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Smoked Salmon Phyllo Tarts

I had some leftover lemon curd from Queen of Tarts that was expiring the next day, which was too good to waste. If you haven’t tried this stuff trust me when I say it’s REALLY good lemon curd. What could I make with lemon curd?! Well as I’ve said before, I’m loving Fillo Factory’s whole wheat phyllo […]

July 18, 2011 | 2 Comments

Summer Stuffed Tomatoes

If you’ve read my blurb in About Me, you would know that I always have tomatoes and my favourite tomatoes are from Gull Valley Greenhouse – they taste like tomatoes should and there’s no going back to blah grocery store ones once you’ve tried these (available at various farmers’ markets in Calgary and Edmonton). But […]

July 16, 2011 | 5 Comments

Today’s shopping finds…

Typical Saturday of food-shopping. Went to: Old Strathcona Market, City Market, then Italian Centre. Ate and purchased some beautiful food and wanted to share with everyone. Gorgeous golden beets from Riverbend Gardens – Purchased a bunch for $4 but the beet greens on these were so large it consumed my entire shopping bag. Can’t wait […]

July 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

Yummy Summer Freshness

Keeping a healthy and low-calorie lifestyle is easy in the summer when there’s such an abundance of fresh veg and produce. I’m not a big fan of veggie sticks but I love comforting, tasty vegetable dishes. Stuffed Gull Valley Tomatoes last night and Zucchini Hash this morning. Easy and yummy ways to eat those summer […]

July 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

Exploring St. Albert’s Farmers’ Market

Thanks to a recommendation by Valerie, A Canadian Foodie, I went on an exploration of the St. Albert Farmers’ Market this past Saturday. Like most people, I look forward to Saturdays but I doubt most people love Saturdays for the same reason – FOOD SHOPPING DAY. I love perusing different places and vendors and looking for what’s fresh and seasonal. My […]

July 11, 2011 | 3 Comments

What the Pho in YEG? Battle:Tau Bay vs. King Noodle

During the weeks before I moved to Edmonton, I said a lot of goodbyes. Coming from Calgary, there were of course a lot of jokes and to-be-expected, “Why are you moving THERE?!”s. A colleague who was recently transplanted from Edmonton to Calgary even said to me, “You know Carmen, besides Pho and Donairs both Vancouver and […]

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