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This is Day  Three of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! This morning, we had scrambled eggs and turkey breakfast sausage we had in the freezer. For lunch, 2 people in the household had tuna sandwiches on my homemade bread, and I had an open-faced tuna melt with cilantro & lime, which I will share the recipe for following this post. For dinner, I am making coconut crusted baked salmon  [ Read More ]

This is one of the meals we created during our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! We had everything in the house already, except onions, which is fresh produce we are allowed to use in this challenge. It was delicious, nutritious and helped us clean out our pantry cupboards! Try it – it’s easy to cook too. Type: Pasta Recipe Serve with: Garlic Bread, if desired and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese  [ Read More ]

This is Day Two of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! Yesterday for breakfast, we had eggs – I still need my protein in my diet since I’m training… For lunch, we had some frozen chicken hot dogs with the bread I made in the bread machine the day before. For dinner, I created my Moroccan Chickpea Soup! Yes, we had everything in our house already for this soup: dry  [ Read More ]

Let me tell you the story behind all of this Grocery Shopping Strike talk… We are thinking of moving, so we are cleaning up the house and getting it ready to show. We did a couple garage sales and the like this past season in preparation and are just really “cleaning house”. As you all know, we are serious foodies…We cook a lot of different types of ethnic cuisines and  [ Read More ]

Want to learn something new? Learn how to bake Moroccan Spice Bread for the bread machine! This bread is a delicious, spiced homemade bread as an accompaniment to soups and stews. Try this bread recipe with my Moroccan Chickpea Soup – it’s perfect! Type: Bread Recipe Serve With: Softened butter or olive oil, and Moroccan Chickpea Soup Prep Time: 7 min Cook Time: 2 hrs 35 min Yield: 1 loaf  [ Read More ]

Today, I wanted to share with you How to Cook Moroccan Chickpea Soup! I had the craving for chick peas today and decided to do something different with them than making my hummus recipe! Chickpea stew is on order today, as it is snowing outside and because I love to eat soup any day! Lentils can sometimes be substituted or used in addition to the chickpeas. Moroccan spices are filling  [ Read More ]

What do Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies mean to me? The perfect peanut butter cookie is chewy on the inside, crunchy on the outer edges and perfect when warm with a glass of milk. If this is your idea of delicious, then this is the peanut butter cookie recipe for you! It was our late-night pb snack last night… Type: Cookie Recipe Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 10 minutes Yield:   [ Read More ]

International model & actress, wardrobe stylist, clothing & jewelry designer, web chef, entrepreneur & writer, Kimberly Edwards will have an exclusive 1 hour LIVE interview with Patrick Harb on February 4th @ 7:00 – 8:00 pm EST. If you like to be WITH US in the studio, give us a call at: 905-617-3365 If you have QUESTIONS that you would like to ask during the interview, you can place your  [ Read More ]

Today was the first time I tried these malt beverages – Poppers Silver White Nectarine flavor. They are really delicious with a great nectarine flavor and that malt beverage kick you enjoy. It’s fresh and crisp with a slightly sweet and tangy taste that’s satisfying and doesn’t interfere with the flavors of your tasty tailgating tidbits you’re eating. It’s If you would like to buy me some new and unique  [ Read More ]

Baking bread is something that is almost a daily occurrence in our household. Needless to say, I love my bread machine! I have a number of bread machine recipes on Cooking with Kimberly, so be sure to check them out too…However, this is a great way to incorporate cranberries into your diet, create something fun to eat during the Holidays, and/or a good way to use up cranberry sauce from  [ Read More ]

First of all, I must say I’m your biggest fan!!! My entire family drinks PG Tips Tea. In fact, it was introduced to my family by my English nanny when I was a baby. Her name was Doreen, and like a proper tea-drinking English nanny, she made sure she educated us about good English tea. In fact, she threw out all of our other tea boxes in the entire house  [ Read More ]

Learning how to cook Mennonite Style Borscht is something we don’t take lightly in our family. We make this cabbage soup often, especially in the colder months of the year. One side of my family has Mennonite roots. We are German, but hailing from Russia, on my mother’s side. My other side is Ukrainian and they are well known for eating borscht too! “I love Borscht! I’m giving you our  [ Read More ]

Ever wonder how to store meatballs? How to store cookie dough? When you go to all the trouble to make something very delicious and spend good time preparing it, it’s a great idea to make more than you will use… …The excess is great to store away in the freezer to use at a later date and save you time and energy. This week in particular, I happened to make  [ Read More ]

If you are looking for the right recipe for pumpkin bread, then this is it…especially if you want to use your bread machine! When we make pumpkin pie filling from scratch for pumpkin pies over the Holidays, you’re bound to always have more than you need. This often happens in our household, so we store the rest in the freezer in serving size bags or containers. These portions are perfect  [ Read More ]

It’s a great idea to learn how to cook meatball soup because it’s rather quick to create and is full of protein for those who love more “stuff” in their soup, but has lots of broth for us soup lovers out there! A favorite comfort food in our household is meatball soup like my mom used to make! It’s not Italian in nature, as you may think. In fact, I  [ Read More ]

I’m really enjoying my Free Trial of the Rouxbe Cooking School, so I can review it for you, my dear readers! I’ve shared a few cooking videos with you over the past week or so outlining some great lessons you will find online at this cooking school. However, in this post, I wanted to share with you a message from the founder of Rouxbe.com so you can not only get  [ Read More ]

The other day, I made potato cakes and when I went to serve them realized not only did I not have any plain yogurt to serve them with, I had no sour cream either! I hate that! But I refuse to be thwarted in my own kitchen…LOL…There’s always a back-up plan. The first back-up plan you should take is to mix buttermilk with vinegar to make a sort of creme  [ Read More ]

Pasta is a staple in our cultures…it’s not just for Italians. Almost every culture has some form of pasta they prefer and love! It’s important to understand how to properly prepare it to eat with the proper taste, texture and done-ness. Here’s a great video from the Rouxbe Cooking School to outline pasta basics: Rouxbe Online Cooking School & Video Recipes Great tips!!! Here’s a few If you would like  [ Read More ]

My favorite breakfasts often include leftover mashed potatoes that I can make into potato cakes or potato hash in the morning. Today, I had the opportunity of using leftover mashed turnip. I love turnip and didn’t realize how perfect it goes for breakfast too. If you enjoy turnip, you will enjoy this! Type: Breakfast Recipe Serve With: Plain Balkan Style Yogurt with fresh herbs or top with sour cream, topped  [ Read More ]

Wheat! You know it’s in many of the foods we eat, but do you know why? Cakes, breads, pastas and the like all have wheat as their main ingredient via flour. Yes, flour is made typically from wheat. There are other types of flour made from other grains, however, by and large, wheat is the main option. Do you know how to use wheat in your cooking repertoire? Don’t be  [ Read More ]