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Follow me for cooking tips and yummy recipes and great ways to use Epicure products to make dinnertime a little tastier and a little easier!

03/11/2022

Ok, we’re super late to the trend, but we had to try the TikTok “nature’s cereal.”

Is it just a bowl of fruit with coconut water splashed in? Yes it is.

Is it also completely delicious? Yes it is!🍓🫐🥥😋

We had breakfast for dinner tonight, and served our “cereal” with Eggs Benedict with the new Epicure Hollandaise sauce. (I was impressed with this mix, I made it in minutes in my microwave, and if I didn’t tell you, I bet you would have thought it was homemade)

03/09/2022

These were quick and easy for a light dinner last night, with lots of garlicky gingery Asian flavours.

For the non-lettuce lovers they worked great with flour tortillas too!

03/01/2022

Hi friends, I haven’t been very active on this page lately, but I’m still selling!
I have most products in stock, so message or text if you need anything!

Tested out our lovely Cha Cha Chili and Cornbread mixes for dinner this week! Both were super quick and easy to make, and turned out great (and also gluten free)!

07/10/2021

Wow, that was fast! This is a popular one!

I‘ll have 1 bottle up for grabs when my order arrives!

The rest are already spoken for, so comment or message me quickly to claim that last one!

07/03/2021

🌟🌟Inventory Sale🌟🌟

⏱Happening now, while supplies last 😁

Lots of high demand products now in stock, plus huge discounts on discontinued items!

All items in this album are in stock and available for same day day pick up in Timberlea.

Prices are as marked, with no additional shipping charges or taxes!*

[*Pick up only please. I’m located in Timberlea (Fort McMurray), but will be travelling to Sylvan Lake and Airdrie this month for pick up in those areas. For all other areas shipping charges will apply]

05/13/2021

Epicure Butter Chicken, Saag Paneer, Cucumber Raita🥒, and Honey Curry Glazed Carrots🍯 🥕

03/17/2021

🇮🇪☘️🌈Shepherds pie (or technically Cottage Pie, since some family members aren’t fans of lamb) is an absolute favourite with my kids, so it’s become a St Patrick’s day tradition! Some years I add some spinach in with the mashed potatoes for a lovely green colour 😜

So of course our Ireland day dinner was this massive Shepherds pie (with lots for leftovers👍)

This time I happened to go homemade, but when I’m short on time, this Shepherds pie seasoning is great!

03/17/2021

🇮🇪🍀🌈 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🌈🍀🇮🇪

We celebrated a few days early this year when everyone was off, with an Ireland themed day! 🇮🇪

We finished our Ireland day dinner with this gorgeous Chocolate Guinness Cake. 🍫🤤

I highly recommend, it was dark and moist and fudgey.

(Recipe courtesy of Nigella Lawson in the comments ⬇️)

03/17/2021

Sometimes my good intentions get derailed by dinner time!

This dinner started on the menu as grilled greek chicken skewers, with Greek salad, grilled pitas, rice & tzatziki. But my very energetic toddler was being extra crazy, so that meant dinner prep needed to be streamlined, no time for things like skewering meat!

Chicken breasts got tossed with a little olive oil, lemon juice and Epicure Souvlaki seasoning and popped in the oven to bake.

🥒🍋 I stirred together some grated cucumber, plain yogurt and Epicure Lemon Dilly dip mix to make a quick Tzatziki.

Then cooked up some quick cooking rice with Greek salad dressing mix stirred in. 🍚

🥒🫑🍅And quickly chopped up some veggies and feta and sprinkled them with Greek Salad dressing mix, lemon juice and olive oil for a “deconstructed” Greek salad.

Dinner worked out great this way, and everyone helped themselves to whatever they wanted. Some of us ate a plated Greek dinner, some stuffed everything inside a pita, and I made a lovely Greek bowl.

All the Greek seasonings are available separately or together in the Good Greek, Real Fast kit. Message to order 🙂

03/14/2021

How does Thai Peanut Stir fry for dinner sound?

The great thing about this Epicure Thai Stir Fry seasoning is that it’s actually completely nut and gluten free and very allergen friendly. 🚫🥜

You add your own nut or seed butter (or alternative), to the sauce mix, so you are in control!

Mix your seasoning packet with your choice of nut butter and coconut milk. Stir fry your protein (we used chicken) and veggies, and add your sauce mix and simmer. Serve over rice or noodles, and dinner is ready in no time!

03/13/2021

This beautiful fajita chicken salad was as good as it looked! 🥗😁

Inspired by a Pioneer Woman recipe, I rubbed chicken breasts, bell peppers, and corn on the cob with a little oil and Epicure Fajita seasoning and grilled them. 🫑🌽

Next I sliced everything up and heaped it on a big wooden cutting board with all the lettuce in my fridge, some avocados, lime wedges, grape tomatoes, red onions and feta. 🥬🥑🍅

Serving the salad this way was a great fit for my family, since it was really easy for everyone to serve themselves exactly what they wanted, while avoiding what they didn’t (one kid even opted to serve their salad in a wrap instead🌯👍).

Epicure Fajita seasoning makes a great multipurpose Mexican seasoning, lots of flavours of cumin, garlic, peppers and herbs. Just a little heat, but still mild enough for spice wimps like me!

02/21/2021

Only a few days left to get in on this deal!

12/18/2020

Best use for the caramel sauce mix?

This Sweet Turtle Cheesecake Ball! 🤤

It’s so easy, comes together so fast, and is always a hit! It’s been a staple at our Christmas party for years 🎄🎁

Ingredients:
1 brick cream cheese
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 TBSP brown sugar
3 TBSP icing sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup mini semisweet or dark choc chips
1/2 pk dry vanilla pudding mix
1/2 cup caramel sauce (prepared) plus extra for drizzling.

1. Cream together cream cheese, butter, and sugars.

2. Add caramel sauce and beat well.

3. Add vanilla & dry pudding mix.

4. Fold in choc chips & pecans.

6. Form into a ball and refrigerate until ready to serve.

7.Place ball on serving platter, drizzle with caramel sauce and serve with Nilla wafers, pretzels, Graham crackers, lady fingers, or green apple slices. 🍏🥨🍪

That’s it! So yummy! 😋

(Sorry, all these years of making this and not a single good picture! I’ll post a good one when I make it this year)

12/17/2020

These two dessert sauce mixes are back in stock today! (For pick up in Timberlea)

Soo good with your holiday desserts 🤤

The chocolate fudge makes an awesome, just the right amount sweet frosting for cupcakes and brownies, or is so good drizzled over ice cream or cake.

The caramel sauce is the perfect addition to all those holiday spice cakes, and even makes fruit cake taste good!

(Both are nut free and gluten free too)

12/11/2020

🚨IN STOCK ALERT🚨

I’ve just received lots of inventory, so I now have about 75% of what we currently carry in stock for immediate sale! 😁

Message me if there’s anything you’d like! Our most popular items sell out quickly. ⏱

Custom gift baskets or bags available for cost of products included. 🛍🎁

All sales will be for contactless pick up in Timberlea.

Everything bagel, extraordinary trio, and lots of sweet or savoury dips are now in stock!🥯🍓🧄🧅

Catalogues also available for pick up upon request 😁

09/30/2020

What’s for supper at your house tonight?

Last night we had this healthy dinner, ready in just a little more than 20 minutes! ⏱

🐟 This salmon rub is one of my very favourite products. It’s ever so slightly sweet, and just a little smoky, and so easy. Just sprinkle liberally on your salmon (or chicken or fish or pork) and bake, fry, or grill, and it’s delicious.

🥬🥦We had ours with rainbow chard, brocolli steamed in my Epicure steamer, and this quick bulgur and quinoa blend I found. I doubled up on the salmon, so tonight it’ll do double duty in a salad for dinner. 👍🥗

📆The Salmon Rub is seasonal so it’s locked away now until spring, but I have just a couple left in stock and up for grabs. 😄 Message ASAP if you’d like one, I won’t be able to get any more for months! 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

08/13/2020

I’m back! My phone died for good a couple weeks ago, but I finally have a new one!

It seems I missed loads of messages and notifications while using my iPad, so I’m attempting to get caught up over the next couple days 😅

If you messaged me and haven’t heard back, please don’t hesitate to message me again!

07/12/2020

🌟In stock products as of July 12, 2020. 🌟

Everything is available for immediate pickup in Fort McMurray 😃

And bonus, I cover all shipping charges for in stock items! 👍

(I’ll also be in Sylvan Lake/Red Deer/Airdrie at the end of the month for pick up in those areas)

As always, anything I don’t have in stock can be ordered in and I can also direct ship any product to anywhere in Canada for $8.95 per order.

Address

113 Fox Crescent
Fort McMurray, AB
T9K0C2

Telephone

+17807143253

Website

https://desireedakin.epicure.com/en

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