How to Make a Really Tasty, Healthy Nicoise Salad
December 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Don’t let the name of the Niçoise salad scare you!
Yes, it’s French. No, it’s not difficult to make. No, it’s not really fattening.
Nicoise is just a combination of greens, tuna, green beans, new potatoes, tomatoes, black olives and eggs – traditionally. That’s all it means…
Okay – now that’s out of the way – let’s get cooking and create this unbelievably tasty salad you’ll make over and over again!
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Main Dish Recipe – Fish
Serve With: Creamy Herb Dressing & crusty, French bread
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: Ingredients are per person – multiply if necessary
Ingredients: Per person
- 1 Tuna Steak – Per person
- 2 cups Salad Greens – Use torn Romaine, or baby salad greens like spinach, frise – whatever you like
- 4 small Red New Potatoes – Boiled until fork tender
- 4 small Read more
Niagara Cooks Book Signing with Lynn Ogryzlo @ Chapters in St. Catharines, Ontario
December 4, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I’ve been reviewing a fabulous, new local, Niagara cookbook by my new friend, Lynn Ogryzlo called “Niagara Cooks“.
Niagara Cooks by Lynn Ogryzlo
This cookbook heralds in a new way of life reminiscent of days of old – getting back to eating local food, “from farm to table”.
Not only is supporting our local farmers and food suppliers good for your local economy, but it’s healthier and tastier for you too!
I’m making it out to her book signing tomorrow (Saturday, December 5th, 2009) at 1:00 pm at Chapters Book Store in St. Catharines, Ontario at Fairview Mall on Geneva St.
Lynn will be serving up her soon to be famous Niagara Biscotti for all who come out!
Come on out – Lynn will be sure to open up your culinary eyes and Read more
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The English and Tea
November 9, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Personally, I love English or British food, but many people often complain about their ideas about cuisine…
What expertise people can NEVER take away from the English is their tea!
(You might have seen my posts about my English Nanny and PG Tips! LOL)
They take their tea drinking very seriously…There are specific rules and times they sit down to have tea! It’s an important thread in the quilt of their existence.
I absolutely love tea and this appreciation started with my English nanny, Doreen.
The thing is, in addition, you can’t simply have tea without enjoying a “bickie” or biscuit. So, be sure you stock up on Christmas biscuits because ’tis the season!
The English are experts in tasty treats like that, namely shortbreads are my favorite.
Another thing my nanny always made sure of was that there were tasty candies around the house.
That may be why we love to make toffee and fudge this time of year.
So, this was intensified around the Holidays. So, in English spirit, break out your Christmas candy and enjoy them! Don’t save them for a special occassion – it is the most precious of occassions!
Looking for that English tea, biscuits and candies? I’ve found a place – the English Tea Store.
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Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards 
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* This is a sponsored post and I was compensated for this review. However, it is 100% real opinion.
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Swedish Food Favorites?
November 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I was looking up a bit about Sweden and Swedish food today, since I previously didn’t know too much about that cuisine.
…So, here’s a great video to give you a quick summary of what you can expect from the cuisine of this Northern European country:
I would love to visit Sweden and experience their culinary creations!
Do you have any favorite Read more
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Mushrooms with Port Wine and Balsamic Sauce
October 31, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Ask my husband and he’ll tell you his favorite meal I make for him.
Every single birthday or special occassion, he asks me to make homemade macaroni and cheese, alongside mushrooms with port wine and balsamic sauce. Strange, but true! It’s his 2 favorite dishes I make in one…LOL
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Side Dish Recipe or Sauce Recipe
Serve With: Filet mignon or a great steak
Prep Time: 7 min
Cook Time: 12-15 min
Ingredients:
24 oz. Mushrooms – Use a variety of different mushrooms – Sliced
1 Onion – Diced
1 large clove Garlic – Or 2 smaller ones, finely minced
1 1/2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Butter
1/4 cup Port Wine – Cooking Sherry or another fortified red wine
2 tbsp Aged Balsamic Vinegar – Aged from Modena is best.
4 leaves fresh Basil – Chiffonade
2 tbsp fresh Parsley – Chopped
1/2 tsp Read more
Asian Pacific Cuisine at it’s Best: In Person
October 28, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Thai Seafood Curry
If you want the best food, you’ve got to go to the source!
Travel to that locale, take in the scenery and enjoy the unbelievably delicious food.
You want Asian Cuisine? Go there, experience the showmanship of well-trained chefs that take their cuisine so seriously, it’s their way of life.
Asian food, especially around the Asian Pacific, is full of interesting flavors with high impact taste, as well as delicately seasoned food that looks like a work of art on your plate – Not to mention being really fresh and extremely healthy for you.
It’s all about the experience…What better way to partake in this culture than to be right in the middle of it?
If you’re looking for an exotic place to go to take part in cuisines that are so special you’ll never forget it for the rest of your life, check out travel discount out there.
In fact, there is the Accor Hotels 3-Day Super Sale Asia Pacific going on right now with hotel rooms as low as $30 USD. Seriously! They’ve got 1 million hotel rooms at amazing rates across Asia Pacific.
With airfares at an all-time low, you are able to find bargains galore and create your very own exotic vacation…Perfect for foodies all over the world!
Countries Accor is including in their sale are: Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Indonesia, India, Bali, Korea, China, Japan, HK, and Taiwan.
Get in on this 3-Day Super Sale quickly! It only runs from October 27-29, 2009!
Take it from me – I’ve lived in Australia; been to Singapore…What unbelievable food! I still want to make it out to Thailand, Indonesia, New Zealand, Fiji, India and Bali!
The hotels in this Super Sale include: Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, All Seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands.
I’m psyched – someone’s going to get a phenomenal deal and I’m so jealous they’re going to get really authentic Asian cuisine!
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Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards
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My English Nanny’s Tasty Tidbits
When I was young, I had an English nanny, Doreen. She was a rather influenial part of MyLife.
What an amazing lady that I loved so much. She was so sweet to me, my sister and my family! She always made sure we’d eaten and had something to drink in traditional English style, and that I was prim and proper in a clean, beautiful outfit!
I’ve spoken of her before on my blog when talking about making Southern Style Sweet Brewed Iced Tea:
My Story:
When I was little, I had an English nanny straight from England. The first time she offered to make my mother a cup of tea, at our house, she noticed that my mother didn’t have PG Tips tea. This is a British favorite and is imported from England, but is available at our grocery stores in Canada (especially A&P). She made quite a fuss about us not having the right kind of teabags, and said that we’ve never had a great cup of tea until we had PG Tips. Well, what followed was that she threw out all of our other brands of plain tea. When she came over the next day, she stocked us up with PG Tips.We’ve been believers ever since, and we always make sure we are stocked up to this day.
In addition to the PG Tips tea, which I’m drinking as we speak, she always gave me these English “bickies” or biscuits called Farley’s Rusks Biscuits. They’re about the size of a human palm and they’re especially for babies, toddlers and children.
You can eat them dry or as Doreen gave them to me, she’d put it in a bowl and pour hot milk on top of it and I’d eat it sort of like a hot cereal.
I have a box of them on my counter right now…They’re rather difficult to find these days. There are times I find them at Nordstrom’s, believe it or not.
She would always call me “her little Kimby”. I can hear her English accent in my head!
We have lost contact with her, but I’m pretty sure she must still be in the area. So, I checked to see if she was on MyLife.com – I couldn’t find her, but it was well worth the try – I mean, my mother and aunts are on Facebook…LOL…
Maybe you can find your lost friends or mentors in your life there…
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Kimberly Edwards
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Take the Guesswork out of Asian Cuisine
October 21, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I love Asian food and I even love cooking Asian food at home.
The problem, for most people, however, is that Asian food often requires a lot of ingredients that are otherwise not used in other cuisines. These ingredients can get expensive because Asian flavors are very complex and you only use a little bit of many seasonings, which may also go bad before you could use the entire bottle or package.
Also, if you don’t know what you’re looking for or have someone helping you who is Asian, it’s very difficult to figure out what the ingredients are because authentic Asian ingredients are written in an Asian language too.
Then, preparation of this type of food to make it authentic, requires cooking tools you may not have or may find too bulky to keep in your kitchen…
…But now, Sun-Bird takes the confusion, guesswork and difficulty out of preparing great Asian meals at home with their special Asian seasonings.
Sun-Bird Asian Seasonings
Whether you want to make a fabulous Kung Pao Chicken, magnificent Mongolian Beef or a General Tsao chicken worthy of a 5-star review, Sun-Bird makes it easy to create a sauce with their special seasoning packets from home.
So, if you love Asian food and want to make these tasty masterpieces at home, now you can without having to pay a lot of money for ingredients and special kitchen tools. Now, save yourself time, money and effort with Sun-Bird Asian seasoning products.
If your heart’s set on stir fry, egg drop soup, honey sesame chicken, pad thai, thai curry or chow mein, Sun-Bird’s got you covered.
Oh yes…I can’t forget: Sun-Bird is giving away 15 Blu-RayTM Disc players and entry forms can be found at your local grocery store, where Sun-Bird seasonings products are sold. This contest runs through October 31, 2009.
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Pastel de Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
October 19, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
My good friend, Melania McCarley, from Dallas, Texas has made us this delicious treat a few times when we’ve visited her home.
She is Costa Rican and creates really tantalizing tidbits like chimichurri, also known as pico de gallo (be sure to click that link for her original recipe). However, she really outdoes herself when it comes to dessert.
Melania gave me her recipe for Tres Leches, but I couldn’t find where I put it when I wanted to make it for my mother last night. So, I went by memory and winged it and it was super duper phenomenal!
Here’s my recipe: It tasted like Melania’s, so I must have been pretty close!
Type: Dessert
Serve With: After-dinner tea or coffee
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 30 min
Yield: 9″ x 13″ cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
5 large Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Read more
Native American Natural Foods: Tanka Bars
October 11, 2009 by Kimberly · 15 Comments
Have you heard of Native American Natural Foods? It’s a food company started by the Lakota Indians from their reservation in Kyle, South Dakota. The Tanka Bar is their best selling product.
Check out this great video that explains it all…
I love that their using their traditional Native American recipes and helping their community, and the rest of the world, overcome health problems such as obesity and Read more
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