Party Food
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Continue ReadingSeeing as it is the Victoria Day long weekend here in Canada, and the weather is finally getting warmer (woohoo!), I figured a lot of people would be spending time outdoors. In my opinion, Air fryer scotch eggs are the perfect picnic / outdoor snack. Can you imagine being at the park with loved ones, enjoying some soft boiled eggs (or hard boiled eggs), encased in a delicious wrap of fried sausages, with a cool tall glass of guava white tea lemonade and a refreshing garden salad on the side?…. hehehehe well, I can imagine it and I plan on…
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This great-tasting, easy Bruschetta recipe is one that comes together in less than an hour. The toppings are so quick and easy to make that you really do not need store-bought bruschetta toppings …. unless you choose to. I feel like homemade bruschetta beats store-bought bruschetta in so many ways! Especially because you get to decide how much herbs and seasoning you would like in a homemade recipe. Plus this is such an easy bruschetta recipe, there is really no reason why you should not make yours. In this blog post, I will be sharing 2 bruschetta variations and then…
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Castagnole / sweet dough balls is a simple Italian snack that is popular during carnival season. It is made from basic ingredients such as flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, ricotta cheese, lemon zest and lemon extract. This video will show you have to make the sweet dough balls in 2 ways: Frying and baking. The baked sweet dough balls are the more traditional way of enjoying this snack…. however individuals looking for a healthier alternative can decide to make the baked sweet dough balls instead.
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If you are looking for a great recipe for how to make irresistible gizdodo, this is it! 1. How to Make Gizdodo Gizdodo is like a beautiful marriage of fried ripe plantain, fried gizzard and pepper sauce. The key to making the perfect gizdodo is ensuring you season each of the components properly, and also ensuring you get the proportion of plantain/gizzard/sauce right. This article will provide step by step guidance on how to make gizdodo. I personally like to have an equal proportion of plantain to gizzard, with just enough sauce to coat both the plantain and gizzard. Traditionally,…
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Tiramisu is one of my all time favorite desserts! The fact that it is an easy no bake dessert makes it a double win!! Of course with kids at home, I cannot in good conscience make desserts that include alcohol. This is why I typically make my tiramisu recipe without alcohol. Anyone can enjoy a non alcoholic Tiramsu without guilt unless of course, you are watching your calorie consumption. While working on the research to write this post, I stumbled upon a lot of pretty interesting information that I will be sharing with you. However, if you are keen on…
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How I Decided to Make this Puff Pastry Appetizer Recipe 🙂 Truth be told, I really had no intention of making a Genoa Salami easy puff pastry appetizer recipe – It just kind of happened! I was making some gizdodo vol au vent appetizers when I realized I had some leftover puff pastry rounds that I needed to make use of. For those who do not know, in order to make vol au vent cases (aka puff pastry cups), you need to stack a square piece of puff pastry with a circle cut-out from the middle, on top of a…
