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How to Bake Smores Bread Pudding
May01

How to Bake Smores Bread Pudding

Posted By on May 1, 2012 in American Food Recipes, Baking, Bread Recipe, Cooking How-To Videos, How To Cook, Mardi Gras, Soul Food Recipes, Southern Food Recipes | 0 comments

One of my favorite ways to use extra bread is to make bread pudding. Not only is it super easy, but it’s inexpensive and really tasty as well. Being that I lived in Texas & Louisiana for University, I learned a lot about Soul Food Recipes & Southern food in general. This is a real All-American dish, not just because it’s bread pudding, but because Smores is a very Americana type of dessert made at bonfires across...

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Sweetened Condensed Milk in my Tea
Apr23

Sweetened Condensed Milk in my Tea

Posted By on Apr 23, 2012 in Tea Recipes | 0 comments

How do you like your morning tea? As you know, I love tea. It’s one of my favorite indulgences, and I’m very specific on how I like my tea, especially my staple, orange pekoe black tea, PG Tips. I like it the same way every time, except on rare occasions.  Typically, I have 2 sugars and a quick drop of milk. However, when I’m in a “mood” or we are out of milk in the refrigerator, I will venture into the...

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New Starbuck’s Favorite – Tazo Awake Tea Latte
Feb17

New Starbuck’s Favorite – Tazo Awake Tea Latte

Posted By on Feb 17, 2012 in Tea Recipes | 0 comments

As all of you know, I am a serious tea fanatic! I’ve been off the Chai Latte kick as of late, but still crave hot bevy of tea. So, my new kick at Starbuck’s is the Tazo Awake Tea Latte. I get the venti because they put 2 tea bags in and that makes it nice and strong like I like it. The black tea flavor really comes through because there are no confusing flavor notes to distract. It is sweetened with a simple syrup. Of...

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How to Cook Brandy Cardamom Pumpkin Custard
Oct11

How to Cook Brandy Cardamom Pumpkin Custard

Posted By on Oct 11, 2010 in Ethnic Foods, Pumpkin, Veggies | 0 comments

Funny…No one felt like pie this Canadian Thanksgiving. So, instead, I used this as an opportunity to play around with a dessert for our feast. Everyone in the family loves Chai flavors, so I tried to enhance our pumpkin spices with a bit of Indian flair adding cardamom. Then, well, alcohol enhances flavor and I used brandy for this recipe as it reminds me of the Holidays. Try this – it’s so fast and super easy to...

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Be Ready to Be in Coffee Heaven

Posted By on Nov 17, 2009 in Coffee Recipes | 0 comments

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of NESCAFE. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you love coffee, especially from your favorite coffee house? No doubt, it gets to be quite an expensive habit, as I have an addiction to Chai Lattes! Maybe you’ve tried to make these specialty beverages at home with no success because you simply can’t seem to duplicate the flavor or techniques, and you don’t have a machine...

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My English Nanny’s Tasty Tidbits

Posted By on Oct 22, 2009 in Coffee Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Western European Food | 0 comments

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...

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Taco Cabana in Rockwall, Texas: Dallas Restaurant Review

Posted By on Oct 9, 2009 in Ethnic Foods | 0 comments

My hubby and I often sneak off to Taco Cabana during the day if we need a quick meal while we’re working on fixing up a property or simply running around doing errands. For lunch today, that’s exactly what we did. We stopped at the Taco Cabana in Rockwall, Texas (Dallas) off I-30 by the lake. It sure looked like a nice location and everything was clean and new. We ordered our usual favorite – Bean and Cheese tacos...

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Muffins and Cupcake Recipes Galore

Posted By on Aug 22, 2009 in Baking, Muffin & Cupcake Recipes | 0 comments

I know, you hear those tiny, little baking screams in the back of your mind. You want something tasty, dreamy, warm and sweet – It’s all about cupcakes and muffins, Baby! Here are a few you will certainly want to try your hand at – They are Yummy: 1. Mango Masala Chai Quinoa Muffins 2. Incredible Carrot Cupcakes – complete with Dreamy Cream Cheese Icing – Plus, a few Fresh Additions for Carrot Cupcake Mix...

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Web Chef Review: Philly Connection – Dallas, TX
Jul17

Web Chef Review: Philly Connection – Dallas, TX

Posted By on Jul 17, 2009 in American Food Recipes, Dallas Reviews, Ethnic Foods, Featured | 0 comments

Okay…Delicious, Superb, Tasty, Wow… …All of these words can describe the Philly Cheesesteak my hubby picked up for me this afternoon in Dallas, Texas from Philly Connection. Apparently, they’re a franchised chain, so there are a number of locations, but the one we went to was: Philly Connection 6334 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Texas, 75214 Phone: (214) 828-9070 We had a Philly Cheesesteak with grilled onions and...

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Freshly Baked Organic Sprouted Grain Bread from A&P

Posted By on Sep 9, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

If you live in Canada, you know what the A&P is…It is one of our grocery stores chains (Atlantic & Pacific, if you didn’t realize)… As you know, I am a bread baking FREAK…LOL…I make fresh bread at home in our bread machine at least 3 times per week. However, when I’m in a rush or just don’t feel like it, I will go to the grocery store and find something tasty & healthy as a...

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Web Chef Review: Mayorga Coffee Roasters – Washington-Dulles Airport
Jul23

Web Chef Review: Mayorga Coffee Roasters – Washington-Dulles Airport

Posted By on Jul 23, 2008 in Coffee Recipes | 1 comment

Washington, Dulles Airport – Terminal A: I am a very picky Chai Latte drinker…as you know from a previous post (William’s Fresh Cafe)… However, as I was stuck on a delay at the Dulles Airport, I wanted a Chai Latte something fierce. The only coffee place I saw was the Mayorga Coffee House, and I was still reluctant to try, being so disappointed in the past with subpar chai teas… Even after all of my...

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It Is 3 Days Before Thanksgiving – What Can I Do Now?

Posted By on Oct 6, 2007 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, Great Cooking Products, Organizing | 0 comments

Alright…Time to get into gear! It is October 6th, and Canadian Thanksgiving is on October 10th! Yikes! What can I do now? Here are some great tips to get you started 3 days out from Thanksgiving to ensure success and a delicious celebration, that you too can actually enjoy too as the host or hostess! *** What to Do Three Days before Thanksgiving By Shauna Hanus You have only three days left; it is coming down to the wire. You...

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