Blueberry and Almond Streusel Cake

Dessert Recipes

As I mentioned recently in my Brown Sugar Fudge post, some of my colleagues regularly bring to work treats to eat. My department has a dedicated table for shared treats, how bad is that? The best home baked contribution of late was a Blueberry and Almond Strudel...

Greek Yogurt Cheese Cake

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Traditions, Vegetarian Recipes

Last week I attended a media event where a lucky few bloggers and journalist got to sample a few Greek recipes made with Oikos Greek yogurt. The event took place at Martin Juneau’s new restaurant, Pastaga. Martin is one of the hot commodity Montreal chefs ...

Secret Recipe Club: Brown Sugar Fudge

Dessert Recipes

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret,...

Greenslove Bloghop: Beet Greens Burger

Vegan Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

I am really enjoying this new group with a different monthly theme called Love Blog Hop. You can post on the theme any time of the current month and link up your post to the list (see all the entries at the bottom). So far I have participated in the citruslove and the...

Blueberry Upside Down Cake

Dessert Recipes

There is a magical place in Quebec, about 6 hours by car North East of Montreal, called Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean which is famed for one beautiful blue, round, delicious fruit: the Blueberry. The sandy soils of this region are a perfect habitat for this shrub. Blueberries...

Nontraditional Raclette dinner party

Exotic World Recipes

Finally! My long promised post of the Raclette dinner party! A few weekends ago I had a little dinner party at my place with my 7 closest friends, making us a total number of 8. Eight was the crucial number. My friends came over for a Swiss Raclette dinner and the...

5 Star Makeover: Apples With Beet Hummus and Mint Yogurt Sauce

Fruit Recipes, Appetizer Recipes

OK you caught me, I lied! In my last post I said the next thing I would publish would be the raclette dinner party but, oops, I did not realize it was 5 Star Makeover time. So here is my February entry with BEETS as the theme. Raclette coming up next post! Beets are...

Cherry Clafoutis

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

A couple of weekends ago I had a little dinner party at my place with my 7 closest friends, making us a total number of 8. Eight was the crucial number. My friends came over for a Swiss Raclette dinner and the Raclette machine we used had 8 trays, one each. My next...

Chocolatelove Bloghop: Cauliflower Terrine with Cocoa

Dessert Recipes

Nothing says I love you on Saint Valentine Day like cauliflower! Say what? And not only that we will mix the cauliflower with a very dark chocolate. WHY you ask ?????????? Ever dabbled in food pairing? The theory goes like this: 80% of the tasting experience comes...