Food blogging is all about sharing great ingredients, recipes, experiences and anything else that touches the life of a foodie crazy enough to document it all. This includes exploiting the talents of food-loving friends. Last weekend we packed the ... [ Read More ]
Whole Wheat Beer Battered Avocado
I have been a very busy food blogger on this rainy November day. Baking, writing and capturing my final submission for the California Walnuts Food Blogger Challenge, preparing 3 types of holiday cookies, a batch of eggnog fudge and a loaf of bread. ... [ Read More ]
Quick Fix: Baked Brie w/ Red Pepper Jelly
The dilemma: You're hosting a holiday get-together and after the 6 bottles of Pinot and necessary bottle of Bailey's was purchased you realize that you should probably feed your guests as well. Unfortunately, your bank balance is shrinking... ... [ Read More ]
Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
I had a craving for 'the South' today. It could of been waking to The Black Keys new single 'Lonely Boy' for the 3rd straight day but I started my day with an overwhelming urge to bake some flaky buttermilk biscuits and smother them in a white ... [ Read More ]
Zen Banana Bread (vegan)
It is so easy to over-think life and everything in it. After last week's success with creating a healthier option for banana bread lovers (by including whole wheat flour, flaxseed and maple syrup), I wanted to create a similar version for my ... [ Read More ]
Breaking Banana Bread Habits
I was reading a Huffington Post article this week about America's Worst Foods. The usual suspects were present: greasy fast foods, saturated fats, all of those "ose" sweeteners (sucrose, frustose, dextrose..), but I was surprised to see "all-purpose ... [ Read More ]
Chilling Out with Slow-Cooker Apple Butter
I find myself having the same conversation each time I hand out a hotpinkapron.com business card: Them: Hot.. Pink.. Apron. So, this is your business? Me: Well, business implies I'm making money from it {with a smile}. This is more what I'm ... [ Read More ]
You Betcha Butternut it’s Soup Season
The cool air is fading and the just plain cold is moving in. Bring on the homemade chicken noodles, carrot and corianders, potato and leeks.. I need rich, hearty, homemade soups to warm my soul! Actually, my entire family needs ... [ Read More ]
Deliciously Distracting: Chewy Pumpkin Granola Bars
My job hunt continues. As I work on developing some "big picture" pitches and proposals, I have been applying to a full-range of jobs to afford daycare for our 2 girls, in the interim. I never suspected returning to work after a few years of being ... [ Read More ]
APPLE TIME!
Here's a funny little tidbit of Dana knowledge - I REFUSED to eat an apple until about 3 years ago. It's true. I loved apple juice, sauce, pie, all things flavoured 'apple' but I could not stand the sound of biting into a raw apple. ... [ Read More ]
Meatless Monday: The Great Gazpacho
Brett's description of this gazpacho: "This is amazing. It's so fresh and crisp and refreshing. I could drink this all day. It's like a wonderful healthy-tasting salad but as a soup. A soup-salad!" Kind of a relief, since I was expecting, "Why ... [ Read More ]
Delicious Cherry and Grape Tomato Recipes? APPSolutely!
The cool air comes in and the harvest begins. I LOVE the fall so, personally, I couldn't be happier about this crisp, autumn air, especially since it's been such a hot and humid summer and I haven't a simgle palm tree in sight. It's just unfair. ... [ Read More ]
Meatless Monday: Spicy Cauliflower Steak
Thank goodness it's Meatless Monday! After an indulgent wedding weekend of glorious proportions, I am in need of some vegetable vitamins. Let's make one of my favourite vegetarian dishes, The Spicy Cauliflower 'Steak'. It's hearty, delicious and ... [ Read More ]
Homemade Potato Chips!
I am so in love with this post. A beautifully snapped portrait of homemade food paired with a well-written guide to some very tasty treats, I know, what's not to love? ;) But these tasty crisps represent so much more than just homemade potato ... [ Read More ]
Gorgeously Green Granola
My bedside table has become a tower of hippie literature. "Being Green", "The Importance of Organic", "Locavore" "No Flour, No Sugar" and so on and so on. Piles of nighttime reading that I am currently considering "research" as I build my ... [ Read More ]
Food on Sticks: Prosciutto Props
There just isn't a better day than the first day of summer to launch a series of blog posts about food on sticks. The sun is shining, the beer is cold and these BBQ spreads are intended to be enjoyed with our bare, sweaty, hands. Fork, spoon, it's ... [ Read More ]
Cream of Broccoli Soup
It's green, it's good for you, it's shocking how tasty it really is. Another super simple soup I would have been intimidated by not that long ago. As it turns out, creamed soups are not that difficult - as long as you have the right tools. Food ... [ Read More ]
Eat Me, I’m Irish Soda Bread
I LOVE our KitchenAid mixer. Brett and I use to joke that we already had the house and kids so the only reason to traditionally marry was in the hopes someone would buy us this mixer as a wedding present. We formally said our "I dos" last October ... [ Read More ]
Crazy for Kale
For months my Grandmother has been raving about the health benefits of kale. Sure, I've been curious to try but it's thick, rubbery texture always kept me walking on down the produce aisle to the more recognizable spinach. Don't get me wrong, my ... [ Read More ]
Bacon Jam
This here is why I LOVE food blogging. An interesting idea from an old friend took me on a culinary adventure, leading me to a new friend (and fellow food blogger), Not Quite Nigella. She had posted her recipe and experience creating a Bacon Jam, ... [ Read More ]