JC100 | Julia Child’s Gluten Free Chocolate Kahlua Mousse

As many of you may know, Bob & I have been asked to blog in part to celebrate a cooking goddess’s birthday….Miss Julia Child! Now it’s my turn for this round and luckily the draw came out with a dessert – Mousseline Au Chocolat (aka. Chocolate Mousse) – to be exact! I have to admit that I was pretty scared to try this recipe because I thought it would be extremely challenging, but boy was I wrong, it was super easy & SUPER delicious! I also switched up JC’s classic mousse a bit….but let’s get to this recipe so you can see what I changed

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Grilled Portobello Mushroom, Roasted Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Wrap

I tried a similar wrap like this at a local little bistro and thought it was quite fabulous. It also seemed relatively easy to replicate so I decided to give it a spin and I must say that I was rather successful. This wrap is fresh, light, full of flavour, healthy, yet surprisingly filling – but best of all, incredibly easy to make! So let’s get to this recipe so we can all stop drooling. Continue reading

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Omelette Roulee w/ Asparagus & Parmesan Cheese: The Julia Child Centennial Celebration

Last week, Carlene and I got an email asking whether we would be interested in celebrating Julia Child’s 100th birthday by joining many other foodies in cooking a Julia Child recipe each week! Always interested in trying new recipes, especially those from a culinary icon like Julia Child, we opted in! Every Monday  over the next 100 days leading up to Julia Child’s birthday, we will be receiving a a recipe and the option to cook and blog it. Check out the Facebook page (and several other social media channels) to learn more about this awesome celebration and discover what recipes they post every Thursday.


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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Why is it that everyone always seems to be hunting for that perfect ooey, gooey, chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe? Maybe because the Chocolate Chip is a cookie classic, maybe because it encases a bit of sweet with a touch of salty, either way, we can all almost guarantee that Chocolate Chip Cookies are not going away. I hunted down this recipe and decided to give it a shot. Thanks to Canadian Chef & total hottie, Michael Smith, for this recipe. Continue reading

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Homestead Banana Bread

Our mom is known for a few classic recipes. Her banana bread is one of, if not the best, recipe she has up her sleeve. She can whip this stuff up in no time flat and it’s eaten almost faster than it’s made. So you know any recipe made by a mom is a tried, tested and true recipe and belongs in your kitchen too! So let’s get to the recipe so you can enjoy it for yourself and add it to your family recipe box. Continue reading

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BBQ Pork Tenderloin

Okay BS’ers…. I have something to confess….I’ve never BBQ’d before. Yup, that’s right. Never turned on a BBQ, never put food on a BBQ, never turned off a BBQ. Yet have eaten tons of food cooked on a BBQ. Why you ask? That’s always been Bob or my Dad’s job. So welcome to my first adventure into BBQ’ing and I can promise that you will see more BBQ recipes as the summer progresses!

Not to toot my own horn, but my first attempt  to create a delicious, flavour packed pork tenderloin was a success! I found a recipe from Canadian Living and adapted it from there. So let’s get to this recipe so you can start your own BBQ adventure:

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Egg in a Hole Breakfast Grilled Cheese

With April coming to an end, It saddens me to announce the end of National Grilled Cheese Month… Let us all take a moment of silence.

Okay.

Now that our respects have been paid, I present my final grilled cheese of the month. The Egg in a Hole Breakfast Grilled Cheese.
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Healthy Stuffed Artichokes

I’m always up for trying new foods. I saw this recipe in Sobey’s recipe flyer and thought to give it a try since I love pickled artichoke hearts so I thought these would be equally delicious! Follow along on my first adventure into cooking and eating fresh artichokes! Continue reading

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Homemade Dog Fortune Cookies

Well it’s pretty clear that by the nature of this recipe that I: a) need to get a life b) need to find better things to fill my time with c) have gone crazy d) all of the above…..Whatever the proper answer is, I was on a roll with making dog treats (stay tuned for more recipes) for all the lovely canine buds in my life and thought “dog fortune cookies might be kinda funny and something unique.” So that’s where it started people. Let’s get to the recipe & the doggie fortunes. Continue reading

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Steak & Potato Barbecued Grilled Cheese

Let’s start off by saying WOOOOOOWWW. This latest grilled cheese creation is absolutely amazing and dare I say the best one yet?? First off, I grilled it on the barbecue, so that alone is a game changer, and second, it contains amazing ingredients from my previous grilled cheeses like potatoes, chives and caramelized onions, but adds juicy steak and provolone cheese into the mix! Seriously, this is like a steak sandwich on steroids! The idea came about while at work, as I was discussing my next grilled cheese prospect with my co-worker and friend of many years, Brett T. I had decided my next creation was going to be a barbecued grilled cheese, when Brett threw it out there…STEAK & POTATO GRILLED CHEESE.

The room was silent.

Not really…But I knew this was going down as soon as possible. The wheels started turning as I began envisioning how this behemoth of a grilled/BBQ’d cheese sandwich was going to come together, here is what I came up with.
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