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Display Name: Marie-Eve C.
Member Since: 1/21/12

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For my boyfriend, who is from the Maritimes, it is eating a meat pie of Christmas morning. For me, the eldest of the family "blesses" us (we are Catholics) on New Year's Morning. I used to think it was so weird and awkward growing up but it is a tender moment.


Hiding the Pickle & Other Weird Holiday Traditions
12/11/12 10:16 AM

I like doing a pounded flat turkey breast rolled up and stuffed with traditional stuffing :)


Ideas for Thanksgiving Dishes for Two? Good Questions
11/8/12 5:51 PM

Aw, it's like the Outback potato soup that I have been missing so much since they closed in Canada... that's what I am making this week-end!


Recipe: Baked Potato Soup With Bacon, Green Onion & Cheddar Recipes from The Kitchn
10/16/12 7:06 PM

Hm. In all honesty, I use the lazy way... I thaw my homemade broth (that I keep in the freezer) in the microwave, so I guess it's lukewarm when it goes in.

What I do make sure I do is to add the butter and the parmigiano reggiano and mix a little at the end.


Making the Best Risotto: Do You Really Need to Warm the Broth?
10/16/12 7:01 PM

In Hull, Quebec, we had 14 family over on Sunday night and made parsnip and pear soup, Martha Stewart's brine turkey (with herb and orange butter), white wine gravy, the traditional mashed potatoes with butter and milk, honey-and-parsley carrots, salted turnips, apple and sausage stuffing and my MIL Brussels sprouts in cream and bacon. (Nobody said it would be a healthy dinner !) To top it off, I made the apple sauce and ginger cake I found on apartment therapy and two apple pies. Needless to say, I worked out on Monday !!


Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! 10 Holiday Recipes To Celebrate Kitchn Recipe Roundup
10/9/12 9:00 PM

Indeed great to see Gatineau and Ottawa featured here, especially the beautiful Riviere des Outaouais :)

Apartment Therapy, more Canadian content please!


A Colorful (Almost) Autumn Tour Of The Ottawa River (With Desktop Wallpapers)
9/21/12 6:03 PM

Oh.Boy.

You mean people actually do that? ... It's my least favorite task - I don't even iron my clothes (except dress shirts) I will use the dryer and then hang or fold as soon as laundry is done. For dress pants, I don't put them in the dryer, I take them out wet from the washing machine, smooth them over with my hand, and then hang from the bottom of the pant so the weight does away with the wrinkles.

I do like clean laundered sheets, but I don't even know what ironed sheets would feel like...!


Do You Iron Your Bed Sheets?
3/23/12 1:47 PM

Love the kitchen, nice bright color...

However....the wine bottles have a whole tree... and what seems to be like all the coats of the entire house, have only one overloaded hook? Just saying... ;) Maybe if you put a couple hooks under teh brown frame, over where the shoes are by the patio door...?

Pot rack is really great and functional, not too much in the way like other pot racks!


Sarah & Craig's Surprising Kitchen Details Kitchen Spotlight
3/20/12 4:50 PM

I was surprised*


What Are Some Good Foods to Help Me Heal After Surgery?Health Questions
3/15/12 7:48 PM

I was going to suggest turmeric as well :)

You could ask your doctor for recommendations (it's really not the same case here, but I was surprise to hear the dentist say to my boyfriend, post-bad-bad tooth infection that led to a root canal, to eat a lot of (healthy) fats).

I wish you prompt healing and all the best.


What Are Some Good Foods to Help Me Heal After Surgery?Health Questions
3/15/12 7:47 PM

When I'm hosting a brunch I always cook bacon and sausages in the oven, the evening before my brunch. You then put them in 2 containers lined with paper towels and put them in the fridge overnight. You then can make your oven omelet (I do oven french toasts) in the oven in the morning, when everything is ready and I don't need my oven to cook anymore, I reheat everything in the oven. If the oven is too crowded, I reheat my bacon in the microwave (not too long!).

I find that you can really cook anything you want for a crowd - it's all about timing.


Can I Cook Bacon and Breakfast Sausage in the Oven?Good Questions
3/8/12 2:09 PM

Peameal bacon is not an unusual ingredient in Quebec , Opendestiny and La Grenouille. At least in the grocery stores where I live :) They don't necessarly put it where the butcher`s counter is but where they keep the more processed hotdogs, bologna and hams.

Elephant ears? First time I hear that, it's kinda cute! Nom, nom beavertails... Apparently there is a portuguese recipe that's just like beavertail... now if I could only remember the name...!


Sweet Breakfast Meat: Canadian BaconIngredient Spotlight
3/8/12 9:08 AM

I have 2 more spots (if appliances are left behind, which is the case for renters in my region (Gatineau-Ottawa)): behind/under the fridge and under the stove. God knows what lurks under there *shudders*


The "4 Spots" Rule for Easy Moving Days Renters Solutions
3/8/12 8:55 AM

The texture of the peameal bacon (we also call it back bacon) is a bit different than the slice of Canadian ham, but who cares, they are both delicious :)

Currently, it's the Sugar Shack (Cabane à sucre) time in Canada and owners of sugar shacks are cooking ham and sausages (along with about anything else!) with a touch of maple syrup. The salty-sweet combo is so yummy!

And muddymudskipper needs to explain himself/herself (or go back into the thick, thick mud he/she comes from).


Sweet Breakfast Meat: Canadian BaconIngredient Spotlight
3/7/12 10:17 AM

Fire Wife Katie - your art is absolutly awesome. And a perfect example of bringing colors in !


Adding Color Without Painting: Colorful Art Really Can Do the Trick!
3/2/12 2:16 PM

Cheesewhiz. I used to put it on toasts in the morning or eat it in a sanwish with 2 slices of completly processed sugar-laden white bread.

I can't even look at the thing anymore.

Although, I still enjoy Kraft Diner with little pieces of hotdogs cut in it... I have no shame :-/


Revisiting a (Former) Guilty Pleasure: Coffee 3 in 1
3/2/12 11:25 AM

Regarding the fireplace in the first picture... it reminds me of a crematorium, sorry ! :-/


Bensonwood Homes: Prefab Construction Goes Green
3/1/12 11:07 AM

ooohhhh... They are so beautiful... I like the execution of the last sink, the way the counter overlaps just a tad... very practical. I'm not sure you could get the same delicate edge with stone :-/


All About: Farmhouse Sinks
Sink Spotlight

2/7/12 3:25 PM

It's very nice!

However, I'd probably do the turtle (back on the floor, legs and arms waving around) a few times because of these stairs O.o

Can't be in a rush, that's for sure!


Loft with a View: Small Style At Its Best
The Diversion Project

2/7/12 2:58 PM

Thanks ! I just find that the vanilla added an interesting dimension, where sugar would just make it "sweeter" (I hear you Dangab33!). The vanilla + oranges + pineapple was especially yummy!


Sweet Tip! Add Real Vanilla Bean to Winter Fruit Salads Instead of Sugar
Reader Tip

2/7/12 10:39 AM