The Yum Yum Factor

Because I love a challenge, I agreed to accept a giant vat of BioSteel Whey Protein Isolate , which is their brand name for protein powder, in order to come up with some tasty, protein rich recipes. Protein powder is not just for body builders and NHL hockey players, you know. It can be a godsend for people who need more protein and moms trying to sneak a bit into their picky kid's diet but the problem lies in the quality of the protein powders that are out there. Many other powders can contain stuff like processed soy, artificial flavours and sweeteners, fake colour and synthetic nutrients that are not all that easily absorbed by our bodies. BioSteel was developed by NHL trainer, Matt Nichol, who was sure he could do better and BioSteel was born. If it's good enough for Mats Sundin, it's good enough for me. The classic way for mere mortals to use it is to throw some into a morning smoothie but that can get boring and not everyone likes smoothies so that'...

I have been using my Yonanas machine constantly since it got here and I have to tell you, I love it. My only regret is that I didn't have this thing when the kid was little because, if I did, I would have made him this stuff every day of his little life. I used to try to make "ice cream" from frozen bananas with a blender and a food processor but it would get over whipped and gummy and I just gave up and kept buying the Haagen Daz. I do have a soft serve ice cream machine as well as the attachment for my kitchen aid but the main drawback to those machines, apart from all the cream and sugar, is the fact that I have to make room for the big drum in my freezer and I have to know I want to make ice cream 24 hours in advance to make sure the drum spends that time chilling in the freezer, where I have had to remove a turkey to make room for it so every time we make ice cream, we eat turkey dinner. With this thing, you just plug it in. That's it. You make sure to al...

When Dorset Cereals offered to send out a box of samples to 15 members of the Food Bloggers of Canada I was all over that like a plump pug on poutine. It was an easy choice because I already know that I really like Dorset granola and, to be honest, I don't really want to be taking free stuff from companies that I don't already like because I hate having to say bad stuff about people's products. It's so much easier to just accept things that I like because I prefer to keep things positive as much as I can. Also, I am afraid that if I diss somebody's Cheesits they are going to send their Cheesit hit men out in the night to whack me. Easier to just accept good stuff and keep it real, right?

Yes people, it's snack day again but I am tired of muffins. I really wanted to make scones and send in a jar of vanilla strawberry jam that I bought at the Toronto Bakes for Japan sale but Little Shack doesn't really like scones. It's ME who really likes scones so since it's his snack day, not mine, I switched gears and began searching for some sort of loaf to bake. With absolutely no intention of going out of my way to make something low fat,  stumbled across this recipe and it looked perfect. I have been craving oatmeal something or other, it was not overly sweet and I was intrigued by the whole whipping the egg whites thing. I sliced the heel off of the still warm loaf before sending it off with the kid to take to school just to make sure it was going to taste as good as it looks and it certainly does. I would think this would be delicious with whole wheat flour and with the addition of nuts, some chocolate chips or even a bit of orange juice and zest. I will d...

 So, this is the first post of my first food blog so i probably should have picked something that is tried and true, something that i already know will wow the crowd but I have decided i have to use up that bit of sweet potato and those three rotting bananas so Sweet Potato Banana Muffins it is. It was either that or Sweet Potato Banana Chowder and that just didn't sound appetizing to me. (Just to be safe, I am also making Whole Wheat Boule with caramelized onions and old cheddar because bread is never terrible)   I searched the internet to see if there are actually any recipes for this and i was pleasantly surprised to see that i am not the first nut to want to pair these two ingredients. I decided to follow  this recipe i found on Noshings  with a few changes. I am going to use brown sugar instead of white sugar , i am adding some pumpkin pie spice because Little Shack is all hopped on all things pumpkin pie right now and i am adding some pecans for cru...