Break out the baguettes, berets, and striped bateau-necks! It’s 2018! Can you believe it’s already less than a month to Valentine’s Day? Still, is it just me, or have the grocery stores really gotten ahead of themselves? Though, maybe they have a point. After all, this year, Valentine’s Day doubles as the first day of…
It’s Fat Tuesday! And I’ve got to make something fabulous to make for the kids before Lent hits and we start putting kale in everything. I posted this tried and true King Cake Style Cinnamon Roll Ring on my previous site several years ago. So, it’s about darn time it got transported. Of course, this Cinnamon…
Doesn’t this Galette des Rois look good? It tastes fab, too! But, was it worth the sweat? Screw all this chatter, skip to the Recipe 2017 brought its fair share of fails in the kitchen. I’m an amateur home cook, not a professional chef or baker. That doesn’t mean I don’t stand behind what I…
After creating 5 original Bûche de Noël recipes over the past six years, I thought that perhaps I wouldn’t want to re-invent the wheel this Christmas. After all, my Lemon Bûche de Noël has been calling! But, when I picked up a bottle of malted milk powder to use for our Celine-inspired Dusty Miller Sundaes,…
On Wednesday, we’re going to write Christmas cards and letters to Santa. And, we’ll need cookies and milk to go with that! Since I introduced the kids to the Dusty Miller Sundae, they’ve been asking for all things malted. So, I thought, why not? I took a classic chocolate chipper and tweaked it with a…
So, if you’ve been keeping up with my 2017 Advent Calendar, you’d notice that today’s Advent TBD is to Make Spiced Finishing Salts to give as gifts. I have to say, Finishing Salts are the easiest kitchen gift I’ve ever made. If you’ve got some nice, flaky kosher salt, a decent spice blend, and some pretty…
A few years ago, we started a Family Book Exchange during Advent. Secret-Santa-style, we draw names and grab a book for a family member. Sometimes, we go to the bookstore and grab a fresh new title. Other times, we head to our fave thrift or used shops to find something random and surprising. Here are our…
One of this month’s Advent Calendar TBDs is to have Breakfast for Dinner! Well, then, we might as well do it in style. In addition to all the sweet stuff, we’re going to have a savoury dish that pleases all four of our palates at once! Originally, I came up with this Quattro Stagioni Sheet…
Today is the first day of Advent, and as you can see from my Advent Calendar for 2017, it’s time to trim the tree. This includes making a new set of Favourite Photo Ornaments. What are these? They’re small prints of our favourite photos of the kids from the current year, framed or laminated in plastic, and…
