Posted by Billie-Jean | Oct 23rd, 2010

Foodbuzz Challenge #6- An Italian Picnic

When contemplating what to do for this next Foodbuzz challenge I knew almost immediately that I wanted to do a picnic.  I live in Vancouver, B.C., and we are nearing the end of our sunny season.  As the end of October approaches, I know that our city is switching gears and getting ready for our colder and rainier weather.  What a better way to say goodbye to the last days of fall than with a picnic  in the last...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Oct 19th, 2010

Bacalau Salad

INGREDIENTS: 1 ½ pounds of salted cod fish, soaked overnight and then boiled the next day for 15 min.-saltiness according to taste. 1 avocado, peeled, roughly chopped 3 eggs, hard boiled, peeled, roughly chopped 1 medium Spanish (white ) onion peeled and sliced thin 1 large tomato sliced 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/3  cup white vinegar salt and pepper DIRECTIONS: In small bowl mix olive oil, vinegar,  salt...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Oct 17th, 2010

Foodbuzz Challenge #5: Pizza Epiphany

I had an epiphany today.  A moment where my personal truth intersected with my desire to be creative.  With this pizza recipe remix challenge, I began thinking about all the unique and different ways I could make pizza and even ways I have already tried.  I thought of butter chicken pizza, Thanksgiving pizza (turkey, cranberries and stuffing on pizza), tuna and fried egg pizza (a nod to my time in Italy), scallop...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Oct 9th, 2010

Foodbuzz challenge #4- Dreams into Reality

Okay, this is a dish that I have imagined a million times in my mind.  I have not taken this recipe from another source other than the idea behind the silk handkerchief pasta from Jamie Oliver.  I have imagined going to a restaurant and ordering this amazing dish as an appetizer or as a main first course.  Oh, the idea of biting into this…wait…. I did…..there is something to be said about...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Oct 3rd, 2010

Food Blog Challenge 3: A Luxurious Puerto Rican Feast

While considering what to make for a luxurious feast, many different things came to mind.  I thought of all the fine dining restaurants that I have been to, all the sophisticated foods I have eaten, and all the many wonderful dishes that I have not yet attempted to create.  French food was the first thing that came to mind because for me, it seems to be the definition of untouchable, unreachable food to prepare. ...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Sep 25th, 2010

Foodbuzz Challenge #2: The Sophisticated Loco Moco

The Loco Moco is classic Hawaiian comfort food.  I went to the Big Island with my family 2 years ago.  Before I left, I did what I always do before traveling and checked out  some of the classic Hawaiian dishes.  Of all the amazing food Hawaii has to offer, what caught my eye and my tummy was  ‘The Loco Moco’.  I did some research and found out that the Loco Moco originated on the Big Island in the...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Sep 20th, 2010

About The Foodbuzz Competition

Project Food Blog  is the first-ever interactive competition where thousands of Foodbuzz Featured Publishers are competing in a series of culinary blogging challenges for the chance to advance and a shot at the ultimate prize: $10,000 and a special feature on Foodbuzz.com for one year. Voting for entries on the first challenge will kick off September 20th, and contestants will be whittled down over the next 12...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Sep 16th, 2010

Ricotta stuffed Zucchini Flowers with Tomato Sauce

You will need about 12 zucchini flowers for this amount of filling but you can adjust the filling depending on how many you are making.  My flowers are not store bought so they are definitely not uniform is size or shape.  I picked a bunch from my neighbors when I was walking the kids home from school. You will also need a very nice tomato sauce to pour over top of the zucchini flowers when done.  I recommend...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Sep 14th, 2010

Foobuzz Blog Challenge #1: To know food is to love food.

Hmmm, what defines me as a food blogger?  That question can and will be answered by all of us bloggers in a similar way.  We love to cook, we love to create, we love to share what we cook and create.   For me, this food blog is a risk.  It is an adventure into the unknown.  The idea that my love and greatest passion is cooking is quite honestly down right scary.   Why? Because it doesn’t have a label, it...

Posted by Billie-Jean | Sep 9th, 2010

The Bun King – North Vancouver, BC

Okay, I have just stumbled upon the biggest, brightest gem in North Vancouver.  Well, I didn’t actually stumble.  A friend of mine told me about this place where they make  pizza dough for you AND there is a great quality sauce to go with it.  I went there today to see what this was all about.  It intrigued me because every Friday, I try to do pizza with the kids.  I make my own dough (I mean the bread...