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 ]
The Peanut Butter Cup – Cake
Well over a month ago, my husband spotted a Reese’s peanut butter cup-inspired cake on Reddit entitled something like, ‘I went away for two days and look what my girlfriend made for me’. This cake had it all. Gooey, glossy chocolate fondant dribbling ... [ 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 ]
Don’t Fear the Squash!
When I was a kid, we had squash every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was our traditional dish, along with turkey and cranberries -- just like the pilgrims ate, I guess. And I hated it. The smell and texture repulsed me and I swore, when I got old ... [ Read More ]
Candy Bar Shortbread Squares
When you live alone, and suffer from a crippling candy addiction, you basically have two post-Halloween choices: bury your face in all those leftover Oh Henrys and Reese's Pieces in that cauldron, or turn them into something magical that will help ... [ Read More ]
Famous Fitzbillies and an Inspired Cinnamon Bun
Having started with the Eat Cambridge food festival in April, it’s been a while since I brought Hot Pink Apron to the beautiful city I live in. There is a wealth of both incredible restaurants and grocers in my area in Cambridge, ... [ 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 ]
Tahini 101
Originating in the middle east, Tahini is a ground sesame seed paste that has a similar texture to peanut butter. It’s a creamy, oily, and smooth nut butter rich in calcium that middle easterners and vegans seemingly cannot live without. ... [ Read More ]
School Lunches for the Uber-Picky Eater
Images and words by Jodi of themotherboards.ca I know I've gone on ad nauseam about what a picky eater my son is, but I'm not sure if I've conveyed quite HOW picky he is. He doesn't like dip. He doesn't like soup. He doesn't like pasta sauce. ... [ Read More ]
Making Cider: From Branch to Bottle
We've posted all through the summer about the fantastic soft fruit crops that have been available over the last few months, with cocktails, cordials and fruit syrups. Come autumn, though, it’s all about the apples. I’m sure there are more civilized ... [ Read More ]
An Indian Summer Dinner
There comes a point in the summer where the sun suddenly sets a little earlier, the evenings grow cooler. You can no longer dilly dally around the way you did in July and August, enjoying the garden before you get down to the business of making ... [ Read More ]
Back to the Grind with Quinoa Granola
September has always been a bit of a rollercoaster for me. As a kid, it marked the end of summer holidays, those lazy, freeform days of bike rides and lake swims. But it also meant the excitement of new pencil crayons and notebooks and seeing my ... [ Read More ]
Bottlegreen Drinks & Eats
One Friday afternoon, a few weeks ago, a delivery person balancing a MASSIVE parcel rang the doorbell at Hot Pink HQ (aka Dana’s place). This is a familiar sound at HQ, since Dana is married to Homebrew Brett, a man who can never seem to order enough ... [ Read More ]
Rapini Smells Like Home to Me
As you may remember from my last post, I recently moved back out of the family house, for the second time. (Don’t ask.) Needless to say the terms of my leaving this time around were much different than they were when I was a 22-year-old. The slightly ... [ Read More ]
Top 5 Songs for Canning Season
The time has come to start planning ahead and preserving the taste of summer. If you're looking for advice on how to get started this canning/jarring season, I recommend checking out Food in Jars and Punk Domestics. If you're looking for music to ... [ Read More ]
Terrific Talli and the Blueberry Cheesecake
MY GIRL, TALLI, IS THE SH*T. Talli, the punk rock princess also known as Nubs, is one of the most genuine, honest and funny people you could ever have the pleasure to dine with. She has the type of spirit that causes conversation to roll off your ... [ Read More ]
Take a Hike! Bring a Picnic.
Even though it becomes busier, for some reason I relax quite a bit more when school is out for summer. I think I was more excited than my kid on the last day of school. No more teachers! No more books! No more awkward after-school parent-to-parent ... [ Read More ]
Summer Sippin’, Had Me A Blast.
Where I'm from, in Southern Ontario, we've had a weird, wet summer so far. Right now it's hot as blazes and the plants are out-of-control massive from the rain. As a result, my mint patch, which is abundant at the WORST of times, is verging on a ... [ Read More ]
Strawberry Pops are the Tops
FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF as I receive loads of positive feedback via twitter and instagram after posting a picture of my strawberry and coconut milk ice pops, created from hulled strawberry top leftovers - leftovers that I would have ... [ Read More ]
Glorious Leftovers
Words and images by Ship. When I was a kid there wasn’t a week that went by when I would ask my mom what was for supper and she’d reply “glooooorrrriouuuss leftovers” in a sing songy voice and then laugh or stick her tongue out at me if I made a ... [ Read More ]
Cold Soup, Who Knew?!
Words and images by Reagan. I was totally uninspired this month because baby E seemed to be going through some sort of 8-month-old sleep regression, which meant no one in our house was sleeping well. I had no time to do anything between E’s ... [ Read More ]
Summer Simmer Playlist
Music jams to cook/bake/dance/play along to this summer season. Turn it up, minimize the window and continue your adventures on Hot Pink Apron.com (<- click to return to Home page in a new browser window.) Flash player required OR visit the Hot ... [ Read More ]
Make Your Own Elderflower Wine
Words and images by Amanda. Here’s another use for your fresh elderflowers - elderflower wine. My recipe is for a sickly sweet dessert wine, essentially fulfilling my desire to have alcoholic elderflower cordial. It also works very well dry, with ... [ Read More ]
Pilaf Your Clothes and Dive Right In
Words and images by Caitlin. I don't usually tell people this, but I'm an absent-minded cook. I don't follow recipes closely, I don't go out of my way to source obscure ingredients (notwithstanding the Saffron Incident of 2006, but in my defense, ... [ Read More ]
When Life Gets Salade Niçoise Messy
Words and images by Kristina. I just moved this past week. The morning after moving day I was flung into a week-straight of meetings and company dinners (life’s tough, I know) so I've only been home to shower, sleep and feed my cat. Needless to ... [ Read More ]
Breaking Bread
Words and images by Amanda. While I was at university I decided pretty much on a whim that I was going to make my own bread. I realized there was roughly a teaspoon of sugar to each slice of basic store-bought bread and I figured I could do ... [ Read More ]