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I refuse to wait until summer to enjoy my favourite seasonal foods, and this guacamole dip gets me from freezing to fiesta in 10 minutes or less.

2 medium avocados
1 small tomato, diced finely
1/2 onion, minced
juice of 1 lemon (to taste)
salt, to taste
dash cayenne pepper (optional, for a Super Spicy Southern taste)


Mash the avocado with a fork in a bowl (for a chunkier texture) or blender (for a...

When you have the “Do You Know the Muffin Man” song in your head on a never-ending loop, I find the best way to banish it is by baking up a storm.  (See?  Totally justified.)

My mom has been making these cinnamon-y treats for years.  It's a delicious night time snack and makes for a quick breakfast, too!


3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3...

How many times have I trudged through snowy streets, tired after a long day at work or school and eager for a hot tasty supper but with the disenchanting knowledge that the only meal awaiting me was canned soup and a Pop Tart?  Answer: too many times.

After procrastinating for years, I finally picked up a slow cooker and found out what the fuss was all about.  You know what I'm

Fair warning to all the chocolate lovers reading here: these easy-to-make treats are addictive!  I have alternately called them "Chocolate Chippy Balls" or "Those Chips and Chocolate Thingamabobbers", but for the sake of this article I'm going with Choco Chip Clusters:

1 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
1 1/2 cup Peanut Butter Butter Chips
1 1/2 Butterscotch chips
1 large bag of plain potato chips
1...

My favourite holiday cookie is the time old classic, the Gingerbread Man. In Christmases past, my mum and I would bake our own Gingerbread family, and I would go to town decorating my Gingerbread version of me.  Fast-forward 20 years and very little has changed except that now instead of decorating just one cookie, I bake and style one too many!

To make your own batch, follow my super simple...

It's not just the best way to a man's heart: elegant dishes and easy fixes make kitchen duty fun and adventurous.  Try one of these popular ChickAdvisor recipes for your Christmas brunch or New Year's Eve bash:

Most Popular Appetizer/Light Dish: Gourmet Grilled Cheese
Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in 2 delicious varieties topped this category.  Runners-up included the

After trying these Scottish Whipped Shortbreads years ago at a friend's party, my mother promptly fell in love and snagged the recipe.  Now a family favourite that she makes every holiday season, I thought I'd help her out this year and make a batch (plus I was craving shortbread).

It's a super simple recipe.  Here's what you do:

1 lb softened butter
1 cup icing sugar
1/2 cup...

Between many friends and holiday tunes, I stirred up a bit of controversy when I asked what the perfect holiday hors d’oeuvre was. In order to keep the peace, I offered to cook whatever the popular vote decided upon – and after much deliberation, shrimp scampi was the consensus. I used The Barefoot Contessa’s version and changed it up just a bit according to which fresh things I could find...

...in which Claire learns that The End Justifies The Means


A friend tipped me off to the delicious cookie recipes on the Gay Lea website, and I immediately wanted to try the Candy Cane Shortbread with my kids.

Now, Baking With Children is fun and brings back warm memories of my own childhood... but it is easier to get fuddled up and bomb the recipe as I was about to learn.  Here is how it...