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Poached Pear with Chocolate and Liberté Vanilla Greek Yogurt

This is a recipe that I developed using Liberté Vanilla Greek Yogurt 0%.

Liberté has been manufacturing milk products in the Montréal area since 1936. They have a plant in Saint-Hyacinthe where I was born and raised. They offer several certified organic products, including milk, Greek yogurt, flavoured yogurts and the Svelte line.

Focusing on health and wellbeing, Liberté is aware that consumers want products with the shortest possible ingredient lists and without any additives. You will by happy to know the Liberté plain Greek yogurt contains only two ingredients: skim milk and active bacterial cultures. Since it has a thick, creamy texture it's the perfect choice when comes the time to serve a dip for your fruits and vegetables. Also pair it with fresh fruits and mint and you have a delicious, healthy dessert to serve to your family.

Since I love the taste and the richness of their Greek Vanilla Yogurt 0%, I made a delicious Poached Pear with Chocolate and Liberté Vanilla Greek Yogurt for dessert this week-end.

This dessert is so good that you will want to serve it to your guests next time you entertain your friends and family.

Here is the recipe

Enjoy!

Pita with hummus, veggies and feta

Sometimes you just want to prepare a quick lunch in less than five minutes. This will do the trick. Simply spread hummus on a pita bread, add veggies like tomatoes and cucumbers and diced feta. Sprinkle with za'atar and sumac. Decorate with cilantro. You have a yummy sandwich.

Have a great Wednesday!

New addiction: Chip It!

I have an addiction to pictures, colors. Couple months ago I was invited to join Pinterest and found Pinterest to be a great place for inspiration. I love the visual format of Pinterest and in just one click you can look at pictures from great photographers around the World. Pinterest also gives me the chance to promote bloggers that I enjoy reading. If you are interested in joining Pinterest send me an email to request an invitation.

Since I love colors I found a new tool by Sherwin-Williams called Chip It! When you get inspired by an image, just enter the image URL and it will give you a customized color palette drawn from the image.

(Courtesy Maxime Charest)

Vanilla Liberté Yogurt with Raspberries and Mint

*****Contest closed. The winner is Genevieve from Vanilla & Spice. Congratulations!*****

I received coupons from Liberté to try their Greek Yogurt 0% that comes in seven different varieties: Honey Greek, Plain, Vanilla, Wild Blueberry, Strawberry, Date & Fig & Mango Orange. Liberté has been manufacturing milk products in the Montréal area since 1936. They have a plant in Saint-Hyacinthe where I was born and raised. They offer several certified organic products, including milk, Greek yogurt, flavoured yogurts and the Svelte line.

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Last week Ricardo made a banana bread with Montreal Canadiens player Mathieu Darche. Mathieu said that the recipe was from his mom. I made it and it is delicious. As with any banana bread it is better the next day. The only thing that I will do different next time is to use less chocolate chips.

We had a busy week-end with hockey. My son Mathieu was in a hockey tournament and we did some volunteer hours. On Sunday my two oldest came for Dinner. It was a nice way to end the week-end.

Next Sunday we are heading to Vegas. We were there in August and can't wait to go back. We are staying at The Palazzo again. Love that place. We got tickets for Elton John, will do some shopping, try new restaurants. Any suggestions?

Recipe:
Pain aux bananes et au chocolat de Mathieu Darche
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Dempster's Thin Bagels with Greek Yogurt and fruits

Dempster's

What I like about a New Year is that we are eating healthy again. We enjoyed having company over for Christmas and visiting family on New Year Eve, sharing delicious food and wine with them but now it's time to enjoy a lighter diet.

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Just few more days and it is Christmas. Are you done with your shopping? I am done buying gifts but still need to go to the grocery store. Tomorrow will be a busy day to prepare the house for the guests coming on Saturday. Will start prepping food also. I tried a third dessert for DessertCentre.ca today. It's the Chocolate Shortbread Cookies. Wow they are good. So far the best dessert that I have made for the #desser1st event.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
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White Christmas Crunch Squares - Dessert First Kraft Canada

There was a lot of people at the grocery store today. I am getting ready for Christmas Eve which means a lot of baking. Here is a second dessert that I would like to share with you from DessertCentre.ca. Those White Christmas Crunch Squares are one of the easiest dessert recipes that you will ever make. Kids will want to help you in the kitchen and decorate the squares with crushed candy canes. I saw a lady shopping with her What's Cooking Magazine at the store today. I told her about these White Christmas Crunch Squares and the Oreo Truffles I made. She said that she will try them.

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Just five more days and my parents and brother are coming to Ottawa to Celebrate Christmas with us. We are excited to spend some time with them.

If you are like me and you are planning a meal the first thing that comes to mind is dessert. And why don't you have dessert first and start a 'sweet' holiday traditions!

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The Holiday Season with President's Choice

Already December 2nd. We are getting ready for the Holidays. Next week I am going to my book club and we are doing a Cookie Exchange. That's always a fun night.

The best thing when I receive presents is to slowly open them. I do the same when I receive a 'surprise' package from a company. Last week I received a box from Loblaws with President's Choice goodies. I carefully opened the box to find PC Big Box Chocolates and Toffee Collection, a PC Red Velvet Cake Mix, a bottle of PC Memories of Morocco Sweet and Spicy Tagine Sauce and a nice PC shopping bag. I've been sampling the Chocolates this week. If you like milk chocolate and toffees grad a box.

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