Gluten Free White Chocolate Cranberry Hazelnut Bread Pudding

Udi’s Gluten Free challenged me to make 2 items from something in their basket of gluten-free goodness that was sent my way.  My first recipe was a savoury strata and now I move onto sweets with a white chocolate bread pudding 1 loaf Udi’s Gluten-Free baguette 3 eggs 1/3 cup milk 1 1/3 cups whipping cream 1/2 cup…

Morning Strata

Udi’s Gluten Free challenged me to make something with their basket of gluten-free goodness that was sent my way.  There were leftover veggies and pork in the fridge and it was breakfast time so let’s make a strata. What I like about this breakfast treat is that the ingredients are very flexible.  Bread, eggs and…

Canadian Pork Sausage, Agassiz Hazelnut and Home Grown Sage Stuffed Canadian Pork Loin

This summer Put Pork on your Fork choose GLV for the recipe for Canadian Pork Loin.  We did have a summer BBQ version but as the fall has crept in we recently did a fall one indoors.  Go to your butcher and have he/she butterfly your pork.  REALLY get to know your local butcher and…

Crispy Salmon with Apple Sauce

It’s almost Fall and one of our fav fish, salmon, is in season.  We were also given some of the first of the season apples coming in from the orchards so I thought I’d combine the two for a cosy fall dinner. – GLV 2 salmon fillets (can be spring, coho, sockeye, pink, you pick)…

My First Authentic Canadian Food Experience

I was invited to participate in The Real Canadian Food Project and our first topic is “My First Authentic Canadian Food Experience”. The Canadian Food Experience Project began June 7 2013, but as an expert in procrastination I’ve unfortunately just got to this now. As we (participants) share our collective stories across the vastness of our…

Frozen Chocolate Raspberry Bombs

This recipe is an excellent and easy way to serve raspberries!  Love it! FROZEN CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY “BOMBS” – serves 4 to 6 3 cups firm but ripe raspberries (about 40 total) 1 cup heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar 1/2 pound dark chocolate chips 1/2 cup dark chocolate covered cacao nibs…

Cherry Muffins with Crunchy Tops

With cherries in season, and tasting oh so very very good, I thought fruit for breakfast and went with muffins.  Recipe courtesy of BC Tree Fruits.  Ingredients 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) all purpose flour 1/4 cup (60 mL) white sugar 1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda 1/2 tsp…

Gorgonzola Cheese and Recipes

Written By Vincenzo D’Antonio Gorgonzola is one of the most renowned Italian cheeses in the world. It is a blue veined DOP cheese produced exclusively in Italy from whole cow milk. As it often happens for many specialties of the traditional Italian cuisine, its origins are halfway between legend and reality. According to the historians, the first Gorgonzola…

Taleggio Cheese and Recipes

Taleggio is a cheese of incredibly old origins, first appearing even before the fifth century. Some documents from the eighth century refer to the commerce and the exchange concerning this cheese. Why this name Taleggio? Because its origin area is the Val Taleggio, in Lombardy, the north region of Italy.  The Val Taleggio farmers began…

Quang Dang’s Recipe for Wild BC Herring Barigoule

INGREDIENTS Serves 6 6 pieces Wild Pacific Herring, filleted and trimmed 1 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp sugar 3 lemons, zested and juice separated 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper 1 white onion, finely minced 2 cups smoked bacon, finely diced to match onions and carrots 2 cups extra virgin olive oil 2 fresh bay leaves 6…

Pumpkin – The Seasonal Bacon

Pumpkin – The New Bacon – News headlines rang out this week declaring pumpkin the “it” ingredient du jour.  Well then.  This may just be the case as pumpkin is seasonal and has always been an essential part of fall menus.  And these days it seems pumpkins gone on a marketing blitz and it’s not…

Kraft Peanut Butter Truck Hits Town

The Kraft Peanut Butter Truck #KraftPBTruck  is travelling across Canada this summer and will be in Vancouver on July 1, 2012 at Canada Place.  Check out where the truck is stopping next at www.spreadthefeeling.ca or on the Kraft Peanut Butter Facebook page at www.facebook.com/kraftpeanutbutter Kraft sent some samples of PB S’More, PB Belgian Waffle, PB…