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Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

February 25, 2020 by Nicolas 13 Comments

Molten oozing out of a chocolate lava cake.

Get ready for this easy 25 minute, gluten-free chocolate lava cake recipe, because it will blow your mind! Cut into it, and let the people you’re about to impress drool over the chocolate molten oozing out. An amazing recipe for family, friends, date nights and Valentines Day! If you have never made chocolate lava cake,…

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Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: baking, cake, cook, delicious, dessert, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, Valentine's Day, yummy

Halloween Homemade Pumpkin Pie

October 27, 2019 by Nicolas 26 Comments

A portion of pumpkin pie garnished with strawberry coulis and pastry shaped as a pumpkin.

Whether you want to bake for Halloween, or you just want to impress everyone at a gathering, this easy pumpkin pie made from scratch will do the trick. It’s freezable, and I will show you how to easily make this recipe gluten free. I cannot believe that this pumpkin pie recipe from scratch worked out…

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Filed Under: Baking Tagged With: cook, delicious, dessert, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, yummy

The Best Pepper and Mushroom Gravy Recipe

September 18, 2019 by Nicolas 5 Comments

An overheat photo of mushroom gravy being poured over fish fillets.

An amazing pepper and mushroom gravy that is quick and easy to make, it’s gluten free, it’s vegan and it works with so many different dishes and ingredients. And this sauce works with fancy and rustic dishes. It’s all about trying to pack as much flavour into the sauce as possible. We do that by…

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Filed Under: Soups and Sauces Tagged With: Christmas, cook, delicious, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, yummy

Easter Rack of Lamb with Potato Puree

March 18, 2018 by Nicolas 11 Comments

A bowl of potato puree with lamb chops, potato puree and onion gravy.

So, Easter is coming up, and that means it’s festive recipe time. Something super comforting, filling and delicious. I am preparing a rack of lamb! Which I love by the way because it doesn’t take long to cook. So when you prepare supper for Easter, you won’t end up getting super stressed. I started by searing the…

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Filed Under: Main Dishes Tagged With: cook, delicious, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, lamb, meat, yummy

Brined Roasted Turkey Roll

December 18, 2017 by Nicolas 4 Comments

A photo of a cooked brined turkey roll that has been sliced.

I was praying that this brined roasted turkey roll would work out well. So why a turkey roll and not a whole turkey? Well, now that I have had the experience of making a whole turkey and a turkey roll for Christmas. It’s clear to me that a turkey roll is definitely a lot more stress-free. Easy…

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Filed Under: Comfort Food Tagged With: Christmas, cook, delicious, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, meat, yummy

New years fruity punch (video)

December 28, 2016 by Nicolas Leave a Comment

New years fruity punch

Hello everyone! I’m super excited, I have another video out for a super deliciously fruity punch for anyone who is thinking of having a new years party, or any party for that matter. Now I will say first off, that it did take a bit of adding and subtracting in terms of balancing the ingredients….

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Filed Under: Cocktails Tagged With: delicious, drinks, festive, foodphotography, foodporn, punch, yum, yummy

Individual champagne jelly Christmas trifles (first video!)

December 23, 2016 by Nicolas 1 Comment

Individual champagne jelly Christmas trifles

Hello everyone! So before we get to the recipe for these Christmas trifles, I got big news, I have officially created a YouTube channel for Blogtastic Food, and this is my first video. So I won’t be writing too much today, and I’ll just let the video speak for itself. However I just wanted to…

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Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: Christmas, cook, delicious, dessert, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, trifle, yum, yummy

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