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Quick and Easy Frozen Yogurt Station at Home

April 13, 2019

If you’re at home hosting a few people over or even just having a fun evening with the kids, why not get creative in the kitchen and make your own frozen yogurt at home?

Some high power blenders like the Vitamix have a frozen dessert preset, so it creates items like ice cream and frozen yogurt a breeze.

We took this and decided to make 2 frozen yogurt treats – mango frozen yogurt and mixed berry frozen yogurt. With very similar ingredients, we were able to have a wide range of flavours to cater to different people’s flavour preferences by swapping out the fruit.

All you need are a few ingredients – fruit, yogurt, and honey to create frozen yogurt in seconds. The honey is used to add a touch of sweetness depending on what yogurt and fruit you choose.

I like the use of frozen fruits as they are picked at the peak of ripeness so you never have to worry about the quality. Also, saves you time from chopping and freezing them.

Once you blend everything up, you can serve it straight from the blender, or you can store them in tupperware containers for them to firm up a little bit more in the freezer and serve at a later time.

The Frozen Yogurt Station is fun and interactive. Plus, there is no mystery to what’s inside your frozen yogurt.

Mixed Berry Frozen Yogurt

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 cup frozen mixed berries
1.5 cups of 2% Greek Yogurt
2 tablespoons of honey

Directions:

Add mixed berries, yogurt, and honey into a high powered blender.
Blend for 30s – 1 minute on high to get it all blended nice and smooth.
Scoop into bowls or cones.
Enjoy.

Mango Frozen Yogurt

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup frozen mango
1.5 cups of 2% Greek Yogurt
2 tablespoons of honey

Directions:

Add mango, yogurt, and honey into a high powered blender.
Blend for 30s – 1 minute on high to get it all blended nice and smooth.
Scoop into bowls or cones.
Enjoy.

Well, there you have it, frozen yogurt made at home with only 3 ingredients and very easy to make in a high power blender. So easy that you can create a frozen yogurt bar at home in a breeze.

I really enjoyed making it with the family and they had a blast.

We were gifted a Vitamix Ascent A3500 for use in creating this blog post, but all opinions are our own.

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2 Ingredient Matcha Affogato

May 24, 2018

This is a Japanese twist to a classic Italian Affogato, which is a scoop of ice cream with a shot of espresso. I thought to myself, what would happen if I substituted it with matcha instead of espresso? I got a delivery of Material Matcha Uji MU02, which is high quality smooth blend of Samidori and Okumidori matcha. To get your own, you can use promo code “DIANAFOODMMU10” for 10% off their site. It’s always handy to have some matcha around for making desserts, or making drinks. You’ll know it’s high quality matcha when it’s nice green and vibrant.

With the combination of the matcha and ice cream, it really make it taste like an ice matcha latte or matcha ice cream.

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Makes 1 serving

Ingredients:

1-2 scoops Vanilla bean ice cream
2 teaspoons Matcha powder
60ml Warm water

Directions:

In a small bowl, mix matcha and warm water with a chasen (wooden matcha whisk) and whisk in a zig zag motion to make it frothy. Once mixture is well combined, set aside.
Scoop ice cream into a bowl and then pour the matcha mixture over top.
Eat and enjoy.

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BETA5 Chocolates’ Valentine’s Pop-Up

February 2, 2017

BETA5 Chocolates‘ has launched their Valentine’s Pop-Up on Cambie and 17th in Vancouver.

Starting Thursday, February 2 the pop-up will be open 7 days/week from 12 pm – 7 pm until Tuesday, February 14. I came here for a sneak peek of their new temporary space and the unique chocolates and treats they are launching for Valentines Day.

What is so awesome about the pop-up is that they work with local artists in their mural, decor and furniture. Love how they always strive for local collaborations.

Strawberry and Jasmine Tea Cream Puff

This beautiful cream puff is topped with a macaron and gold flakes. A fancy cream puff made right. The flavours go well together and isn’t too sweet. I ate the macaron first and then devoured the rest.

Valentines Day Chocolate Collection

The Valentines Day collection has 6 different flavours in each box:

Sparkling Raspberry
Chai
Turkish Coffee
Sriracha-Sesame
Red Velvet
Hibiscus-Pistachio

There are 2 sizes for this collection – $15 for 6 pieces or $30 for 12 pieces.

Sparkling Raspberry

One of the most unique experiences because once you pop this into your mouth, you can hear the ‘pop rocks’ in action.

Turkish Coffee

This snowy white chocolate with a golden heart has a rich chocolate coffee taste. I love coffee, so this chocolate really made my day.

Hibiscus – Pistachio

The combination of hibiscus and pistachio is so interesting. I wouldn’t have thought they would go together, but it works.

Sriracha – Sesame

The Sriracha and sesame is a very interesting combination I tasted the sesame dominating the flavour then the subtle spice from the sriracha started to kick in.

Red Velvet

This pink chocolate has 3 tiny hearts on top. The red velvet surprise hides underneath the chocolate coating.

Chai

Chai balances out this Valentines Chocolate box with this great combination.

Heart of Gold

The Heart of Gold is shaped in a sphere and it has raspberry jelly, dark chocolate and tonka bean ganache, and crunchy almond-hazelnut praline.

Queen of Hearts

Their Queen of Hearts chocolate bar has freeze-dried raspberries and candied earl grey tea in 35% white chocolate. The raspberries give this bar a beautiful pink colour. It tastes great too.

Ice Cream Social

To celebrate the launch of the pop up shop, they help a one-night only ice cream social. You can get their raspberry and earl grey sundae, which has earl grey ice cream, raspberry sorbet, raspberry compote, vanilla chantilly and macarons.

They have these socials one in a while, so keep an eye out on their social media to find out when they happen.

Other items

They also have a few other items to purchase at the pop-up shop. Lots of chocolate to choose from.

Address:
3345 Cambie St, Vancouver

Website:
beta5chocolates.com

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Finding Croissant Doughnuts in Epcot

July 14, 2016

Walking around Epcot, you can’t help but look at the different kiosks to see the different snack options. Strolling along Epcot, I spotted Croissant Doughnuts at the Refreshment Port.

Using my dining plan, I grabbed the Croissant Doughnut tossed in cinnamon sugar.

It was pretty large, but it was drenched in oil and hard to eat. You’ll need a knife and fork for this.Grab a napkin because it will come in handy. I wouldn’t get this again.

We Rate Croissant Doughnut:

Address:
200 Epcot Center Dr, Lake Buena Vista

Website:
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/epcot/refreshment-port/

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Transylvanian Traditions: Desserts That Do Not Suck

August 13, 2015

Transylvanian Traditions is located on Davie Street in Vancouver and they make delicious dessert. No vampires here. Narcisa Stoian noticed the lack of traditional Romanian sweets, which have always been a part of her childhood and her parents’ careers, and decided that Vancouver was the perfect place for her to share her love of Romanian cuisine.

If you miss the taste of Romanian and European desserts, definitely make a visit here. If you look closely, they have vampire mugs here.

They selection of desserts isn’t too large, but you will find something that you will enjoy.

Creames is made with homemade filo pastries combined with vanilla cream cake, covered by a layer of whipping cream mixed with roasted walnuts. I thought it was ok, but M loved it.

Chocolate Eclair is a cream puff filled with special recipe chocolate cream and home-made whip cream. This was so good and really just sinfully delicious. I would order this again.

Profiterole has vanilla cream puffs embedded in fluffy chocolate mousse cake. It is topped with whipped cream and has a chocolate drizzle on top.

Overall, we both enjoyed it and the prices were reasonable. It’s not a super fancy place but it has great taste and awesome to bring to potlucks or parties.

We Rate Transylvanian Traditions:

Address:
1111 Davie Street, Vancouver

Website:
http://transylvaniantraditions.com/

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Creamy Lychee Pudding

December 2, 2014

Lychees are amazing, lychees are delicious, and lychees even make great desserts. Growing up in an asian family, we always have cans of lychees in the pantry or when they are in season, my parents would always get a bunch from the grocery store.

The fresh lychees would taste amazing, but its always a pain peeling them and spitting out the black pits. I’ve come pretty close to swallowing them, and trust me, it’s not fun.

Lychees aren’t grown in BC, but you can find them in asian grocery stores around June or July. You’ll know its in season when all the middle aged ladies start fighting over them. Most of them are imported from other countries. Otherwise, you can just find the canned lychees all year around.

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1 can of Lychee in Syrup (Remember to save the syrup!)
2 pouches of gelatine
1.5 cup Cream
1 cup Water
1/4 cup Sugar

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Slice the lychees into four wedges, so they are more bite size. Remember to save the lychee syrup! Thats the good stuff.

Next, heat up the gelatin, lychee syrup, sugar, water and cream in a pot on the stove. Mix until it is all nicely combined together.

I’ve learned to love using breaker for cooking! It’s such a life saver and a lot less mess. Plus, they are meant to be heated to high temperatures so it won’t crack.

Place the lychee bits in the bottom of the cup and then add the liquid potion on top.

Once they are all filled up, leave it in the fridge until they have set. This can take about an hour or 2.

In the end, you’ll end up with these cups of creamy lychee pudding. I like to use the clear cups because you can see everything inside, plus when you see the lychee at the bottom of the cups, you’ll definitely want to dig in.