August 2011

Blue’s Clues Birthday Cake + S’mores on a Stick

August 29, 2011 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing

My niece Charlotte turned 4 this month, and ever since her little brother’s birthday back in April, she’s been telling me she wants a Blue’s Clues Cake! The funniest part is that when I asked Joel what flavour of cake she wanted, her response was: chocolate caramel crunch cake. How does a 4 year old […]

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Calgary Eats: Country Cousins

August 27, 2011 Bakeries & Restaurants

Danielle, her sister Ashley and I took a lovely drive out into the country on my second day in Calgary. Did we go to look at beautiful scenery? Experience some fresh, crisp Alberta air? Nope, we went for pie.

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Calgary Eats: Charcut

August 26, 2011 Bakeries & Restaurants

I mean did you honestly think after all those Top Chef Canada recaps that I’d go to Calgary without eating at Connie’s restaurant? Danielle and I visited Charcut on the Friday night of my visit, and it was jam-packed. Sometimes trendy restaurants make me nervous, but the hostess was nice and our waiter was very […]

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Calgary Eats: Jelly Modern Doughnuts

August 24, 2011 Bakeries & Restaurants

Right now I’m sitting on my couch, waiting for Kristine’s sister Chi to come over for our second personal training session. These doughnuts are only part of the reason why. At the beginning of the month I took a quick trip out west to visit with my WCBFFs, and this basically turned into a 4 day […]

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Toasted Quinoa Salad with Cumin-Lime Dressing

August 23, 2011 Gluten-Free

I am a huge tomato snob. There’s nothing worse to me than pale orange, mealy, out-of-season tomatoes; the kind you see at Subway or Extreme Pita, or every grocery store between October-July. I try to avoid them as much as possible.

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Strawberry Cheesecake Graham Tartlets

August 18, 2011 Pies, Tarts & Pudding

Does this look familiar? I didn’t even realize until I typed out the title to this blog post that this is basically a sweet version of the savoury Roasted Strawberry Goat Cheese Crostini. Well let me tell you, it was much better

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Cookie Dough Icing

August 17, 2011 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing

Last month I told Kristine’s sister Mae that I would make her whatever treat she wanted for her birthday when I got back from my work trip. She said her most favourite thing I’ve ever made was the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes from last year.

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Toffee Bar Crunch Pie (aka Skor Bar Dessert)

August 16, 2011 Frozen

In the Spring when I made Butterscotch Cream Pie again for Easter, I was reminiscing about a dessert Mom made when we were little that we called Skor Bar Dessert. Mom found the recipe for me (actual name: Toffee Bar Crunch Pie), and it’s made with vanilla instant pudding and a big ol’ tub of […]

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Pizza Dough

August 14, 2011 Bread

One of the blog-olutions I made in February on my 1st Blog-iversary was to finally tackle my issues with yeast this year. Something about it has always made me nervous, and it’s always been one of the things I’ve been reluctant to take on in the kitchen.

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S’mores Cookies

August 10, 2011 Cookies

Yup, you know it, back with s’more s’mores! I’ve had these bookmarked since November and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to make them, but I’m also glad I saved them for summer!

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