Nov 12, 2013 | desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes, rice & grains
Growing up in a Chinese household, I ate rice. A LOT of rice. Plain white rice. Every day. Every single day. So…needless to say – I’ve had more than enough experience cooking plain white rice. It was my “job” as a young child to...
Oct 29, 2013 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Paul is a HUGE fan of Cherry Coke. Actually, he’s a huge fan of Cherry Coke, Cherry Coke Zero, Vanilla Coke and Vanilla Coke Zero. All of which are tough to find here in Toronto (some convenience stores sell individual cans, but it’s next to impossible to...
Oct 17, 2013 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
For Thanksgiving (which we celebrate in October here in Canada), Paul’s family always gets together for a big turkey feast. Everyone contributes a little something and we end up with A LOT of food (this year there were 36 of us and that was only a small part of...
Sep 16, 2013 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
I wasn’t all that surprised when Paul’s brother, Mike, chose “beer” as his birthday cupcake flavour – Mike is a big fan of beer. I wasn’t sure how beer would translate into a cupcake recipe, but he chose his flavour and stuck by it,...
Sep 9, 2013 | desserts & sweets, frozen treats, in the kitchen, recipes
The second recipe that I created for #bakingwithmackays isn’t technically “baking”, but who could say no to ice cream? Definitely not me! One of the jars that Mackays sent to me was their Pink Grapefruit Marmalade. Now, anyone who knows me well knows...
Aug 26, 2013 | fruits & vegetables, in the kitchen, pork & bacon, recipes, side dishes
Green peas are currently in season here in Ontario and we recently bought some “just picked” peas from a roadside farm stand (seriously, I actually had a lot of trouble trying to find fresh green peas at the grocery store!). After trying to figure out how to best...
