December, 2012 | Cravings of a Lunatic

Top 10 of 2012

December 31, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 58 Comments

I have to say 2012 rocked. Except when it was kicking my ass. Which it did a lot of. But I wouldn't trade any of those lessons learned for anything in the world. You can never grow and learn if you don't have obstacles and challenges in life. Going through the hard stuff makes you appreciate the good stuff more. It also makes you grateful for the little things in life. So any lesson I was taught I am grateful for, it's brought me to the place I need to be. Moving forward, learning, and growing. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cravings of a Lunatic, Random, Recaps Tagged With: best of 2012, recap, Recipes

Sausage Meatballs with Red Gravy for our #SundaySupper New Year’s Potluck Party With Emeril

December 30, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 70 Comments

How do you start off a post for an event like this... it has me perplexed... the pressure is mounting... how do I begin... what do I say... when all I really want to do is... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: #SundaySupper, Beef, Cravings of a Lunatic, Featuring, Main Course, Pasta, Pork, Recipes Tagged With: #sundaysupper, Emeril's Meatballs with Red Gravy, Main Course, Meatballs, pasta

Bacon Pizza Bites | Olive Oil Tasting Party (Giveaway Closed)

December 30, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 190 Comments

So I threw a little party. A special little party with a very important guest of honour. Our very special guest was none other than "Bacon". I invite "Bacon" quite often to the Bee household. We know "Bacon" well. It gets invited to all special occasions and holidays. Christmas Brunch, New Year's Day Brunch, Easter Brunch, Mother's Day Breakfast, Father's Day Breakfast, the odd Sunday and once in a while just a random Wednesday. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Cravings of a Lunatic, Easy Recipes, Main Course, Misc, Pizza, Quick Recipes, Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: after school snack, aurora importing, bacon, bacon pizza, contest, easy appetizer, easy pizza recipe for kids, easy snack recipe, frantoi cutrera, Giveaway, kids pizza recipe, olive oil, pizza, pizza bites

Chocolate Bread & Burning Down The Kitchen with Roxana’s Home Baking

December 28, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 27 Comments

I could not be more thrilled than I am today. The incredibly talented Roxana of Roxana's Home Baking agreed to let me interview her for my Burning Down The Kitchen series. Roxana is one of the hardest working bloggers out there. She puts so much care and thought into her posts. Every recipe is impeccable and each photo is more remarkable than the one before it. She excels at everything she does. So I'm beyond touched she is joining us today to let us peek into her world a little bit. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bread, Burning Down The Kitchen, Chocolate, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Featuring, Recipes Tagged With: baking, Bread, bread using toblerone bar, breakfast, chocolate, chocolate bread, dessert, guest post, homemade bread, Roxana's Home Baking, toblerone, yeast bread

Pistachio Cannoli Filling (Giveaway Closed!)

December 27, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 183 Comments

You all know how much I love pistachios. I mean it's a love like no other. It surpasses my love of turtles even, and you all know how crazy I am about turtles. Pistachios are my go to snack. My favourite thing to munch on while watching a t.v. show or a movie. I love using them in baking. Any excuse to crack open some pistachios is a good day in my book. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Easy Recipes, Misc, Pastry, Pistachio, Quick Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: baking, cannoli, dessert, Giveaway, pistachio, pistachio cannoli, pistachio filling, pistachio whipped cream

Mile High Lasagna #SundaySupper Home for the Holidays Event

December 23, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 33 Comments

This week's theme made perfect sense to the Bee household. Home for the Holidays could not ring more true than it does this year. My son moved away for school this year. He moved pretty freaking far. We're in Ontario and he is in Alberta. After we drove him out there this summer it really hit me how far he is and how much I miss him. I realize hooligans need to spread their wings but Alberta is freaking far. We were missing B-Dude and he was homesick so we made the decision for him to come home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: #SundaySupper, Cravings of a Lunatic, Featuring, Main Course, Pasta Tagged With: Cheese, dinner recipe, Italian, large recipe for lasagna, Lasagna, lasagna recipe to feed lots of people, Main Course, pasta, supper recipe

Happy Birthday Mini-Me & No Bake Cake in Jars (Desserts in Jars Giveaway- Closed!)

December 21, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 88 Comments

Happy 19th Birthday Mini-me! You are awesome... and gorgeous... and I'm grateful for you... and to you... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cake/Cheesecake, Chocolate, Christmas, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Easy Recipes, Featuring, Fun with Jars, Holidays, Kids, Life, Misc, No Bake, Random, Recipes Tagged With: baking, birthday, Cake, contest, cookie cake, cool whip, dessert, Easy Recipe, Giveaway, kids, Life, No Bake, no bake cake, quick and easy recipe

I Had the Time of my Life at Mixed (Giveaway Closed)

December 21, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 138 Comments

I have to tell you all a little secret.. but promise you won't tell a soul... pinky swear? Duff is completely in love with me. There I said it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conference Fun, Cravings of a Lunatic, Featuring Tagged With: amazon giveaway, conference recap, contest, food blogging conference, give away, Giveaway, mixed conference

Double Coconut Macaroon Cookies: Guest Post for Chelsea’s Culinary Indulgence

December 19, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 12 Comments

Now here is a cookie any one can make. They are simple, fast and completely off the charts when it comes to flavour. I make a different version of these every year for the holidays. This year I wanted to kick things up a notch. I had scored some coconut M & M's on a shopping excursion to the states. So I hid them away knowing I would use them for just this purpose. I knew I would be so happy I saved them so they could add extra coconut goodness to my already fabulous coconut cookies. I was … [Read more...]