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Get Nostalgic with a Foolproof Four-Ingredient Peanut Butter Confetti Squares Recipe

October 24, 2017 by Kathryn 11 Comments

As much as I love trying new and different foods and recipes, there’s just no beating a classic. And in our house, Kraft Creamy Peanut Butter has always been a classic choice for my recipes, whether I’m making a simple batch of peanut butter cookies or a savoury Thai Peanut Beef recipe.

So, when Kraft Canada asked me to share my favourite peanut butter recipe, choosing just one was no easy job! But I was in a nostalgic mood and craving something sweet, so I chose my very favourite foolproof Peanut Butter Confetti Squares recipe!

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Enjoy Windsor Salt’s New Look with a Salt Poached Cod with Butter Egg Sauce Recipe

June 8, 2016 by Kathryn 45 Comments

When it comes to cooking, salt often plays a great supporting role, but it’s rarely the star of the show. Its ability to enhance and alter flavours by decreasing bitterness while increasing perceptions of sweetness or sourness means that even when you can’t taste it, the food you’re eating is better because salt is there. But when Windor Salt wanted to celebrate the release of a fresh new logo and packaging design for its products with some tasty recipes, I thought it was high time that salt took a starring role in a dish!

With light summer flavours a favourite right now, seafood is always a top pick for dinner. And as it happens, one of my favourite seafood dishes is one that uses salt poaching to enhance the flavour and texture of the fish. Salt Poached Cod with Butter Egg Sauce might sound like an unusual combination at first. But the flavours blend together in a way that is completely magical. This slightly updated variation of an old Finnish recipe that my mother, who was born in Finland, cooked for the family when I was young, shows just how tasty food can be when salt is the star!

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Add Some Spice to Your Day with the New SUBWAY Butter Chicken Sandwich-Giveaway #LoveMyButterChicken

April 18, 2016 by Kathryn 367 Comments

When it comes to meals, my family loves a bit of spice. Whether we’re digging into cheesy enchiladas, devouring smoky and spicy barbequed ribs or adding wasabi liberally to our sushi, we all believe that spice makes dinner extra nice! So when Jeremy and I took the boys to the new Indian restaurant in Moose Jaw, we had high hopes that they would find something they liked. And they did! Both fell in love with Butter Chicken and after that dinner, it’s a dish I’ve made more than once at home!

SUBWAY Canada knows that we’re not the only Canadians that like some diversity in our food, so the company is constantly coming up with new and delicious flavour options for its subs. And I was pretty excited when I learned that the newest menu item available was a Butter Chicken sandwich! The boys and I got the chance to try the new flavour for dinner a few days ago, and we couldn’t wait to get tasting! [Read more…]

Tropical Peanut Butter Snack Bites Make a Tasty Spring Snack

April 21, 2015 by Kathryn 52 Comments

Looking for a family snack that’s quick, made from wholesome ingredients and easy to customize? Look no further because Kraft Peanut Butter Snack Bites have it all! These no-bake snack bites combine oats, honey, peanut butter and any other fun additions your heart desires for a snack that’s as healthy or as decadent as you want it to be.

There are so many amazing recipes for these tasty morsels on the Kraft What’s Cooking website, but I decided I wanted to create my own, and after seeing the recipe for Fruit And Nut Peanut Butter Snack Bites, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to use for these fun morsels. And so my Tropical Peanut Butter Snack Bites were created!

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Fall is Extra Delicious with New Chocolate Peanut Butter Drizzlecorn from Popcorn, Indiana-Giveaway

October 10, 2014 by Kathryn 225 Comments

Popcorn is one of those snacks that I tend to forget about unless I’m at the movies, but it’s one of my absolute favourite treats when I do buy it. And while good old-fashioned buttered popcorn will always be something I love, I have to admit that I can’t resist some of the tastier gourmet popcorn snacks available. So when I heard about the new Chocolate Peanut Butter Drizzlecorn from Popcorn, Indiana, I knew I had to see what it was like.

Popcorn, Indiana specializes in fresh, delicious popcorn in a variety of flavours ranging from sweet and salty Kettlecorn to traditional buttery popcorn to decadent Drizzlecorn. And considering the fact that October is National Popcorn Month and November is National Peanut Butter Month, this brand new popcorn treat was clearly something that was meant to be! I received a case containing a few varieties of Popcorn, Indiana popcorn including new Peanut Butter Drizzlecorn to review and I was so excited to experience the blissful combination of peanut butter, chocolate and popcorn. [Read more…]

Dig Into a Bowl of New General Mills Peanut Butter Cheerios-Giveaway #LMDConnector

February 6, 2013 by Kathryn 223 Comments

There are many people that love their peanut butter and if you’re one of those folks that could happily spread peanut butter on anything and everything, General Mills has some delicious news for you! For a limited time, Canadians can enjoy the great taste of new Peanut Butter Cheerios for breakfast! My boys are both huge peanut butter fans and so when I got the chance to review a fun Peanut Butter Cheerios pack, I couldn’t wait to see what Zackary and Benjamin would think.

The pack included an assortment of fun breakfast and lunch goodies including spoons, bowls and a cereal container as well as two boxes of the new Peanut Butter Cheerios. Even though we don’t pick up the mail until late afternoon, Zackary still begged to try a bowl right away. I eventually convinced him that he needed to wait for morning and he was ready and waiting the next day to dig into his bowl of cereal!

The smell of peanut butter was noticeable as soon as I opened the box and I couldn’t help but be reminded of a fresh and tender peanut butter cookie. Fortunately, this cereal has a lot more nutritional value than one of my home-baked cookies does! With whole grain and just 100 calories per serving, it’s a nutritious breakfast choice as well as a delicious one. [Read more…]

Butter Tart Squares Make a Delicious Holiday Recipe Without All the Work

December 26, 2012 by Kathryn 5 Comments

When the holiday season rolls around, the presents are secondary to the food in my mind. For at least a month before the big day, I cook and bake all kinds of goodies to store in the freezer for Christmas. In fact, I usually make such a huge quantity of goodies that friends and family are snacking on them until February! One of my personal favourites? Butter Tart Squares! These gooey treats have all the rich flavour of butter tarts without all the work of making and filling the tiny shells!

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