Food, I love to eat or cook or both.
Once in a while I succumb to the marketing in my Facebook stream and make a purchase. Evive Smoothies was my most recent foray into targeted advertising. EviveNutrition.ca is a Canadian company that offers the mail order convenience of frozen wheels of veggie, fruit, and other nutritional goodness like cashews, chia protein, spirulina, to name…
My husband and I are going through a muffin phase. We love the convenience of ready-to-go servings. We have even started turning our favorite cake recipes into muffins. This recipe started out from a tried and true crumb spice cake recipe from my mother-in-law and has since developed into its current incarnation. It has a…
A few weeks ago I went out to lunch with my friend Lana. We went to a tiny bistro in a small neighboring town with a limited menu and seating but an interesting atmosphere with its barn wood walls. One of the things we all ordered was the soup of the day which was pototo,…
“That’s the best pickle I ever heard.” ~ Vlasic This is another recipe I would never have known about were it not for the wonderful world of Pinterest. Last year a friend of mine took me out for deep fried pickles at a local restaurant and they were awesome but I imagine if you coat…
For as long as I can remember I have loved mushroom soup. It will make you sad to hear I am sure, but the majority of my experience with mushroom soup has only been courtesy of Campbell’s. Near the beginning of the new year I took my visiting Mother-in-law to a local cafe and one…
It seems like I have been obsessed with Pinterest recipes lately but really I am not. I am not! Ok, maybe a little. Here is a simple no fuss way to make jalapeno poppers at home. I learned about it from Lindsay at Hello Hue (she has way better pictures so I suggest you go…
I have been on an avocado kick the last few weeks. It all started when I was walking through the produce section and put two avocados in the cart — with no clue what to do with them. When I got home I put them on the counter. When Jeff came home he looked at…
For years my husband and I have cracked jokes at the TV when Nutella commercials would come on. To us the idea that chocolate (even if it has hazelnuts mixed in) could be a healthy breakfast or snack alternative is simply ludicrous. A few weeks ago I was pinning at Pinterest, a social networking site…