Mar 28, 2013 | in the kitchen, recipes
Sriracha is a hot sauce originating from Thailand that’s essentially a paste of chili peppers, distilled water, vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt. One popular version of Sriracha is produced by Huy Fong Foods, which has a rooster on its green-topped bottle, hence...
Mar 14, 2013 | in the kitchen, pork & bacon, recipes
Several months ago, I connected with Erin, the mastermind behind foodiepages.com – an “online farmer’s market” where you can “buy directly from Canada’s best food producers, farmers and artisans”. Erin had sent out a tweet...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jan 2, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
Happy New Year friends! 2012 has been a wonderful year of new adventures for us, and me in particular, most notably starting a new job and launching this blog. I’ve met so many wonderful people through kitchen frolic and I wanted to take this opportunity to...
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...
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...
Dec 22, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Missy Maki is one busy lady! Not only does she work full-time, she also writes a beautiful food blog AND hosts a weekly radio food talk show. I met Missy when she answered my call for cookie recipes on Twitter and I’m so glad that she contacted me. She is full...
Dec 21, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Ange is awesome. Not only does she have an amazing food blog that makes me want to move to BC, but I think she may have been one of the first people (outside of my family) to visit kitchen frolic when it started up. You see, I have another (currently on hiatus) blog,...
