An easy Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Bark that looks as good as it tastes! When it comes to holiday baking, we definitely have our list of favourites and a simple, classic Almond Bark is a must-have each year for my husband. It's so easy to make and looks very pretty, but after years and years of making the same bark, I decided it was time to mix things up a bit! Inspired by some salty pumpkin seeds we picked up for our salads, I decided to make a festive Cranberry … [Read more...]
Hot Chocolate French Toast
October 23, 2017 By 11 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
This Hot Chocolate French Toast recipe was sponsored by Nestlé. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Is french toast really french? Turns out it's not. It's actually an old dish that's older than the founding of France itself and the recipe has been around as early as the age of the Roman Empire! In the 15th century the dish was called "pain perdu" or "lost bread" because people would use hard or stale bread as a way of using it up instead of … [Read more...]
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
October 5, 2017 By 7 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
Do you have a green thumb? I definitely don't, not for house plants anyway, I tend to kill most plants within a week. Nevertheless, last year we put in a raised vegetable garden at the side of our house and we had some success. It was a lot of fun growing our own food and a great learning experience for the boys so I was eager to plant again this spring. This year we decided to try out some zucchini and boy did we grow some nice big ones! We harvested 3 biggies late this summer … [Read more...]
Hot Chocolate Ice Cream Float
August 29, 2017 By 30 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
This Hot Chocolate Ice Cream Float recipe was sponsored by Nestlé. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. As the summer season comes to a close I'm equal parts eager for a crisp, colourful fall and wanting to hold on to the lazy warm summer days. It can be a little bit bittersweet to see the last of summer vacation go. We relish in the time with family, beach days, forest hikes, travelling as much as possible, but we also know how good it feels to get organized … [Read more...]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
August 8, 2017 By 22 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! When summer temps are sizzling, our favourite cool dessert is ice cream and it's so fun to make right at home. We've made a couple different flavours over the past few summers but we had never tried one with a chocolate base before. Seeing the Nesquik packages in the pantry gave us inspiration to Stir Things Up and try a fun Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream this year, and it turned out amazing! Chocolate Peanut Butter … [Read more...]
Chocolate Milkshake Ice Cream Cake
August 1, 2017 By 48 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
My husband plus all three of our boys have birthdays within 10 days of each other. Between all the parties with friends and family, it tends to be one big cake fest and we end up sampling every flavour during those days. This year I decided to make my oldest son who was turning 11 (holy cow 11!! How do I have an 11 year old!) an ice cream cake. Ice cream cake is his most requested cake so this year I decided to 'Stir Things Up' a bit and combine two of his favourites, chocolate … [Read more...]
