Amazing Recipes
It's a long weekend here in Canada, it's the Victoria Day May long weekend. I love long weekends, perfect time for spending with family and enjoying good food and drinks. My starter to this great long weekend are these wonderful smoked salmon quesadillas with creamy chipotle sauce. They are so … [Read more...]
As promised, here is another sweet potato recipe. Sweet potato turkey meatballs. Don't even ask how I came to make these meatballs. Ok I'll tell you. My husband wanted to eat some meatballs, but when I looked in the freezer the only meat I had was a package of ground turkey. In the fridge I … [Read more...]
I love making appetizers, especially cute ones like these stuffed tomatoes. I've been waiting to make these for a long time now, but I've been waiting to have the perfect stuffing. So I decided to go with a seafood dip which is made with crab, shrimp, cheese and of course some Frank's hot sauce for … [Read more...]
It's almost middle of April. This morning was a regular Monday morning, hard time waking up. On the weekends I'm out of bed at 6 am, but no, not when it's time for me to go to work. When it's time to go to work, I press that snooze button at least 3 times. As I step outside of the house I couldn't … [Read more...]
When I first saw this in Taste of Home magazine, I knew I had to try it. First of all I love anything that looks like crostini and secondly the name intrigued me. So although I love the name Sicilian Nachos, I would say these are more like Men's Bruschetta. :D Seriously, it's got ground beef, … [Read more...]
Now this is a fun recipe. Potato skins! I know it's a Wednesday, or maybe Thursday depending where you're at, but I don't care what day it is, potato skins are great for any day of the week. And there's nothing easier to make than potato skins. Not to mention how fun and delicious they … [Read more...]
I got 4 words for you. You gotta try these! I can't say it any more clearly than that. So far I haven't really met anyone who does not like chicken wings, and I for one absolutely love them. I love to try different recipes, and you'll find a couple recipes here on my blog, but I'm always … [Read more...]
You know what one of my favorite things of going to a Chinese restaurant is? Eating the egg rolls. Â Yep. But why is an egg roll called an egg roll? There is no egg in it. Ever wonder that? Well wonder no more! There are many theories floating around about why egg rolls are called egg … [Read more...]
I'm a bit sad! My nice 4 day long weekend is coming to an end. And what a weekend it was, we got so much snow, it snowed for 2 days in a row. Now it's finally starting to warm just a bit and the snow is slowly melting. Though there is one family member that really enjoys this weather and that is my … [Read more...]
Our first snow of the year, today. It does not make me happy. Mind you it's not a lot and it's not sticking, but the fact of the matter is, it's snow. I know you're probably thinking what do you expect in Calgary, but the thing is, it's been such a beautiful summer here, and the fall has been … [Read more...]
Recently I went to a Mexican restaurant in the states and I had ordered the chimichangas. It brought back memories of all the times we went to Mexican Town in Detroit and all the great Margaritas I had there. This inspired me to make some chimichangas myself. It's one of those Mexican dishes I love … [Read more...]
This Spinach and Artichoke Dip used to be one of those dishes we made a lot when we were in college and friends would come over. If you needed some snacks that were easy and quick to make and at the same time yummy then this was one of the favorites. What's not to like really, it's a cheesy dip, … [Read more...]
One of our favorite restaurants is Montana's which is a steak house in Canada. Their food is great but the reason we like going there is for their antojitos. Now we haven't been there in a while but we missed these antojitos. So now I had a mission. I wanted to make these at home and make them as … [Read more...]
Caprese Salad or Insalata Caprese is a very simple salad from Italy consisting of fresh mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, basil and olive oil and seasoned with salt and pepper. I think the beauty of this salad is its simplicity and the fact that it consists of the Italian flag colors. Different versions … [Read more...]
The contest is now closed. I have been working on my blog now for about a year and a half and I have really enjoyed it. I have learned many things from blogging about food, most of all to expand my horizons and to try different recipes. One thing's for sure, when you have a food blog you don't … [Read more...]
