When the going gets tough, the tough start making this Easy Homemade Granola with Maple Syrup. Or something like that. Maybe you're just here for an easy granola recipe. Possibly though, you've been having sticker shock at the grocery store lately and have decided that a Little House on the Prairie lifestyle is right up your alley. C'mon Ma, you need to feed the young'uns. As of late, I've personally had some pretty startling revelations in the grocery store. The first was around San …
Blueberry Grunt – A Traditional Cape Breton Recipe
When I was a young girl I went to a place called Blueberry Hill near Little Bras D'or on Cape Breton Island, and sat on an ant hill. A red ant hill. I carry the memory of being bitten a thousand times by angry little bugs in my head like it was yesterday. Forty three years later I still cringe at the humiliation of being stripped to my birthday suit in front of perfect strangers as my dad desperately tried to shake the tenacious little jerks loose. When we returned to my grandmother's …
Tomato Bacon Gruyere Tart with Maple Leaf Foods
There is no better time of year for me than tomato season, and nothing pairs better with tomatoes than bacon. Bacon and tomato sandwiches, pasta with bacon and tomatoes, bacon and tomato frittatas, and this Tomato Bacon Gruyere Tart are on regular rotation in my house every September. Bacon, by the way, is in rotation year round, and it's always been Maple Leaf, because as a self-described bacon snob, it's simply the best. I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Michael …
Lime Margarita Freezies
I'm going to save your life with Lime Margarita Freezies. Yes. These are just like Mr. Freezies, but with margaritas inside of them. (Yes. Tequila is included.) Margaritas are awesome, but you know what sucks? Making margaritas. I know; it's not rocket surgery. But keeping around the materials, to have ice on hand, to whip out the blender... that's a pain in the arse. And sure, there's these handy little frozen cans of the mix. But if you're going to use one of those, …
Adult-Only Mocha Baileys Fudge Pop Recipe
If you're hot, and if you like fudgsicles or iced caps, then I've got just the thing for you: My adult-only Mocha Baileys Fudge Pop Recipe. This poor little bottle of Baileys I had was sitting all forlorn like in my liquor cabinet. Usually it's waiting for winter because the only thing I ever tend to use it in is a coffee drink. Coffee drinks, of course, do not make the ideal hot summer drink (and it's supposed to be hot AF this weekend in Ontario!). After I spotted the Baileys, I …
