I know. So hard to believe! Let me show you the way, friends. I am so. damn. excited. about this blog post. This recipe is the love child of a couple of very famous recipes. The first is from the popular blog Two Peas and their Pod for Two-Ingredient Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream. The second from…
Recipe Makeover
How to: Recipe Makeover – Twice Baked Chipotle Sweet Potatoes
Coming up with new, exciting ideas for the blog can be challenging. My fave is to use the seasons as my guide, because fresh seasonal food is always inspirational. But y’know…March in Canada is just real bitch for seasonal produce. Hurry uuuup rhubarb! After a good powwow with the gals in my office, I’ve got a…
Easy Hot and Sour Soup
I know. I’m a little behind the Chinese New Year ball with this one. But what I’m not behind on is posting a weather appropriate soup recipe. It is still FREEZING out there. If I need to keep hibernating I think I’m gonna lose it. Fortunately, I’ve been able to rely on warm delicious things in bowls…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Spaghetti Squash and Black Bean Tacos
I know, I know. I was skeptical too. Spaghetti squash and tacos don’t seem like a natural fit, but I swear to you… They like peas and carrots. I can’t take credit for this genius combo, though. It all goes Deb Perlman of Smitten Kitchen fame. Deb’s recipe testing skills are on point because I’m…
How to: Recipe Makeover – Mushroom Pho
For years, I’ve had a major crush on Pho. When I first moved to the big smoke, it was one of the first ‘international’ foods that I sampled (along with butter chicken and pad thai. Ya, I’m old). Now it’s so familiar I regularly crave it as comfort food. Making traditional Vietnamese pho is an…
How To: Recipe Makeover – Cornflake Crusted Fish Sticks with Spicy Pineapple Ketchup
So we seem to be on a roll with ingredient and recipe repeats here. First it was corn – grilled and buttered and then battered and frittered. And now, fish sticks. But instead of crusting in parmesan, these are coated in cornflakes crumbs. A rolling pin makes it easy to crush a bag full of…
How To: Recipe Makeover – Cauliflower Crust Pizza
Erin and I were recently going over some of our favourite blog recipes and were shocked to discover we were seriously lacking in the cauliflower department. We have an awesome recipe makeover for buffalo cauliflower “wings” and a fantastic big batch cauliflower mac and cheese, and then that’s it! Just two recipes where the beautiful…