Cooking Kale with Beer

If you're a fan of beer, perhaps you might like to cook it with your greens.  The inspiration behind this dish came from my sister's trip to Montreal a few years ago.  She ate something similar at a restaurant and thought it had interesting flavours and looked like it would be easy to make.

Here are the ingredients for this dish:
- One bunch of kale
- A few cloves of garlic (make sure you take out the white stem in the center of each clove to reduce the outcome of gas. A trick I learned from one of my cooking classes... haha)
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Paprika
- 1 can of beer
- Additional seasoning of your choice (optional).  We used "Slap Ya Mama" Cajun seasoning, which was something my sister picked up when she was in New Orleans.

Delicious Autumn Cheesecake

I've always wanted to learn how to make a cheesecake since it's such a classic dessert. I decided for my family Christmas dinner this year that it would be a great opportunity for me to learn how to make one and serve it for the dessert course. The recipe that I picked was the Autumn Cheesecake from Allrecipes.com.

Cookie Mix in a Mason Jar

Mason jars are all the rage these days.  If you go on Pinterest, you'll find lots of cool and creative ideas on how make use of a mason jar.  This project was inspired after visiting a craft fair that I attended recently.

Cowboy Cookie Mix Ingredients and Materials
- Ingredients from Cowboy Cookie Mix Recipe from allrecipes.com
- 1 quart mason jar
- Ribbon
- A strand of fake flowers (you can find some nice ones at your local Dollar store)
- Instructions on how to bake the cookies
- Ingredients list

Personalized Christmas Glass Ornaments

Merry Christmas!  Some of my favourite ornaments on my Christmas tree are the glass ornaments that my sister made a number of years ago for the family.  The ornaments were personalized with each of our names covered with sparkles.  Since I am hosting a glitter and glam themed Christmas party for my friends this year, I decided to make some personalized ornaments as party favours.

Alicia P's Baked Brie and Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Written by Alicia P.

I made baked brie and a grilled cheese sandwich around the same time. I hate frozen/refrigerated bread, so I bought a loaf of sourdough to use between them.  I used Chow’s Garlic Fries Melt for the ingredients, but it has no recipe.

Mapping "I Do"

My friend, Abby, asked me to create her invitations for her upcoming nuptials that's taking place this summer. Part of her invitation package is a Directions Card that consists of a map.