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Coffee, Lollies, Chocolate, and Eco-Friendly Firestarter

We celebrated World Chocolate Day on July 7th with coffee and chocolate! It is known that the bold and strong flavour of coffee enhances the rich flavours of chocolate, which is why many delicious chocolate cakes have coffee in it. When I bake chocolate cake, I sometimes add a cup of brewed coffee or a few spoons of strong coffee to add flavour to the chocolate cake.

Dulce de leche cake

We really enjoyed this Dulce de leche cake which can be made ahead of time and left in the fridge.

Mini Tower Victoria Sandwich Cakes from The Royal Touch Cookbook

I enjoyed reading through Carolyn Robb's cookbook The Royal Touch. Carolyn was a personal Chef to Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry for ten years. The author has beautifully presented the recipes, with delicious pictures and stories.

Take Part in the #PlantitForward Movement At Home

Taking part in initiatives like the #PlantitForward movement by growing our own food at home is good for our families and the environment. To help get our vegetable garden bloom and to keep our dinner plate interesting, here are some tips from Tara Nolan, Kashi Plant it Forward ambassador.

Celebrating National Canned Food Month with Peach Smoothie

Since it is the National Canned Food Month, I am celebrating it with Del Monte Canned Peaches by making a delicious smoothie. During the cold winter months, it is difficult to find fresh, economical fruit to include in our fruit and nutrient intake. Luckily, we can buy canned fresh fruits such as California peaches that have vitamins our body needs.

Herbal remedies that we can make at home

I am very curious about herbs and enjoy planting a variety at home. However, I don't feel I take full advantage of the herb crops as much as I should so I referred to this home herbal book, which gave me some tips on how to use the herbs.

This book has a wealth of knowledge on how to grow herbs, harvest, how to safely use and cautions about using it. It is easy to refer to this book, as the content is separated by either the herbs used to heal from the inside through food we can make or herb used to heal from the outside such as skin treatments. Herbal remedies have helped many generations, but this knowledge was almost lost. Now, as people recognize the benefits of this holistic natural approach, treating the body with herbs in coming back.

Here are some of the things I learned from this book.

1/2 tsp turmeric powder dissolved in 1 cup of water, juice or milk to help with arthritic problems and eczema.
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper in half a tumbler of warm water for sore throats.

Swarovski ring giveaway

I have the pleasure of doing a giveaway that is not related to food, but something that many of you will like.

Swarovski as you may already know, is a well known brand name for a line of crystal and glass products produced in Austria which came to USA in the 70s.

The ring is comfortable and flexible as it is on a stretchy cord that can easily be rolled into the finger. The one I got was a beautiful pearl ring which is crafted using crystal and finished with layers of luminous pearlescent coating. The pearls look very real from the look and feel of it. It is supposed to be more durable than natural pearls.

Swarovski ring giveaway will be till August 8, 2011.

To enter the giveaway

Leave a comment on this post saying which watch band and watch face combination you would choose looking at their build your own watch page.

Please leave your email address or send me your email address to torviewtoronto@gmail.com if you like to be part of the of the giveaway.

The winner of this giveaway living in USA or Canada can choose a free Swarovski ring and it will be mailed to the winner free of charge.

There is also a 15% coupon code (AKHEE627) for any jewelry on chunky bling open to all the readers until the 15th of August.

You can also host an online jewelry party or check out there site for bead watches or other handmade jewelry.

Our trip to the strawberry farm this year and few ideas to use fresh strawberries. Smoothie, cake, muffins, shortcake and streusel cake.
Enjoy!

Strawberry muffins

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup vanilla flavoured sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup orange juice

1/4 cup yogurt

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

pinch salt

1 cup strawberries sliced

Beat butter or margarine with sugar then beat in the eggs. Add the yogurt and orange juice. Combine flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt then add it to the wet mixture and mix well. Add the strawberries and mix.

Put the mixture onto a baking tray, baking mould or muffin tray and bake at 350F for approximately 25 minutes, time will vary depending on the type of tray used.

Instead of vanilla flavoured sugar use sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. As I don't use vanilla essence I scent my sugar with vanilla beans.

I came up with this recipe as I wanted to use yogurt and berries. It was successful and soft, loaded with strawberries which can be substituted for other berries and increase the sugar depending on the taste of the berries.

This recipe goes to only baked event, celebrate sweets cake at Sonia's kitchen, d for dessert, kid's delight mini bites and veggie/fruit a month oranges at Savitha's kitchen.

Food palette series pink

Thank you for joining and supporting the food palette series, check out the past events here. Please accept this participation award as a thank you.

From April to May 15 the colour of the food palette series is pink, the picture of the logo is coconut toffee you can check out the recipe on the link.

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Event is open to everyone.
Please put a logo link on the post in your site.
Veg or non-veg, No food with alcohol or pork.
End product or ingredients used can be pink (i.e. raspberry, strawberries, cherries, radish, icing etc).
Maximum 2 per blog, new post is preferred but archived are welcome.
Use the linky list below or email me the URL of your post at torviewtoronto@gmail.com I will add the picture of your post below.

Looking forward for your continuous support, let the fun begin.

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