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A Stroke of Grilliance! #BEEF

September 3, 2012 by Candace Reid 4 Comments 2,193 views

I haven’t been able to eat meat for a while for various reasons and now because I have high cholesterol, I really can’t eat anything but lean stuff. So when I was asked to host a Beef grilling party I almost said no, until I saw that the entire party is a challenge, basically, for me to try one of the many MANY lean beef recipes included in my party pack but also available on www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com. I thought hey, I can still try these recipes and if anyone can make them delicious, a chef can! After all, this chef needs [...]

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Pain Perdu with Fresh Berries and Whipped Cream

May 22, 2012 by Candace Reid 9 Comments 2,622 views

Pain Perdu…seems like a fancy term, huh? Pain Perdu in french means “Lost Bread”. It is basically french toast but made with older bread. If you have some staling bread no matter the kind, you have Pain Perdu on your hands! It is pronounced “pan per-do” , there is no pain involved. There are variations that call for adding flour and butter (roux) to the eggs to make a more custard like dip for the bread but I am pretty sure this easy version will taste just as good, less fattening too (unless you count the homemade whipped cream, which [...]

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Serendipity with Calphalon XL Digital Convection Oven

April 21, 2012 by Candace Reid 9 Comments 10,031 views

I have used many different kinds of cooking methods from gas to induction and more. The last one to try for me was convection. This is actually one of the smartest ways to cook because it lessens cooking time by blowing the hot air in the oven over the surface of the food, cooking both the inside and outside at the same time. That sounded culinary school-ish, huh? Sorry about that, I just finished culinary classes but remember that being an answer I wrote on a test that I got my first ever 100% on. At any rate, I was [...]

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Banana Split Cake

April 12, 2012 by Candace Reid 247 Comments 5,410 views

From now until April 22nd, Del Monte is sponsoring a recipe contest called Crown the Cook on Facebook and the prizes are amazing.. If your recipe is selected as one of the top three finalists, not only will you win a year’s supply of Del Monte® products*, but Del Monte will send you and a guest on a four day trip to San Francisco to compete in a cook-off against two other fans! The grand prize winner will take home the title of Del Monte Cook-Off Champion, as well as thousands of dollars worth of professional cookware! All you have [...]

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Mama’s Mississippi Mud with COOL WHIP

April 12, 2012 by Candace Reid 6 Comments 3,273 views

I don’t really need to mention how busy I am with being a student, working, and being a mom of three busy kids. I try to make dessert for them as often as I can because that is when my daughter, without fail, tells me I am the most awesome mom ever. Plus it helps me connect with them. Having dessert everyday doesn’t happen but I go out of my way to make it special when I whip up treats for them. I remember when I was little that my mom worked full time so we didn’t get dessert often [...]

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Baked Ziti

February 27, 2012 by Candace Reid 147 Comments 4,687 views

It’s extremely hard to find real fresh tomatoes in the middle of winter, like right now. I like to buy organic tomatoes but even then they aren’t always picked at the right time, they get picked early and are ripened artificially. I LOVE my fresh tomatoes but when push comes to shove and the good tomatoes are gone, I turn to canned tomatoes for my sauces and in this case, Red Gold. Did you know that Michigan, the state I live in, is the ideal state to grow tomatoes? This makes me proud of our state, and put me completely [...]

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Arrivederci Italiano Gastronomico! Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

February 25, 2012 by Candace Reid 9 Comments 2,946 views

To say I enjoyed my Gourmet Italian cooking course would be an understatement. To say I regret not having had the chance to work more with the chef that taught the 8 week course would be right on. I only had this one chance to work with Chef Nick. This guy is an ACF certified chef that not only graduated from Johnson and Wales but also teaches at the Art Institute down by Detroit, one of the major culinary schools in the country. He rubbed elbows with JULIA CHILD. Best of all he went to school with my husband and [...]

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Strawberry Milkshake Whoppers Cupcakes

February 5, 2012 by Candace Reid 36 Comments 16,208 views

One of my favorite candy to eat is whoppers and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the strawberry ones. Artificial flavoring, sure but I love them. I decided to try and make some cupcakes that taste like them. I knew it would be hard I just needed to add malted milk powder to get that malt taste. I would have added even more powder than i did but I think it would have buried the strawberry flavor because I used fresh strawberry, not extract. I think the cake is delicious and moist and not too sweet which is good because the frosting [...]

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Root Beer Float Cupcakes

February 3, 2012 by Candace Reid 12 Comments 20,417 views

I’d been wanting to make these for a long time and I finally came across a recipe I like at Tidy Mom. She mentioned in the recipe to cut the amount of Root Beer concentrate because it was too strong but I think my flour made the taste change because there wasn’t nearly enough flavor for my liking. I am going to try next time with all purpose flour and see if that changes. The frosting recipe is spot on though! They were definitely kid approved though! Root Beer Float Cupcakes – Adapted from Tidy Mom – This is the [...]

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Orange Crush Cupcakes

January 8, 2012 by Candace Reid 6 Comments 32,851 views

Mmm I bet you can smell the orange! These Orange Crush Cupcakes are the first of the three monthly themed cupcakes I do and this month I chose pop, that is soda to you southern folks! I did end up putting some straight buttercream in the center of the cakes too so there is a hint of creme, which made a delicious orange cream flavor. Super easy makeup for these cakes just a little prep with orange zesting. For this particular recipe I would suggest using a microplane to get your zest because you will have long strings, which I [...]

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Cinfully Good Cinnamon Rolls

January 1, 2012 by Candace Reid 12 Comments 3,400 views

I just recently made cinnamon rolls from scratch for the first time. And it won’t be the last time either. As always with yeast you have to cross your fingers that it works and the first time I made a dough it didn’t rise but I tweaked my recipe the 2nd time and it was perfect. It’s a pretty common recipe, with few ingredients and most of the time is spent waiting for rise. The results are definitely worth the wait! Cinfully Good Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients: Dough 4 C all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt ¼ C. granulated sugar 1 TBSP [...]

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Tuscan Herb Chicken and Noodles with Organic Cherry Tomatoes and Parsley

December 31, 2011 by Candace Reid 3 Comments 2,372 views

Earlier this week I received a box from The Olive Tap, an outfit our of Illinois that is making some of the most amazing olive oils and vinegars I have ever had the pleasure of trying. In particular they sent me some Tuscan Herb, which is really great quality olive oil mixed with a precise amount of herbs including Oregano, Basil, Garlic, and Rosemary. I decided to try some on chicken and sauteed my chicken and noodles in it. And when I say its just the right amount of herbs I’m not kidding, all I added was some salt, pepper, [...]

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