No Churn Gingerbread Cake Ice Cream With A Spiced Rum Buttercream Ripple

I have totally stolen this recipe from The View From Great Island! Well, I fell in love with their cake recipe and I just had to try to make it into an ice cream. Since I can no longer eat any solid food and I lovelovelove gingerbread, I have to try right? I think so! … Continue reading No Churn Gingerbread Cake Ice Cream With A Spiced Rum Buttercream Ripple

Home-Made Beef Stew – Slow Cooker Or Stove Top

There is nothing like a steaming hot bowl of beef stew on a cold day! I especially loved it with a chunk of crusty bread slathered with butter to soak up all of that tasty liquid! Mmmmmmm-mmmmmm! lol I usually used my slow cooker to make my stew because once you have everything in it, … Continue reading Home-Made Beef Stew – Slow Cooker Or Stove Top

Random Thoughts And Other Things – 5

Halloween has taken over the internet! I have to be honest, I have always had a love/hate relationship with Halloween. Don't get me wrong, I loved the dressing up, candy and home-made spooky treats! But see, my birthday is Friday and growing up my birthday parties always - ALWAYS - turned into birthday/Halloween parties. Okay, … Continue reading Random Thoughts And Other Things – 5

Slow Cooker Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

When it starts to get cool, I always felt it was time to dust my trusted slow cooker off. I should have used it more often in the Summer because it sure would have been better than turning on the stove! And I did occasionally use it for ribs. Mmmmmmm-mmmmmm! I think that I just … Continue reading Slow Cooker Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Easy No Churn Cheesecake Ice Cream With A Raspberry White Chocolate Swirl

This is the second no churn ice cream recipe that I have created! Woop Woop! In the last recipe - No Churn Malted Milk Ice Cream With Caramel And Fudge Swirls - I admitted that I had never made ice cream before. What I didn't tell you though is that Aunt Paul had already tried … Continue reading Easy No Churn Cheesecake Ice Cream With A Raspberry White Chocolate Swirl

Sucre A La Creme

Some of you are probably scratching your head and thinking, HUH? First for my french followers, I don't know how to add the accents okay! Secondly for my non-french speaking followers, this recipe is for a french Canadian version of fudge! Yay fudge! Mmmmmmm-mmmmmm sucre a la creme! My Aunt Suzie makes the BEST sucre … Continue reading Sucre A La Creme

Spiced Rum Christmas Cake

Today is October 1st and that means 2 things in my world. First, and most importantly at least in my eyes, there are only 26 more days until I turn 43 and get to eat my ice cream cake from Dairy Queen with extra fudge in the middle but noooo crumble that will choke me. … Continue reading Spiced Rum Christmas Cake

Random Thoughts And Other Things – 4

Today I woke up knowing the date. This never happens to me but today is a day that I will never forget. On this day, five years ago my husband, my love and my friend passed away after his struggle with ALS. I miss him very much! His battle with ALS was very different from … Continue reading Random Thoughts And Other Things – 4

Umpa’s Pickled Beets With Horseradish

Do you like beets? It took me until my late teens to even get introduced to them and it was through these pickled beets with horseradish. I fell in love with beets after one bite...and, I guess horseradish too! But oh, my very missed beets! I loved beets so much that when I started losing … Continue reading Umpa’s Pickled Beets With Horseradish

Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Home-Made Caramel Sauce

Fall is in air people and I for one am very happy! Not that you would have known that last week here in Ottawa. Our Summer here in the Capital of Canada was not our usual warm and sunny days. We had so much rain and cooler than usual weather that my Aunt's garden only … Continue reading Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Home-Made Caramel Sauce