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A big thank you to the Real Canadian Superstore for helping me celebrate Food Mamma’s anniversary!
With a great selection of food, household items and even clothing, Superstore is a go-to for us. The President’s Choice products are always great quality and the large selection of ethnic foods that are available is always a bonus.
Want to win a gift card for the Real Canadian Superstore? There are a few ways to enter below. Winner will be chosen on Monday, April 7th. Good luck!
A big thank you to Second Cup Mckenzie Towne for helping me celebrate Food Mamma’s anniversary!
You need to head on over to the Second Cup in Mckenzie Towne Centre. The barista/owner is super friendly, and knows the true meaning of customer service. She also makes killer drinks, like Q’s favourite candy cane hot chocolate!
Want a chance to win a gift certificate from Second Cup Mckenzie Towne? There are a few ways to enter below. Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, April 2nd. Good luck!
A big thank you to London Drugs for helping me celebrate Food Mamma’s anniversary!
I am a big believer in trying to capture the moment. I know I drive everyone crazy taking pictures of everything, not only the food. It’s always fun looking back, the pictures bringing back memories of precious times.
Want a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from London Drugs Photolab? Use it to make prints, enlargements, photobooks, mugs, calendars and more! There are a few ways to enter below. Winner will be chosen on Tuesday, April 1st. Good luck!
Navroz, Nowruz, Nawrose – whichever way you say it, it is the Persian New Year, which is today!
We wish all our friends and family a wonderful New Year filled with lots of peace, happiness and all the good things in life!
It’s my birthday! I will be doing some celebrating with chocolate so it seems like the perfect day for this giveaway.
A big thank you to Cococo Chocolatiers, owners of Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut, for helping me celebrate Food Mamma’s anniversary!
Ah chocolate! The perfect thing to celebrate a happy occasion or to make a bad day better.
Want a chance to win a gift basket from Cococo Chocolatiers, owners of Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut? There are a few ways to enter below. Enter to win an amazing chocolate basket filled with their signature copper ballotin
box, handcrafted chocolate moulds, baking ingredients and of course
treats for kids. Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, March 27th. Good luck!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
To Q, St. Paddy’s day reminds him of milkshakes, like the ones he made in preschool a couple years ago. To me, it reminds me of the times I’d go to the pub and watch an old friend and her celtic band. While there, my favourite thing to eat was fish and chips.
Last month, to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday, we decided to have a fish and chips party. She loves fish so it seemed like the perfect meal to celebrate her special day. My sister-in-law made an awesome fish ceviche, a recipe I’ll have to snag and share.
The batter was nice and crisp and the fish turned out amazing! We cheated with the fries and bought the coated ones that we love. Served along side tartar sauce and sriracha, we happily filled our bellies.
Fried Fish
4 pounds cod
4 cups + 1 cup flour
2 TB baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup cold water
2 cups + club soda
salt
pepper
Combine the flour (4 cups), baking powder, eggs, spices and cold water. Add the club soda until you get a nice thin batter.
Dredge the fish in the flour and then in the runny batter and fry until golden.
It’s Pi Day – giving me a great excuse to make a pie. I’ve had this on my list of things to make and what better day to make it.
Sugar and cinnamon tossed apples are baked within a cheesy, buttery crust. The sweet and savoury combo is definitely a win!
Apple Pie with a Cheddar Crust
Cheddar Crust
From Martha Stewart
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 sticks cold butter, cut into small pieces
1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Pulse flour and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter, and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds. Drizzle 1.4 cup water evenly over mixture. Pulse until mixture just begins to hold together (dough should not be wet or sticky). If dough is too dry, add more water, 1 TB at a time, and pulse. Add cheese; pulse until combined.
Shaped into 2 disks, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes or up to overnight.
Filling:
5 Granny Smith Apples, peeled and sliced
2 TB lemon juice
1/2 brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
Finish:
1 egg
2 TB water
Combine the apples with the lemon juice, sugar, flour and spices.
On a floured board, roll out pastry, using your pie plate as a guide.
Place the first circle in the pie plate and fill with filling. Top with
the second crust. Fold bottom pastry over the top and crimp the edges.
Using a pastry brush, brush the crust with the egg and water mixture and add some vents.
Bake at 375 F for about an hour, until the crust is nice and golden.
A big thank you to Castello Canada for helping me celebrate Food Mamma’s anniversary!
We go through a lot of cheese at our house. We always have a variety on hand to please our palates.
It’s the perfect snack or great to add to a dish – from goat cheese to mascarpone, and of course Q’s favourite, brie!
Want a chance to win a fantastic cheese board from Castello? There are a few ways to enter below. Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, March 19th. Good luck!
While we were in Houston in December, we stopped to have dinner at one of my favourite restaurants, P. F. Changs. We may have gone there a couple times, but more on that later.
We had ordered the banana spring rolls for the three of us to share. Hubby and I were lucky to get a bite before Q inhaled the dessert. He loved it! How could you not? Bananas enveloped in the crisp spring roll wrapper and topped with ice cream and caramel. Yum!
This was a super easy dessert to make at home. In fact, it was made even better with Nutella! A spread of chocolate down the middle of a spring roll wrapper, a spear of banana, rolled and fried to perfection. It’s fruit so it’s not bad for you, right?
A big thank you to Starbucks Canada for helping me celebrate Food Mamma’s anniversary!
From mommy dates with peppermint mochas to dates with Q’s friends for steamed raspberry milk, Starbucks is one of my favourites.
Want a chance to win a prize pack from Starbucks? There are a few ways to enter below. Winner will be chosen on Friday, March 14th. Good luck!