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
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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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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Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards
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Julie and Julia – Cooking Movie Review
August 15, 2009 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
Okay people…
You KNOW I had to see the movie, “Julie & Julia“, don’t you?
Well, my hubby, Jessica and I went to watch it last night in the theater!
It was absolutely delicious! I could relate to Julie Powell on so many levels with her cooking blog and working her way through Julia Child’s
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
as I have done over the years too.
I haven’t cooked all 524 recipes, mind you, but I have cooked quite a few.
There were so many mentions and references of Read more
My Very First Irish Car Bomb Shot @ Fox and Hound in Dallas
August 15, 2009 by Kimberly · 4 Comments
This is my very first shot of an Irish Car Bomb complete with Guinness Beer, Jameson Whisky and Bailey’s Irish Cream in a snazzy combination…
Check out the video and then, I’ll explain everything!
…Bottoms Up!
Video by Jessica Saucedo, Narrative by Marisa Barker & Jessica Saucedo, and shot drank by me, Kimberly Edwards LOL
Of course, all of the ingredients in this shot are Irish! It’s called a car bomb because you actually Read more
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PG Tips Tea & Florida Crystals Combine to Make Odd Flavor
What Does That Mean?
Well, I can tell you my story…
When I drink black tea, I almost always only drink PG Tips brand, care of my English nanny from when I was a baby. It’s the BEST black tea in existence to me and the people around me!
I bring PG Tips tea bags with me when I travel, as you never can find them ANYWHERE!!!
So, I buy filtered water at a grocery store and make it at home, where I am staying.
This past visit to Dallas to my father-in-law’s home, this is what I proceeded to do, and my hubby bought me some organic sugar called “Florida Crystals”, which is Read more
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Kimberly’s Egg Nog French Toast
January 5, 2009 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
If your household is like ours, we stocked up on Egg Nog this year for Christmas. We still have a few cartons remaining that have an expiration date approaching this next week.
What I like to do is to use it up to make French toast with. Yum!
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Breakfast
Serve With: Canadian maple syrup and/or powdered sugar
Prep Time: 3 min
Cook Time: 5-7
Yield: ~ 8 pieces
Ingredients:
~ 8 pieces Bread or English Muffins
1 Read more
Oooh, Ahhh – Organic Chocolate Truffles
November 30, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
As many of you know, I’m not a person that eats sweets often…I’m more of a pasta and potato-craver myself…LOL
However, if there’s something sweet around that’s worth those calories, I’m happy to enjoy it!
Just is the case with the Central Market Organics Chocolate Truffles imported from France.
They are actually USDA organic, but that’s not what makes them awesome…
I don’t understand why truffles are typically only seen during the Holidays…they’re often not readily available. They should be!
Why?
It’s the Read more
Thierry & Guy’s Fat bastard Chardonnay
November 29, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Yes, you read it correctly…
That’s really the name of this “Remarkably full bodied” wine from Thierry & Guy.
Here’s the story from the back of the bottle:
“Good friends, Thierry (renowned French winemaker) & Guy (British wine industry rebel) created FAT bastard almost by accident.
It started out as an experiment Thierry had been doing in the back of his cellar, leaving a barrel “on the lees” (yeast cells). He didn’t know what to expet, but when the friends tried the wine Thierry exclimed…
“Now zat iz what you call eh PHET bast-ard!” (read with a strong French accent)
This very British expression perfectly described the wine’s wonderful color and ROUND, rich palate so that’s what they called it.”
The front of the bottle is very Read more
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Perfect Hot Toddies in Style!
August 13, 2008 by Kimberly · 4 Comments
I just LOVE these innovative NewWave Caffe Mugs! I just purchased some cups with saucers for my mother a few weeks back!
They just totally struck my fancy!
Not only do I like this Mug’s style, I really want to get some of the Latte Macciato mugs for myself…They’re made of clear glass! Just gorgeous!
Not only would they be beautiful to serve delicious lattes, but how about summer berries with cream, or homemade French fries with amazing dips on the beautiful “saucer” to make it look like a painter’s palette?
I want to share with you a favorite drink of mine, especially during the end of summer on those cooler nights, and especially away at the cottage or camping…
The Perfect Hot Toddy
The hot toddy is a hot, mixed, alcoholic beverage believed to have originated in Scotland. Perfect to drink on wet, cooler evenings before going to bed.
Type: Beverage
Serve With: Cinnamon stick
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 1.5 min
Yield: 1 mug
Ingredients:
Mulled Apple Cider
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1 shot rum
1 spot butter
1 dash nutmeg
1 cinnamon stick
Instructions:
1. Either in individual mugs or in a small pot, heat mulled apple cider, honey, brown sugar and spices until hot on medium low heat, or in microwave for 1.5 min.
2. Add shot of rum and spot of butter.
3. Serve with cinnamon stick in a gorgeous mug.
4. Enjoy by a campfire under the stars!
Variations of the recipe include using either brandy or whiskey in the place of the rum, and you could also use cloves if desired.
My parents had always enjoyed hot toddies while we were away at the cottage “Up North” in Ontario. It reminds me of those days every time I have a hot toddy.
My mom also says it helps with sore throats!
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Kimberly Edwards
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