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...
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...
May 18, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, giveaways, products
I was recently approached by Maison Le Grand, a Canadian company, to try out their new line of Rosée Sauces and I can’t wait to get my hands on them. Paul and I rarely purchase pasta sauces – we always make our tomato sauce own from scratch. However, from...
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!”...
