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Mint Dark Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Mint Dark Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Mint and chocolate. I feel like you love it or hate it. I am happy to say it’s one of my favourite flavour combinations. I fondly recall devouring those After Eight thin mint chocolates at Christmastime. And if you do too, you’re going to love…

Hot Fudge Sauce

Hot Fudge Sauce

Hot fudge sauce is the quintessential ice cream topping. This recipe is dreamily luxurious and imo, best enjoyed with vanilla ice cream and sprinkles or chopped salted peanuts.  Easy peasy. This recipe is so quick and easy that when I am craving a sundae, I…

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Vanilla bean ice cream is the queen of all ice creams. It’s simple, but at the same time, so complex. It’s perfect scooped on just about anything while being delicious enough to be savoured all by itself. Beans, paste, extract. Vanilla beans? Bean paste? Extract?…

Paralyzer Cocktail Float

Paralyzer Cocktail Float

My dad’s signature cocktail is a paralyzer. And if he’s out at his cabin, it’s pretty much guaranteed that he’ll have a paralyzer in hand. So when he came out to Victoria to visit me, I was inspired to make him an extra special paralyzer.…

Vermicelli Noodle Salad with Spring Rolls

Vermicelli Noodle Salad with Spring Rolls

Vietnamese food is crazy delicious. If you told me I had to only eat Vietnamese food from no on, I would not be mad. And I don’t need any convincing to go to Pho Vy for dinner (#33 is my favourite bun – just thinking…

Visiting Lecce, Puglia

Visiting Lecce, Puglia

Lecce is wonderful. Magical. Dreamy. It’s all the things. My husband and I spent two weeks in the city in June 2022 and we fell in love. The city is beautiful, the food is tasty, and your money will go further here than in the…

Devilled Egg Salad Sandwich

Devilled Egg Salad Sandwich

If you’re a devilled egg fan, like moi, you are going to love this sammie. Every time I make it, I ask myself why I don’t make it more often. This sandwich is a perfect marriage of the best devilled egg you had at a…

Honey Spiced Granola with Nuts and Fruit

Honey Spiced Granola with Nuts and Fruit

My husband is obsessed with this granola. He eats it for snack nearly every day. It’s one of his favourite recipes I make, it’s that good! It’s crunchy, clustery, and just sweet enough. Try it out for size, I’m pretty sure you’ll think this granola…