer Fresh sauce we tried…well, we didn’t exactly cook with it. You see, the Summer Fresh 3 Peppercorn sauce was the first one I pulled out of the box when it arrived and right away, Paul and I looked at each other and said “Steak!”...
Feb 28, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, pizza, products, recipes
I have always loved the saucy goodness of butter chicken. Especially on a bed of rice. There’s just something about the sauce that I can’t get enough of. So I was pretty excited to see that one of the sauces in the set that Summer Fresh sent me to try was...
Feb 26, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, pasta & noodles, products, recipes
Paul and I love doing stir-fry – it’s quick, healthy and uses up any random meats or vegetables that we have handy in the fridge and/or freezer. The Summer Fresh Thai Curry was a perfect complement to this soba noodles and vegetable stir-fry – it...