Round-Ups

Your Recipes: Cinco de Mayo Link-Up {My Favorites}

May 4, 2013

Wow, did you guys ever make this tough! At the beginning of the week, I posted my favorite Cinco de Mayo recipes and asked you to link up your own recipes for the May 5th celebration. Then it was my job to pick my five favorite submissions. Well, 124 submissions later and I was salivating, [...]

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Link-Up: Cinco de Mayo Recipes – Cocktails & Food

Apr 29, 2013

As a Canadian, I’m not sure that I’m actually allowed to write about Cinco de Mayo. We don’t really do Mexican food…not well, anyways. Seafood…yep. Poutine…you betcha. Indian and Chinese…not too shabby. But the moment I moved to the U.S. and married an American (lover of all-things-burrito), I needed to become versed in tortillas, tomatillos [...]

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A Photo Review on My 4 Year Anniversary: The Good, The Bad & The Disastrously Ugly

Apr 5, 2013

Four years ago I posted the first recipe on Cookin’ Canuck. It has been quite the ride – one filled with contentment, self-doubt, elation, frustration and a whole lot of food. There have been several things that have come “for free” along the way, things that I didn’t expect when I hit “publish” on that [...]

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Your Recipes & Crafts: Easter Link-Up {My Favorites}

Mar 30, 2013

Easter came a little early here at Cookin’ Canuck. At the beginning of the week, I posted My Favorite Easter Recipes and asked you to link up your favorite Easter recipe and craft ideas. Then it was my job to pick my five favorite submissions in each category. Thank goodness some of my craft-endowed readers [...]

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My Favorite Easter Recipes {Craft & Recipe Link-Up}

Mar 25, 2013

Do you have traditional recipes that you must serve or certain crafts that you must complete each and every Easter? You know, the ones that make your family say, “It wouldn’t be Easter without…” For our family, those include Hot Cross Buns, such as this classic recipe or these Hot Cross Buns with Chocolate & [...]

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Your Recipes: Quinoa Link-Up {My Favorites}

Mar 10, 2013

How to: Freeze Quinoa {And Quinoa Recipe Link-Up} #quinoa #healthy

This was tough! At the beginning of the week, I posted How to: Freeze Quinoa and asked you to link up your favorite quinoa recipes. Then it was my job to pick my five favorite submissions. Did I think that was going to be easy? Ha! Every single one of the recipes you submitted made [...]

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How to: Freeze Quinoa {And Quinoa Recipe Link-Up}

Mar 4, 2013

Quinoa. It’s everywhere – in salads, in stews, even in meatballs. But did you know that you can freeze quinoa? The next time you whip up a pot of the healthy grain, go a little overboard and make a triple, or even a quadruple, batch. Defrost it in the microwave and use it however you [...]

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New Recipes: Shrimp Étouffée, Chinese Beef & Bok Choy Noodles

Feb 24, 2013

This past two weeks have been crazy. Between traveling to soccer tournaments for my older son’s team and working around the clock (or so it seems), my husband and I are yearning for a little downtime. But just because we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off, that doesn’t mean that we [...]

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Creamy Mushroom Risotto Recipe & Other Valentine’s Day Ideas

Feb 13, 2013

This creamy mushroom risotto, along with some dessert and appetizers, are a great way to surprise your special someone on Valentine’s Day. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and you’re still trying to figuring out what to cook for that special someone, aren’t you? That’s okay, I’ve got you covered. Nothing says, “I love you” more than [...]

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