in the kitchen

Well, that was a nice break

At the end of last year, I decided to take a short break from blogging. Mainly to recharge, but also to focus on all the other things happening in...

no-churn pineapple ice cream {recipe}

Even though summer in Toronto this year has been on the 'cool' side, and it's nearing the end of August, I refuse to let summer die. And what better...

chocolate nutella cupcakes {recipe}

Both my brother-in-law, Dave, and my sister-in-law, Alex, answered with an emphatic "chocolate" when I asked them what flavour they wanted their...

3 peppercorn steak {recipe}

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!" Yes, as you know,...

simple butter chicken pizza {recipe}

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 Butter...

thai curry chicken stir-fry {recipe}

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 adds a pop of colour...

veal scaloppine with mushroom marsala sauce {recipe}

Feb 24, 2013 | beef, in the kitchen, main courses, meat dishes, products, recipes

I love veal scaloppine (even though I have trouble spelling scaloppine) so when I saw the Mushroom Marsala sauce in the Summer Fresh line-up, I knew what I wanted to make with it. Confession time (well, not MY confession), but Paul doesn't like mushrooms. Which sucks...

trying out summer fresh sauces

Feb 21, 2013 | in the kitchen, products

A couple of weeks ago, I was among a group of Canadian bloggers chosen by Summer Fresh Salads to try out their new Fresh Sauces! I was pretty excited to get my hands on these sauces and start cooking with them in the kitchen - what fun! The new line of products...

a week’s worth of ground beef…

Feb 15, 2013 | in the kitchen

Recently, Canada Beef asked the Canadian Beef Ambassadors to share tips on saving money and/or time in the kitchen. On the same day that I got that email, Paul announced that it was "meat week" at our house, so the two just seemed to meld together into one...

impromptu wing sauce taste test

Feb 3, 2013 | in the kitchen

Today just happens to be Super Bowl Sunday, and although I'm not a football fan, this post is definitely a timely one (especially if you plan on having chicken wings at your Super Bowl party!). Last night Paul and I headed to his parents house to fry up some chicken...

kitchen fiascos

Jan 22, 2013 | in the kitchen

Things have been a little quiet in our kitchen since the holidays - Paul got sick a couple of weeks ago and just as he started recovering, I came down with a bad bug. Which means that for the past several weeks, we were either not in the mood to cook or not in the...

lemon shortbread bars cookie calendar 2012 – day 24 {recipe}

Dec 24, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes

Merry Christmas Eve! Well, here we are - the very last day of the Cookie Advent Calendar! This has been an amazing and fun project and I can't believe that I actually managed to pull it off! I want to thank all my wonderful Cookie Recipe contributors who took the time...

chocolate peppermint crinkle cookies cookie calendar 2012 – day 23 {recipe}

Dec 23, 2012 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes

For our Christmas getogethers, I wanted to bake a cookie that incorporated peppermint, since that's one of the flavours that makes me think immediately of Christmas (eggnog and gingerbread being the other two). A friend recently shared a great orange mocha crinkle...