Kids love the tropical combination of pineapple, lime and coconut. In lieu of buying a bag of prepared popcorn, make your own on the stove top. Not only will the kernels be lighter and larger but they also won't have any of the added preservatives. Package the popcorn in small cellophane bags.
Nanaimo Bars have always been my absolute favourite square, and from that I got the idea for this fabulous frozen dessert. A Bird's vanilla-custard batter with chocolate graham wafer, walnut, and coconut crumbled throughout, topped with your favourite chocolate sauce. The response every time someone tastes it?: "Wow! This tastes just like Nanaimo Bars!"
Nanaimo Bars have always been my absolute favourite square, and from that I got the idea for this fabulous frozen dessert. A Bird's vanilla-custard batter with chocolate graham wafer, walnut, and coconut crumbled throughout, topped with your favourite chocolate sauce. The response every time someone tastes it?: "Wow! This tastes just like Nanaimo Bars!"
Named not after its country of origin but after Samuel German, who created Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate, this confection – four layers of cake sandwiched together with a super rich pecan-and-coconut filling – is one special cake. The chocolate ganache icing is not traditional but cuts nicely through the cake's sweetness and adds a certain polish to its presentation.
Baked in a pan large enough to feed a crowd, these brownies are just waiting to be topped with a scoop of ice cream and drizzled with cherry and/or chocolate sauce. Set out favourite sundae toppings, such as candies, coconut, freshly cut fruit and toasted nuts, for guests to sprinkle on their servings.
Chicken will be thoroughly cooked and tender when it is cut into small uniform pieces and cooked in a liquid. Covering the dish lets the trapped steam heat the food evenly, and stirring redistributes the uncooked portions. Serve this curry over rice or noodles and sprinkle with toasted nuts or coconut. Offer chutney or plain yogurt as an accompaniment.
There is nothing better than fresh lobster from the Maritimes. Lobster tails are marinated in a very simple marinade and grilled. One of my favourite childhood dishes my mum made was Jumbo Prawns split and filled with some hot fresh chili and shallot paste and then grilled over a charcoal fire. Here I've tried to capture that flavour of red pepper and shallots in the marinade. In the summer I serve lobster tails over a simple bed of organic greens ladled with a generous amount of peach salsa and hearty bread from my favourite bakery or I do up some coconut rice and serve the lobster tails with the rice.
To gild the lily, serve these tropical cr?s with small scoops of rum-and-raisin ice cream or mango sorbet.
