Amazing Recipes
I am so excited about sharing this bread recipe with you, I have not been this excited in a very long time about a recipe. You know how much I love baking, but I love simplicity as well. This bread could not get any easier, it's even easier than the artisan bread. Let me give you an introduction … [Read more...]
I know these aren't healthy for you but look at it this way, they're half healthy because it's cauliflower. And every once in a while you can indulge. I must tell you though, this is probably going to be the most tasty cauliflower you'll ever have. So yes, you shouldn't have this all the time, … [Read more...]
It's the weekend! YAY! Weekends make me so happy. Not that I don't love my job, but weekends are personal. Weekends are for family, friends and good food. Thankfully the weather is still cooperating here in Calgary and we are still having beautiful weather full of sunshine and warmth. For … [Read more...]
This recipe makes me very excited. It is one of my favorites. I love any type of chicken strips, but these Parmesan chicken strips are the bomb! I'm serious. I have a hard time stopping myself from eating them all. They are to die for. They are extra crispy, and the ranch dressing, oh you cannot … [Read more...]
A few months ago I discovered Frank's hot sauce. Yep, I know they've been around for a while now but I am not one that likes spicy food so that Tabasco sauce was hardly ever used. But I've been seeing the commercials on TV and thought they were cute so I Â bought it. To my pleasant surprise I … [Read more...]
You all know how much I enjoy baking. Even in the summer, I will sacrifice and suffer through some heat, if I can enjoy warm buns fresh out of the oven. There's nothing like it. I love the smell of bread baking in the oven, it's truly a therapeutic experience for me. Of course that experience is … [Read more...]
You may see this as just fried dough filled with feta cheese, but for me it's so much more than that. This fried dough makes me very nostalgic. When I was a little girl, growing up in Romania, I went to a gradeschool that was a 5 minute walk from our home. My sister and I would walk to school … [Read more...]
These Congo bars have it all. They are cookies and brownies, they are to die for. I love it when I find little gems like this in my old cookbooks. I have had this Cookies book for at least 10 years and I usually take it out around the holidays and make some cookies from it. It never let me … [Read more...]
About a year ago I discovered this wonderful French dessert, the clafoutis or sometimes spelled as clafouti. It is now one of my favorite desserts to bake in the summer. I have made this with cherries and apricots before. This is the first time I made it with green grapes and I believe this is my … [Read more...]
Last year there was a new show on the Canadian foodnetwork channel. The show is called Recipe To Riches and it's about ordinary people showcasing their favorite family recipes in front of some popular judges and they battle to have their recipe become a President Choice product to win $25,000 and … [Read more...]
It has been such a wonderful long weekend and today is the last day of it. It always makes me sad when a long weekend or vacation ends, but hey that's life. The weather has been wonderful and it was a very relaxing weekend for me. I did not do a lot of cooking this weekend, but I did make these … [Read more...]
Scones are the perfect weekend breakfast and it's probably one of the easiest things you can bake. By definition a scone is a quick bread, no yeast required, no rising, you just pretty much mix all the ingredients together. Scones are also very versatile. They can be made savory or sweet. I like … [Read more...]
Muffins are probably one of the first things I learned to make, but I still remember the days when I used to buy the muffin mix and use that to make muffins. Little did I know how easy the batter really is to make. I love to make all sort of muffins, but probably the most popular muffins I make are … [Read more...]
This was my first time making brioche bread. I've been wanting it to make for a long time, specifically Ina Garten's Brioche bread recipe from Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home. I'm not one to be afraid of making any type of bread, I love it and enjoy it. But a brioche bread … [Read more...]
I've finally made the perfect biscuit. I don't know what was in my head to make a mozzarella biscuit. Well I'll tell you what. Personally I like mozzarella cheese over cheddar cheese, and that's the only cheese I had. Usually I make these biscuits with buttermilk, but I didn't have any, so I used … [Read more...]
