RECIPES

from French Food for Everyone (After School Snacks) These are the sort of thing that always catches my eye at the bakery when I’m only supposed to be picking up bread.  Inevitably one will make its way into my order and will be enjoyed at breakfast or mid-morning – they’re so good I can never […]

from French Food for Everyone: Dinner Papillote (Pap-ee-ot), Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee).  Are there more fun words in the French language? (Actually, if you ask my students, there are Pamplemousse, for example. But, I digress…). This “two for one” recipe cooks the vegetables with the fish at the same time (en papillote refers to a dish that’s

from Tales From Under the Rim Love Tim Hortons’ iced coffee?  Try making it yourself, playing with the ingredients and portions to get it exactly how you like it! Ingredients 1 cup coffee  ½ cup sugar 1 cup water ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons cream or milk (to your liking) Directions Make your favourite

from For Maids who Brew & Bake In 1611, Sir Hugh Platt (London) wrote in “Delights for Ladies to adorne their persons, tables, closets and distilleries,” how to make conserve of strawberries: First seethe them in water: then boile them in white wine, and worke as before in Damsons, or else straine them, being ripe:

from Mojo Jojo’s Pickles  Serves 1 INGREDIENTS 1 Key lime or ReaLime® (to taste) Caesar spice mix or celery salt 4 oz. Clamato® Original 1 tsp Mojo Jojo’s Caesar Mix 1 oz. vodka Ice Mojo Jojo’s Caesar garnishes INSTRUCTIONS Run lime across rim of mug. Dip mug in seasoning to coat evenly. Add ice. Add

from The Wholly Book of Menus The terms Piri-Piri, Peri-Peri and Peli-Peli can be used interchangeably. Piri-Piri is the correct Portuguese spelling, while the other two spellings are the correct way to say this in several African countries. This is because this sauce was actually born in Africa, where Portuguese settlers used local peri-peri chilies

from Cocktail Bomb Shop The Pina Colada Cocktail Bomb 200-250 ml of sparkling waterPina colada cocktail bomb1-2 shots of rumFresh pineapple slices Add sparkling water to a glass Drop in your pina colada cocktail bomb Add 1-2 shots of rum Garnish with fresh pineapple slices The Margarita Cocktail Bomb 200-250 ml of sparkling waterMargarita cocktail bomb1-2

from The Bar Chef  Symphony #5 Adapted from a drink I dreamed up while giving my son a bath – I smelled his cucumber and melon soap and thought the combination would be amazing in a cocktail – this is one of my favourite creations, hands down, and one of my best-selling cocktails.  This drink

from The Bologna cookbook INGREDIENTS • 1 slice bologna (1/8” thick), julienned • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 tbsp butter • 2 tbsp finely chopped onion • 1 green onion, diced • ¼cup finely chopped green pepper • ¼ cup finely chopped red pepper • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 small potato, shredded

from Eating These Foods Make Me… Why not make it even more fun by throwing a pizza party and get the whole family involved. Set up a pizza station and put a selection of ingredients into bowls, make it visually appealing and easy for the kids to see the range of things they can choose