Top 5 reasons why Pavlova may be the perfect summer dessert: 1) It's delicious 2) That crunchy meringue topped with a thick layer of whipped cream makes an ideal bed for ANY sweet berry growing nearby 3) It's a ... [ Read More ]
Mom’s Best Banana Cake
Nothing makes you appreciate your mother more than raising children of your own. Well, that and the smell of her banana cake recipe baking in the oven. My mom and I have endured many highs and lows in our relationship. I blame the fact we are ... [ Read More ]
Beautiful Dreamer Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
"Mom, I have an idea" Alice says with a daydreamer's stare out the window. Alice has many ideas so I hear this proclamation pretty often. "Ok, babe. I'm just about to experiment with our favourite chocolate cupcake recipe. I'm going to try ... [ Read More ]
Everything I Know About Food Blogging I Learned From Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon
202 blog posts! Here it is -- my 202nd blog post published to Hot Pink Apron. Wow. We've come a long way, baby! It was nearly four years ago, at a time when I was going totally bonkers without a creative outlet to busy myself with between ... [ Read More ]
Home, Phở Goodness Sake
Words and images by Dana. I have this memory buried in my head that keeps popping up lately. I was about 18, living downtown Toronto, skateboarding home from a college class. One of my roommates was waiting for me on our Kensington Market stoop, ... [ Read More ]
Pomegranate Seeds to Homemade Grenadine to Shirley Temples
Shirley Temples make me happy. When I sip the combination of sweet grenadine, orange juice, and ginger ale through a bendy straw I feel like I'm a kid again; I'm transported back to my childhood living room, watching the final episode of ... [ Read More ]
The Many Lessons of Kris Kringle Cookies
Food bloggers and cookie cravers, start your egg beaters… it’s time for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap once again! Hot Pink Apron has proudly been involved with The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap since it launched three years ago. ... [ Read More ]
Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie Cups
This gluten free pumpkin pie recipe goes out to all of our American friends celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend - especially those of you (like me) craving the sentimental flavours of childhood while dealing with pesky new restrictions in ... [ Read More ]
Chai Tea Concentrate = Lotsa Lattes & Great Gifts
I am definitely classifying this homemade chai tea latte recipe under AHA Moments. AHA Moments being those kitchen experiences when you take the time to dissect the prepared foods and drinks that you've been buying for years and realize just how easy ... [ Read More ]
Fall for Coconut Cake
Last weekend my hubby and I had a few close friends over for ‘One Last Summer Feast Food Fest’. We put out an incredible spread of rotisserie chickens, my award winning chipotle ribs, an assortment of veg & dips, smoked salmon crostinis, ... [ Read More ]
A Pure Maple Syrup Story
The husband’s family has a quaint little sugar shack in Ontario where the sap from approximately 300+ taps covering over 10 acres of land boils. Sadly though, maple syrup season only lasts about 10 days in this part of Canada and each year I've just ... [ Read More ]
Make My Egg Scottish, Mr. Burns
“Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.” ― Robert Burns Friday, January 25th is Robert Burns Day (..errr Rabbie Burns as the Scots would say). This means that ... [ Read More ]
By Request: Sticky Toffee Pudding
I'm covered in flour, dripping of chicken stock and feeling terribly guilty about the 3rd consecutive Dora The Explorer episode distracting my ladies while I prep tomorrow's Christmas feast. My apron may be busy but I think I need to take a 15 minute ... [ Read More ]
Black Bean Brownies
For someone like myself who loves to explore flavour, feeding a picky preschooler can be torture. All of our efforts scoffed at before a single bite has even been taken. "Try it, you'll like it." you say, eagerly hoping they abide. They respond by ... [ Read More ]