in the kitchen

crown royal whisky cupcakes (aka boozy cupcakes) {recipe}

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...

chocolate nutella cupcakes {recipe}

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...

2019 cookie recipe advent calendar

Welcome to the EIGHTH ANNUAL KITCHEN FROLIC COOKIE RECIPE ADVENT CALENDAR! As I'm sure you have noticed, this blog is on hiatus. I haven't posted...

tapas time with Espuna Canada

Apr 14, 2016 | in the kitchen, products, reviews

I'm one of those people that can't really manage a large meal in one sitting, but can happily eat small meals all day long (I tend to 'graze"), so I always love products that promote that kind of eating. Like tapas. I LOVE the idea of tapas. So I was pretty excited...

whoa! there’s a turducken on the table!

Jan 8, 2016 | in the kitchen, products, reviews

Back in late November, my sister and I decided to make our Christmas family dinner as simple of an ordeal as possible. Since my mom is still recovering from her stroke, large events and undertakings tire her out, so our plan was to purchase as many of the dishes as...

weber q1200 bbq {gadget review} #qincolour

Aug 13, 2015 | gadgets, in the kitchen, reviews

brand: Weber gadget: Q1200 MRSP: $250.00 CAD available for purchase: major retailers across Canada and the US that sell BBQ products, including Home Depot (Canada and US), Lowes Canada, Ontario Gas BBQ, Amazon and Amazon Canada. the first nibble: This past February,...

discovering nude bee honeys

Jun 29, 2015 | in the kitchen, products, reviews

Honey. What can I say about this sweet, golden food treasure. And seriously, it's a TREASURE. Honey is not only a wonderful sweetener that's good on toast, in tea, drizzled on dessert and a myriad of other delicious uses, but it is simply AMAZING. Many years ago, I...

brioche buns and #RicardoRecipes

Apr 30, 2015 | in the kitchen, products, reviews

A few weeks ago, I was asked to try out a recipe from RicardoCuisine.com - I could pick any recipe I wanted, but it had to come from the Dessert Recipes section (obviously, they know I love making desserts more than anything else!). I had a really tough time narrowing...

caramel toffee oolong bundt cake {recipe} {baking with tea}

Feb 27, 2015 | desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes

Here's the results of my February Baking with Tea Challenge! THE TEA: Caramel Toffee Oolong Tea by Octavia Tea Description on Amoda Tea's site: "An oolong dessert tea! Sweet and creamy with decadent caramel and hazelnut. It’s certainly rich with flavour, but balanced...

psst… it’s valentine’s day tomorrow – are you ready? {recipe roundup}

Feb 13, 2015 | desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes

There's nothing like the pressure of an impending Valentine's Day to make a guy (or gal) panic. On this one day, we're supposed to shower our Chosen One with cards and gifts, or finally reveal our feelings to our Secret Crush. The other 364 days of the year? Don't...

circulon 5-cup non-stick egg poacher {gadget review}

Feb 10, 2015 | gadgets, in the kitchen, reviews

brand: Circulon gadget: 5-cup non-stick egg poacher MRSP: not sold individually, but sold as part of the Circulon 11-piece Red Cookware Set, which retails for $499.99 CAD available for purchase: exclusively at Canadian Tire [gallery type="rectangular" link="none"...

chocolate stout cookies *cookie calendar 2014 – day 24 {recipe}

Dec 24, 2014 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes

A few days ago Paul pulled out a Founders Breakfast Stout, a rich, double chocolate coffee oatmeal stout, to make oatmeal cookies and that got me thinking about my own beer cookies. I've baked with beer before, with some pretty good success, like my beer cupcakes and...