Colorful recipes with seasonal food
I think the thing I love the most about being a food blogger is being able to share my crazy creations. I love taking 2 or more classic dishes and smashing them together to come up with something new (or at least new-ish)! For this bad boy I took a no bake crème brulee and…
I love donuts of all kinds. Beignets are adorable little bite sized donuts that… if you stuff with Oreos… are exactly what heaven tastes like. Pretty sure. Donuts of any kind are always a little bit of work because you have to make the dough, let it rise, shape it, let it rise, then…
Sue and I eat a lot of sandwiches. Sandwiches are awesome. What is weird is that we haven’t shared a lot of sandwiches on our blog. We definitely need to fix that. I’m going to start right now by sharing one of our favorites. A Cuban sandwich. You can make this on normal bread but…
Sue and I have been making butterhorns for years and years. Our family recipe (which can be found HERE) is one we make every year at Christmas time. So, when my friend, Len, came to me with a recipe to try that was named “Butterhorns” but was a completely different recipe than ours, I knew…
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Where do you stand on the whole pineapple-on-pizza thing? If you’re a “no pineapple” person…. you should probably just carry on…. things are about to get pineappley. I’m guessing by this point in your life you have had a Hawaiian pizza. I hope. It’s amazing. Sue disagrees… but I still love her. Anyway, we wanted…
On my list of “If you could only have 5 foods for the rest of your life what would they be”, pierogies and pizza are 1 and 5 respectively. Believe it or not, until now, I have never had the two of them combined. I’d heard tales of pierogi pizza and it always sounded so…
When I get my food truck these are the first thing going on the menu. They are ridiculous. I made some for my nephew and he said, and I quote, “These would be awesome to eat when you are drunk.” He’s not wrong. They are a little over the top but that means they are…
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This week I’m sharing my entry, which came in third. I was pretty excited to come in third, we had a lot of fabulous entries for our pineapple and flour competition. Did it deserve a first place finish? Well…. I’m a bit biased so I’m going to say yeeeessssss. But, make it yourself and let…
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Sliders are so fun. I mean teeny tiny burgers… what’s not to love? I decided to go with whole wheat to make them a little healthier and just to see how the texture would be different than with AP flour. Turns out they are pretty close in texture and taste with my usual version. You…
Focaccia bread is one of life’s guilty pleasures! It’s like bread but super bread. It makes the BEST sandwiches, grilled cheese, and hamburger buns. Rosemary, salt, garlic and olive oil somehow make this magic combination that will have you never wanting to eat “normal” bread again. Impress your guests and family with homemade focaccia bread…
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I’m not sure why it took us so long to put the two together – I mean… best of ALL the treat worlds right here. Donuts… peanut butter…. butterscotch….. marshmallows… yes, yes, yes, and…. yes. Are they a bit of trouble to make…yes… they take a little investment of your time… BUT the rewards are…
To make this amazing, best-in-the-world grilled cheese you’re going to have to put in some work. First you have to make the herb and garlic croissants. Croissants take 2 days of fussing. Still with us? Okay. Good. Until you have had a grilled cheese with bacon and tomato on a homemade croissant you have not…
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I have been trying to come up with an amazing giant cinnamon roll recipe for a long time. Somehow they always just did not meet my expectations. They were missing that certainsomething that made them special. Well… I have good news. Great news, actually. I have discovered the best tasting humongous cinnamon rolls ever. In…
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I’ve recently gone back to work after a long break. I made these donuts for Canada Day but because I am back to being crazy busy I have not got around to posting them until now! It’s okay though, these are the perfect donut to make to celebrate any Holiday – Canadian or not. I…
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Canada Day is just around the corner and I was wondering what I could whip up to celebrate this year. I’ve been playing with bread recipes a lot lately so new I wanted to start there. I made a list of foods and flavors that we consider “typically Canadian” and maple was at the top….
But did you know rhubarb fritters are even better? It’s true. I mean… unless you don’t like rhubarb, in which case you’re going to disagree *sigh*. Rhubarb fritters are tangy and crunchy AND sweet and squishy. They are all the things. All. Of. Them. Yeast dough always takes a bit of time to prepare but…
I’ve made a lot of bread in my baking lifetime. A TON. But never have I made a bun that was this amazing. High praise, right? It’s totally worthy. These are the fluffiest, tastiest, softest, squishiest buns in the history of the world. Probably. I mean… I haven’t eaten every bun ever… but I’ve eaten…
Want to know what’s a good idea? Making a glazed donut the base for strawberry shortcake. It’s a genius idea, in fact. Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorite desserts… I generally like it on a biscuit base but won’t say no if it’s served on angel food cake or a vanilla cake. I have…
I bought rings to make English muffins about 5 years ago. They have been sitting in my closet in my bucket-o-kitchen-things since then. I was doing a bit of a clean out when I found them again. I decided I had better finally give them a try. The recipe that came with the rings was…
I’ve been feeling adventurous lately and have been going outside my comfort zone with baking. I have never made croissants before because of how time consuming the process is and because of how important it is to get the technique right. Who wants to spend two days making something only to have it not turn…
