Weird and bizarre food trends come up on social media all the time. Unicorn style foods, smoothie bowls and black coloured foods. A strange Halloween tweet came out recently and it had people trying this crazy creation. I decided to give this a try and make it for myself. Candy Corn Pizza. Yes, you heard…
Shrunken Apple Heads: Halloween Decorating Idea
Here is a really simple activity you can do with your kids or friends. It is a great way to decorate your Halloween platters and tables. You could probably use it to decorate cakes. All you need are some apples. Any kind will do.Peel the apples and remove the stem. Now be creative and carve…
Pumpkin Cheesecake
When the rain starts falling and the leaves change from greens to reds, I start dreaming of pumpkins; pumpkin pies, pumpkin puddings and of course pumpkin cheesecake. I love cheesecake and I love pumpkins so this recipe is the best of both worlds. Start by making the crust. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F….
Mid-Autumn Festival: Mooncake party
The Mid-Autumn Festival just happened this week on Oct 4. The weekend before we gathered together as a family to make some mooncakes. I hope this continues as a family traditional. As a young child I have always loved the pig shaped mooncakes. Traditionally mooncakes are round but modern mooncakes now come in all shapes…
Eat Like an Eskimo
I came across this recipe when I was watching emmymadeinjapan. I thought it was a very wacky and fun recipe and I really wanted to try it out. I decided to look up a recipe on pinterest and found something I thought would be good. I decided to make a small batch to test this…
Salmon Poke Bowl
Poke bowls are one of my favourite summer dishes on a hot day. They are really easy to prepare and to make. They are also very versatile. Start by buying ingredients you want in your bowl. I chose masago, pea shoots, seaweed salad, cucumber and furikake (a japanese seasoning). Some of my other favorite toppings…
Diner en Blanc 2017
Diner en Blanc started almost 30 years ago in Paris. François Pasquier, the founder, started this dinner tradition with a bunch of friends and now it is running in numerous places worldwide. The concept was to bring a meal and bring a friend. When the dinner was created, the venue was too small for the growing attendees…
Three Ingredient Banana Cookies
Well it is that time of year again. BACK TO SCHOOL. To make it a little more bearable why not make some yummy treat to take to school? I ran across this recipe and wanted to try it out. It sounds super easy and doable. All you need are bananas, oatmeal and chocolate chips. Not…
Spruce Tip Jelly
Spruce is not something I would have considered to be so delicious. I kept imagining that it would taste very earthy and green like gin. Boy, was I wrong. I had my first taste of Spruce Tip Jelly from a restaurant called Salmon and Bannock. They served Spruce Tip Jelly with pieces of bannock and…
What’s for Dinner? Cooking for Real People Part 6: Final Post
This is going to be the last part for What’s for Dinner? Cooking for Real People. I had fun with this series and am looking forward to start new series. I hope you have learned something new. As a final treat, I have made a small PDF book which includes some of these tips and…
EAT it NOW or EAT it LATER 