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Making Pizza at Home

April 29, 2014 by Chantal 3 Comments

Making Pizza at Home

The fast pace of life has left me resorting to short cuts, especially in the kitchen.  Right or wrong, using short cuts to get a home made supper on the table still feels like an accomplishment, if only because you can take pride in not having resorted to the drive through window yet again.  I […]

Filed Under: Entrees, How To, Recipes Tagged With: April'14, cheese, dinner, dough, how to, pepperoni, pizza, supper

Fresh Pineapple Crumble Cake

April 11, 2014 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Fresh Pineapple Crumble Cake

Here is a lovely cake you can make over the weekend, with fresh pineapple.  I’ve long been a fan of pineapple upside down cakes, but I find the cake part often ends up being very dense, instead of having a nice light crumb you would expect from a basic vanilla cake.  This recipe works – […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: April'14, baking, brown sugar, cake, dessert, Flo Braker, pineapple, snack, streusel, sweet

Big Easy Gin Fizz

April 4, 2014 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Big Easy Gin Fizz

The intro to this cocktail recipe from Gideon Bosker’s Atomic Cocktails book reads:  “Gin fizzes are usually served in the late morning, when offshore Louisiana breezes are flavoured with musky brine from the bayou and the languor-inducing heat requires every molecule of energy just to breathe.  A traditional fizz uses lemon and lime juice; ours […]

Filed Under: Beverages, Liquor Laced, Recipes Tagged With: April'14, beverage, citrus, cocktail, gin

Barbecued Clamato Chicken and Potatoes A La Ketchup

April 3, 2014 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Barbecued Clamato Chicken and Potatoes A La Ketchup

If the title of this entry sounds a bit trashy, that’s ok.  Everyone needs a little trash in their life once in a while, and this is the sort of trash that fits right in alongside a cold beer (or two) while daydreaming about summer days ahead.  There are really two recipes in today’s blog entry, […]

Filed Under: Entrees, Meat, Recipes, Side Dishes Tagged With: April'14, barbecue, chicken, dinner, ketchup, onion, potatoes, supper

Mocha Espresso Biscotti

April 2, 2014 by Chantal 1 Comment

Mocha Espresso Biscotti

Following the success of my Star Anise Biscotti, I was asked to make another batch of these crunchy cookies by one of Meat and Tater Man’s co-workers at the construction site.  The request was punctuated with a desire for “something similar with chocolate”, which I thought was a great idea.  I came across this recipe […]

Filed Under: Baking, Breakfast, Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: April'14, baking, butter, chocolate, coffee, cookies, snack, sweet

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