bell'alimentoPaula, Raleigh, North Carolina"My food philosophy is simply ?beautiful food doesn?t have to be complicated?. Italian food is about simple, quality ingredients combined with love and are meant to be shared with family & friends! Punto! (period)"How did you get into food blogging?I started food blogging at the urging of friends. I had been posting what I was making for dinner on my Facebook status and received requests for recipes... One thing led to another and voila bell'alimento came to be.What is your ultimate foodie fantasy?My ultimate Foodie Fantasy would be to own my own...
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Grow Me, Blog Me | Giveaway #3
It's time for the final Grow Me, Blog Me Giveaway! If you attended the 2013 Food Bloggers Conference at Hockley Valley, you likely received one of these fun Grow Your Own Mushroom kits.So many bloggers have been taking over Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with beautiful photos of their kits and the oh-so-pretty Oyster Mushrooms. In about 10 days, full Oyster Mushrooms are grown and ready for you to enjoy them. As mentioned on the back of the...
Meatless Monday: Portabella, Pepper & Pesto Sandwich
The sunshine has finally come and I hope this time it's to say. In warm, sunny weather my favourite go-to lunch and dinner is a simple sandwich. Sandwiches are so versatile and so easy to enjoy with whatever happens to be in your fridge. For this sandwich, I went with juicy Portabella mushrooms, red and green peppers and my favourite combo, pesto and goat cheese.Simply fry up the veggies. You can do this in a pan or on the grill and be sure to...
Queens Park: Foodland Ontario Fresh Market
It's a busy time for us here at the Mushrooms Canada offices! So much excitement surrounding grilling season and the great weather that (we hope) is here to stay. This is why it's taken some time to pull together this little recap of the wonderful day we had with Foodland Ontario in Queen's Park, Toronto.Each year, Foodland Ontario puts together a fabulous fresh market in the park to showcase all of the wonderful fresh and local foods that...
Vegetable Quinoa Stuffed Portabella Mushroom
This meal came together in an attempt to keep dinner simple, quick and nutritious. I've recently become obsessed with Quinoa. It's got a fantastic nutty flavour and is so versatile. I've been using it as a simple dinner side, cold atop a salad and now, I used my leftover quinoa to stuff a Portabella mushroom.In order to bulk up the leftovers, lots of asparagus was added to the mix. You simply can not have too much asparagus. In fact, the more...
Grow Me, Blog Me: Winner #2
I hope you've all been having fun with your mushroom growing kits! I'm seeing a lot of chatter online about the mushrooms- the growing, the waiting, the care and attention and the recipes!We had set the second of three deadlines for the $50 Visa Gift Cards, for this past Tuesday, June 4th. We know many of you are still growing, so don't worry, there's still one more deadline and it will be set soon.Our second randomly chosen winner of the $50...
Grill On!
Today is the official launch of the exciting new summer promotion called "Get Your Grill On with Turkey & Mushrooms" to get you ready with a brand new e-cookbook just in time for grilling season. Simply head over to Facebook, "Like" us and download!Ten of Canada's top food bloggers are taking part, sharing grilling recipes using mushrooms and turkey. Want to know who your all-star grillers are? We are pleased to present Renee Kohlman...
Guest Post: Mushroom Lasagna by Mmm...is for Mommy
We've got a guest in our kitchen today... The very talented Heather of Mmm...is for Mommy. You may recognize Heather from her previous post, the delicious Truffled Roasted Crimini Pizza... now she's back sharing another tasty mushroom recipe with us! I?m back! I kind of feel like a guest host on SNL... you have to do awesome the first time to be asked back, so a big thank you to Mushrooms Canada for having me return for seconds!Although I...
Get Your Grill On with Turkey & Mushrooms {Twitter Party RSVP}
Who is ready for summer grilling season? I know we are! Mushrooms Canada and Turkey Farmers of Canada have an exciting new summer promotion called "Get Your Grill On with Turkey & Mushrooms" launching on June 5th to get you locked and loaded with a brand new e-cookbook just in time for grilling season.Ten of Canada's top food bloggers were selected to participate in this fun grilling adventure - each contributing 2 recipes featuring the...
Stay Warm on a Cool Spring Day
So far this season, the warm weather has been hit and miss. It seems we get a heat wave just long enough to get in the habits of grilling and wearing flip-flops, then suddenly it's cold again. Today is one of those chilly days, with a high in the low teens and rain...all day. Warm weather is destined to come and stay soon, but in the meantime, I've pulled together some of my favourite chilly weather recipes to keep bellies warm.Start the day...
Grow Me, Blog Me | Giveaway #2
Did you attend the 2013 Food Bloggers Conference at Hockley Valley? If you did, you likely received one of these fun Grow Your Own Mushroom kits. In about 10 days, full Oyster Mushrooms are grown and ready for you to enjoy them. There have already been some fantastic responses from bloggers and some great photos too! As mentioned on the back of the tag, grow the mushrooms, blog about them and send the link to me (shannon@mushrooms.ca) and...
