Fresh Orange Basil Sorbet

The thing about having an ice cream maker is that you get to taste any ice cream flavours that you can ever think of. When it comes to creating new ice cream flavours, only the sky is limit. And you know what, you are always allowed to improvise.

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Lemon Icebox Pie Ice Cream

I would say I’m pretty against leftovers. Whenever I finish cooking or baking, I will try my very best to have everyone in the family to eat the leftovers or think about ways to use them. And if I’m able to come up with something great by cooking with the leftovers, I would consider one of the life successes.

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Lemon Meringue Shortbread Tartlets

School was over. Kids are off to their summer holiday. Just two weeks in, we are experiencing a burning heat wave. How burning? Like I wake up in the morning, brush my teeth and I am already sweaty. This hot! Yesterday the thermometer on our patio was pointing at 37C at 3pm. I have no idea how we are going to do with this for the next two months.

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Maple Apple Lattice Shortbread Tart

Happy Canada Day!

The heat wave has been treating us really well. Like extremely well. We’ve experienced gorgeous weather since May. And the high temperature of over 30 degrees recently has really gotten us into nothing but staying in the pool with the kids FOR THE WHOLE DAY! Because nothing is better than this. Hmmmm… Maybe air-conditioning?! But I’m sure we would still be hanging at the backyard. Sun-tanning by the water is our thing!

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