Fruit | Cravings of a Lunatic

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Strawberries & KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway #recipesfromtheheart

June 16, 2013 by Kim Beaulieu 131 Comments

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Strawberry Topping and Pistachios by Cravings of a Lunatic

"Today's event is being hosted by myself, and Jen of Juanita's Cocina. We teamed up with our blogger friends to help raise awareness and support for Cancer and Hospice today in memory of my dad. We encourage everyone to read the posts and share your own experiences with cancer. We also would like to encourage everyone to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society and also to the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. Hospice was a key element during my dad's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Father's Day, Featuring, Fruit, Giveaways, Holidays, Ice Cream, Life, Random, Recipes Tagged With: #recipesfromtheheart, cancer, contest, Giveaway, how to make strawberry sauce, ice cream recipe, vanilla ice cream, win a kitchenaid ice cream attachment, win a kitchenaid stand mixer

Raspberry Sweet Rolls with Meyer Lemon Glaze #BrunchWeek

May 11, 2013 by Kim Beaulieu 13 Comments

Raspberry Sweet Rolls by Cravings of a Lunatic

Welcome to Brunch Week. Today is the last day in this series. I'm a little sad it's ending. Yet I'm super stoked to share these Raspberry Sweet Rolls with Meyer Lemon Glaze with you. Like wicked happy. Like I may have gotten carried away... and eaten ten bazillion of these little suckers. Oddly, I don't even feel bad. Like at all. Not even a little! *whips raspberry off her face and smiles wildly* … [Read more...]

Filed Under: #BrunchWeek, Bread, Breakfast, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Featuring, Fruit, Meyer Lemon Madness, Recipes, Sweet Rolls Tagged With: baking, buns, lemon, meyer lemon, raspberry, rolls

Pear, Apple & Pistachio Crumble | Burning Down The Kitchen with The Orgasmic Chef

May 8, 2013 by Kim Beaulieu 13 Comments

Pear, Apple and Pistachio Crumble by Cravings of a Lunatic

There are some recipes that are so good you almost don't want to share them. They blow the minds of your guests and your family. So you think to yourself "self keep this one to yourself". This amazing pear and apple crumble inspired by the amazing Orgasmic Chef's Poached Pear and Apple Crumble is one of "those" recipes. It's simply spectacular. When I made plans to ask Maureen of Orgasmic Chef to be involved in my Burning Down The Kitchen series I knew exactly which recipe I wanted to make. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Burning Down The Kitchen, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Easy Recipes, Featuring, Fruit, Misc, Recipes Tagged With: apple crumble, baking, blogger interview, crisp, crumble, crumble using pistachios, easy recipe for crumble, orgasmic chef, pear crumble, Pistachios, sweets

Bananas Foster French Toast #BrunchWeek

May 6, 2013 by Kim Beaulieu 30 Comments

Bananas Foster French Toast by Cravings of a Lunatic

Welcome to Brunch Week. Today I have a special recipe for you. It's so incredibly delicious and sweet it will blow your mind. You all know I'm all about blowing your mind. And your taste buds. This is sure to do both. I would have never considered myself a French Toast lover. I make it all the time for the boys in the household, yet I never really cared for French Toast. Then last year I went to a conference and had Bananas Foster French Toast. My life has never been the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: #BrunchWeek, Breakfast, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Easter, Easy Recipes, Father's Day, Featuring, Fruit, Main Course, Misc, Mother's Day Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: banana, banana french toast, bananas foster, breakfast, brunch, french toast, sweet recipe

Fall Apple Pie | #HelpingHands | #SundaySupper

November 25, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 54 Comments

Hi folks. This week the Sunday Supper crew is helping raise awareness for those affected by Hurricane Sandy. So many lives were affected by the storm and continue to be affected. I cannot even fathom what it must be like. These families have lost so much. So anything to help raise money to help those in need is a cause I can stand behind. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: #SundaySupper, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Featuring, Fruit, Pie, Recipes Tagged With: #sundaysupper, Apple, apple filling, apple pie, baking, decorated apple pie, dessert, fall, pastry, pastry dough, pie, pie dough, Sunday Supper

Chocolate Cherry Pistachio Cookies & Swerve Giveaway #worlddiabetes

November 14, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 126 Comments

Hi folks. Okay so some of you may be scratching your heads right now. For multiple reasons. First you are looking at this cookie and thinking there's no way its healthy. Well I am here to tell you as far as cookies go this is a healthy alternative in a big bad way. Plus it's delicious. In a big bad way. Secondly those who know me are now wondering if they have come to the right blog. I am usually Miss Sugar Pants. But today calls for Lunie to put away her sugar jar and help support World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Easy Recipes, Fruit, Healthy Recipes, Misc, Pistachio, Quick Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: #worlddiabetes, all day i dream about food, cherry, chocolate, chocolate cookie, Cookie, dessert, Easy Recipe, healthy cookie, pistachio, pistachio cookie, snack, world diabetes day

Apple Crisp Ice Cream for Our Autumn Apple Party! #SundaySupper

September 23, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 115 Comments

Hi folks. I am so excited to be kicking off Fall with an apple recipe. To me Fall just screams apples. I love finding ways to use them this time of the year. The possibilities for them are endless. Over the season I'll share some tried and true recipes I love, and also some new ideas. You all know how much I love to experiment in the kitchen. There is something so exciting about getting in the kitchen with ingredients, some loud music and no plan. Some of the best recipes start out that way. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: #SundaySupper, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Featuring, Fruit, Ice Cream, Ice Cream Sundays Tagged With: Apple, apple crisp, apple crisp ice cream, apple ice cream, dessert, fall, ice cream, no egg apple ice cream, no egg ice cream, Sunday Supper, SundaySupper

Chocolate Mango Cake: Guest Post by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings

September 6, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 19 Comments

Hi folks. Well today I'm either home and mini-me made it to her first class or we're still driving and she's peeved like crazy right now. I'll let you know how this one turn out once I have some down time. It's been a long and tiring, but fun trip. I may need to sleep for a week to recover from all the awesomeness. I also might have to seriously consider moving out there. Dang it's gorgeous in Alberta. Horse country, my kind of place. I asked a friend of mine to guest post for me today in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cake/Cheesecake, Chocolate, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Featuring, Fruit, Guest Post Tagged With: baking, Cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, cindy's recipes and writings, dessert, guest post, how to make a cake with mangoes, mango, mango cake

Burning Down The Kitchen with Tales of an Overtime Cook while making Peach Cream Cups

August 8, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 33 Comments

Hi folks. Welcome to another edition of Burning Down The Kitchen. For those of you who are new here, this is a weekly series where I take a recipe I've bookmarked from a fellow blogger and take it for a test drive. I also get the absolute privilege each week of interviewing each blogger. I have to admit this is one of my favourite things I do each week. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Burning Down The Kitchen, Cravings of a Lunatic, Desserts, Easy Recipes, Featuring, Fruit, Ice Cream, Misc, No Bake, Quick Recipes Tagged With: baking, Burning Down The Kitchen interview, easy dessert recipe, ice cream, interview, No Bake, peach, peach dessert, recipe using fresh peaches, tales of an overtime cook

Peach Salsa

August 6, 2012 by Kim Beaulieu 47 Comments

Hi folks. Every month I post with a wonderful group of bloggers called The Secret Recipe Club. Each month we all get assigned a different blog to visit and make something from. It's such an amazing group as it opens you up to other blogs you may not have known about. … [Read more...]