Honey and Spice Apple Cake

I got this recipe for Honey-Glazed Apple Cake from OntarioFarmFresh pamphlet during our visit to an apple orchard. This spiced apple cake tastes delicious, and can be served warm or at room temperature for breakfast, dessert, and snack. We enjoyed the cake without the glaze. 

Sweet Creamy dessert with Bottle Gourd

This delicious sweet dessert or halwa is made with the vegetable, bottle gourd. It is a creamy flavourful dessert that can be served hot after any meal or as a snack. 

Easy Snacks: Chocolate Drink and Triscuit

It is always fun when snacks are delicious and easy to prepare. We enjoy making simple chocolate drinks using AMERICAN HERITAGE® finely grated chocolate drink. To make a delicious drink I simply mixed the chocolate drink powder with sugar and boiling hot water. Then added milk to our liking and served it cold.

Hibiscus Ginger on the Rocks

We enjoy making refreshing, healthy beverages at home to enjoy during different times of the day. Mocktails, Punches and Shrubs book by Chef Vikas Khanna has many unique combinations of recipes to make a delicious array of beverages that everyone in the family can enjoy. The recipes include herbal infusions, teas, coffees, smoothies, slushies and more. I am glad this book has alcohol free recipes, and inspires to use a variety of different combination of ingredients that we don't always think of adding to our beverages.  

Pineapple Salsa and Giveaway

I enjoy making a variety of sweet desserts and savoury dishes using pineapple all year around. Since I can't find fresh pineapple when it is not in season, we opt for Dole canned pineapple and find that they work just like fresh pineapples for the recipes I make. I always have a can of pineapple at home, you never know when you need one. As a pineapple fan, I am excited to be partnering with Dole Canada to host a Dole Pineapple kit giveaway to celebrate International Pineapple Day this June 27th.

Beef Boti Kebabs and Giveaway

Indian Cuisine Diabetes Cookbook by May Abraham Fridel, the founder of the organic spice company, Passion for Spices, has more than 140 recipes that include main dishes, sides, condiments, one pot meals, flatbreads, drinks and desserts. Four pages in the book has colour photography of some of the recipes. Most of the recipes on this book are dishes I regularly make at home, and I liked how well the author explains the recipes.

Trinidadian Gulab Jamun

This sweet Trinidadian Gulab Jamun snacks are different from the Indian Gulab Jamun taste and texture. It is more like a soft textured cookie or sweet murukku. These snacks will keep well in an air-tight container.  

Cheesecake served with Dole Fruits

Dole has launched a fresh innovation for ready-to-eat fruit. We found the new Dole Resealable Fruit Pouches to be a time-saving way to enjoy fresh tasting fruit instantly. It is perfect for occasions or places where we don't have the luxury of kitchen tools, for example to take during picnics and camping, for office snacks, and sports games. 

Banana Brownie Swirl Cake

I tried the Banana Brownie Swirl Cake from the book Cake I love You, which is a hit in our home. There is plenty of inspiration in this book for beginning bakers and the experienced. The tips and techniques of the decadent, do-able recipes shared by author, Jill O'Connor are useful to get delicious end results. The recipes in this book are divided by flavours such as banana, coconut, chocolate, caramel and butterscotch, citrus, spirits and spices, and garden and orchard. 

Quick and Delicious Fish Cakes

Clearing away artificial ingredients and hard-to-pronounce additives from our diet is important for our overall well-being. Clover Leaf Seafoods recognizes the importance of fewer, simpler product ingredients and has launched a reformulation of their extensive line-up of products.