Aug 19, 2013 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
My mother-in-law chose “lemon pudding” as her birthday cupcake flavour, which really put my mind into a tailspin. Lemon pudding? In a cupcake? How the heck was I supposed to achieve that? And then, inspiration just dropped into my lap. Actually, it was...
Jul 19, 2013 | in the kitchen, main courses, recipes, seafood
Ever since our honeymoon in Hawaii many years ago, Paul and I have always been partial to mahi-mahi. Also known as dorado or dolphin fish (relax people, it’s not related to dolphins in any way), mahi-mahi is a very “meaty” fish. By meaty, I mean that...
Jun 13, 2013 | beef, grilling & smoking, in the kitchen, main courses, products, recipes
Paul makes awesome burgers. Seriously awesome burgers. One of his secrets is to add some “moisture” ingredient to the meat before shaping the patty – it can be mustard, pesto sauce, barbeque sauce, beer…really, there are an unlimited number of...
Jun 6, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, pasta & noodles, products, recipes
Paul and I make our own tomato sauce all the time – in fact, we’ve never purchased tomato sauce before and we have bought pesto sauce, but mainly because fresh basil is expensive and for some reason, basil is the only plant that refuses to grow in our...
May 31, 2013 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, new posts - in the kitchen, recipes
Both my brother-in-law, Dave, and my sister-in-law, Alex, answered with an emphatic “chocolate” when I asked them what flavour they wanted their birthday cupcakes to be. After a little more thought, Alex added that she wouldn’t mind Nutella cupcakes...
May 24, 2013 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, new posts - in the kitchen, popular, recipes
I never gave my father-in-law a chance to choose his birthday cupcake flavour – it was always going to be Crown Royal cupcakes. You see, many years ago, when Paul and I were still dating, I gave a bottle of Crown Royal Canadian whisky to his dad for Christmas...
