I made a chocolate milk sponge cake so I obviously decided to add some chocolate butter cream. The result was a two layer decadent chocolate cake. There are many buttercream recipes out there but here is one that I like. It is on the lighter-fluffier ...
Bread Here, Bread There, Bread Everywhere!
I am finishing up my culinary program at George Brown with my final class - Baking for Chefs. What does that mean? Bread and pastry are taking over my counter tops and filling my freezer. This is particularly the case, when I accidentally make a ...
Quinoa and Lentil Salad
This recipe is courtesy of my mom. After gifting her an iPad a couple of years ago, she started spending some (OK a lot) of her free time searching the internet for recipes. We love all the new dishes that she's made and appreciate the added variety. ...
Butternut Squash for Miles
This past summer, we dumped some butternut squash seeds around the garden at the farm. By the end of the season, we were practically drowning in butternut squash. Thankfully, the hardy gourd can easily be stored in a cool dry place and last for ...
Food Innovation: What Is Food?
Heard of Hampton Creek Foods, Sand Hill Foods, or Modern Meadows? Well, get ready as these “food” companies may be the General Mills and Nabisco’s of the future. According to Techcrunch.com, Silicon Valley tech investors are ravenous for food ...
Walking in the Shoes of a Vegetarian
At culinary school, we were challenged to adopt a diet different from our own for a week and to blog about it. Turns out, I am weak when it comes to food. I failed miserably to maintain my diet and only lasted three and a half days. For the ...
#FARMLIFEBESTLIFE
2016 has been a year of first for me. It all started with me officially leaving my powersuits behind and opting for the stylish chef whites at George Brown College. In April, I added overalls and wellies to the mix when I got the keys to our new ...
Asparagus Pesto
It's been asparagus season for the last few weeks here in Ontario and I cannot get enough. However, my kids are not as excited about the beautiful green spears so I've had to get creative. One of my new asparagus recipes, is asparagus walnut ...
Duck Breast
Do you have a dish or ingredient that you love to eat but dread cooking? I do and it's duck! I think it stems from my biggest culinary failure when I attempted Duck a l'orange years ago for a dinner party with friends. I overcooked the duck ...
Leek and Potato Soup
By far, my family's favourite soup is creamy leek and potato. I am a little embarrassed to say that until a few years ago, I purchased it in those Knorr Cream of Leek sachets of powder that you bring back to life with milk and water. Thankfully, I ...
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