All posts tagged dessert

Chocolate Coconut (Protein) Bites

By JUSTINE FROSTAD I’ve made these for friends a few times and I always felt the need to announce that they are healthier than the average dessert. I don’t know about your friends, but generally if there is sinfully-delicious-looking-treat on the dessert table they are way more likely to choose that over what I’ve been [...]

Caleigh’s Culinary Adventures ~ Intermediate Level

By CALEIGH HALL This week our cuisine classes took us to the east of France, where the region shares common ingredients with the Swiss and Germanic areas. In particular thee seemed to be a theme with cheese, such as hot cheese souffle, potato and cheese gratin, white onion and cheese soup… You get the picture! [...]

Caleigh’s Culinary Adventures ~ Intermediate Level

By CALEIGH HALL Just when you think you can bake a cake (and eat it too) with ease, the French laugh in your face and reveal the Intermediate level cakes for the exam. This week we learned all three cakes that we need to learn the method for, memorize the ingredients and ratios and create [...]

Funfetti Cupcakes for 2

By JUSTINE FROSTAD You know those evenings when you and your friend/boyfriend/roommate feel like a little something sweet, but you have a ‘baker beware’ moment when you realize you’ll probably end up licking the batter out of the bowl, and off the spatula, in addition to the dozen baked goods you’ll end up consuming in [...]

Easy Peasy Apple Pie

By CALEIGH HALL This Easy Peasy Apple Pie is the essence of what I think is the perfect recipe for a few reasons: It takes less than an hour to make, start to finish It uses only a few simple ingredients to make something utterly delicious A minimal effort creates something truly beautiful and impressive [...]

Trick-Or-Rice-Krispie-Treats

by JUSTINE FROSTAD Our hearts go out to everyone affected by Hurricane Sandy. Please help those in need by donating to The American Red Cross or your favorite charitable organization. ~ TTT The trick to this treat is a variety of chopped up, fun-size Halloween candy. Rice Krispie treats are quite possibly the easiest, no-bake [...]

Mini Pumpkin Pies

By JUSTINE FROSTAD Pumpkin pie is a classic autumn dessert. Since there is a ton of festive food to indulge in around this time of year, especially Thanksgiving, I thought bite-size just might be the right size for this dessert. Instead of a traditional pie crust I used phyllo to make a light, crispy home for [...]

Frozen Banana Bites

By JUSTINE FROSTAD Slice, melt, dip, roll, freeze, eat! This is one of the easiest treats you’ll ever make, using only three ingredients. Once the banana freezes it almost tastes like you are eating bite size ice cream sundaes covered in chocolate and coconut. ~ Makes approximately 2 dozen banana bites ~ Ingredients 2 large [...]

Cheesecake . . . hold the cheese!

By JUSTINE FROSTAD When I first read about making a cheesecake without using any cheese I was skeptical, to say the least! However, seeing as we are waist-deep in bikini season, I thought I’d give this relatively guilt-free, Greek yogurt ‘cheesecake’ a whirl; and if it didn’t turn out well ~ POOF! ~ I could [...]

My Culinary Adventure ~ Week 1 & 2

By CALEIGH HALL So I’ve officially hit my quarter life crisis, and realized that I NEED to take this cooking and baking habit to the next level. That’s why I’ve decided to take George Brown’s Baking Arts class in Toronto every Tuesday night. Over the past two weeks, it has quickly become my 3-4 hours [...]

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