This post is sponsored by Penotti Canada. For this month’s Penotti Canada recipe, I chose to work with the Duo Penotti Hazelnut and Vanilla Spread (which contains no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and is made with sustainable ingredients). It has a really subtle hazelnut flavour and is fairly sweet and I enjoyed it sparingly […]
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Mini cranberry oat muffins
This post is sponsored by Gay Lea. When the brief for this month’s Gay Lea post came out (back in early July), my heart sank. Back to school? Really? It felt like we had just started summer holidays. Even now, there are still a few solid weeks of vacation left so it’s hard for me […]
French Fridays : Salt cod fritters with tartar sauce from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen used the leftover salt cod and potato purée from the recipe we made a couple of weeks ago. Well actually some of us had to make an entire new (half) batch of the purée. I had saved some of the original purée […]
French Fridays: What’s with all the weird French chip flavours?
Without a doubt, some of the most popular photos on my Instagram when I travel to France are of the different flavoured chips (crisps) I sample. Chips? You ask. Seriously! People seem fascinated with all the interesting flavours. I’m not a big chip eater here in Canada – they are the sort of things that […]
French Fridays: Choux-ziki for apéritif hour
Those of you who read here often or who follow me on Instagram will already be familiar with my love for l’heure de l’apéro. Cocktail hour in France is serious business. It’s not just a drink with a few peanuts, it’s quite often something a lot more substantial, signaling the bridge between the workday and […]
What’s cooking? Chewy cereal bars (with a crunch)
It’s that time of the year when everyone spends much more time outside – whether you’re spending time at a cottage, hiking, camping or simply enjoying a BBQ outdoors or picnicking in the park. Food for outdoor activities needs to be easy to transport so for this month’s Kraft Canada #whatscooking assignment, I’m looking at […]
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