Chai Spice Cake
Thank you Shelly Fisher for entering this recipe in my Cat Can Cook Recipe Contest in January. It’s her own invention!
Chai Spice Cake
18.25oz devils food cake mix
2/3 c vanilla chai spice coffee creamer
1 chai spice tea bag steeped in 2/3 c boiling water for 3 minutes
1/2 c canola oil
3 lg eggs
2 tsp chinese five spice [...]
Curry Beef with Coconut Milk
I really like a good curry, but not a super *hot* one. The great thing about making your own curries, is you control the amount of spice and may also customize them to your liking! This delicious recipe is on today’s dinner menu, and goes great with naan bread and chutney.
1 pound stewing beef, patted [...]
Broth versus Stock
I received this e-mail today, and I thought it was a great question!
“Hey Cat. I’ve been experimenting with making things I would usually buy prepared
- such as pasta sauce, hummus, pesto, etc. – myself at home. Many soup recipes
call for some sort of broth, which I have been buying in cartons at the store.
But I [...]
Cantonese Rice & Shrimp
A terrific dinner was had in the company of great friends last evening – a beautiful meal catered by Lemongrass Thai Catering of Guelph – simply spectacular food! Tom Yum Soup, Pad Thai, chicken, curry potatoes…Yum!
I was so impressed, that I made a trip to the Asian grocery store today to get some special treats. [...]
Easy Avocado Salad
This easy to assemble salad is fresh and absolutely delicious – A simple homemade dressing makes it superb!
Avocado Salad
1/3 cup soya sauce
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp brown sugar
2 limes, juiced
3 avocadoes, peeled, and sliced
1/2 red onion, sliced
salad greens
Assemble salad greens in bowl. Top with avocados and red onions. Mix together soya sauce, vinegar, sugar [...]
BT Appearance February 19th
If you weren’t able to tune into Toronto’s Breakfast Television on Friday, here is the link to the segment on YouTube. Enjoy!
Inside Guelph – February 24th
Catch me on Rogers Cable 20 “Inside Guelph” tomorrow, February 24th at noon, where I’ll be talking to Trish Stevenson about the fine art of food blogging. It’s kind of funny, I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years now, and this evening, I was asking my husband what type of questions he thinks she’ll [...]
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