Happy Birthday Flirty Foodie: A Year in Blog Posts

Happy birthday Flirty Foodie! A little over a year ago we put down our forks long enough to start a food blog. 365 days, 47 posts, dozens of mind-blowing meals, and countless glasses of vino later, we’re happy to report that our gym-less streak is still going strong.

To mark this caloric occasion, we’ve hand picked our favourite blog posts from the past year. You get a little bit of everything; recipes, edible exploits and enough wine to throw a Catalina wine mixer!

A Visit to Rocky Creek Winery

Rocky Creek Winery, Vancouver Island Two winos visit a winery. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Ayaka’s Gluten-Free Quinoa Salad Recipe

Gluten Free Quinoa Salad Who says gluten-free has to be boring? We hit the jackpot with this tasty grain! Healthy and delicious like Flintstone vitamins. Yabba dabba doo!

Good Eats on Commercial St. Under $10

Mon Petit Choux, Nanaimo BC

We scoured the streets of our home town to find you the best eats on a budget. All of our picks are under $10.

 

Lean N’ Green Spinach & Avocado Smoothie (aka The Hulk)

Glass of spinach and avocado smothie

This addictive recipe is our most popular post by far. Give it a try and find out why. Once you go green, you’ll never go back!

 

Visiting St. Jean’s Cannery and Smokehouse

Busy at work @ St. Jeans Cannery and Smokehouse

We visit one of the last (and we think best) Canadian canneries in operation. Seafood, smokers and hair nets…just another day on the job.

 

Sunset Sangria – A Blonde Sangria with Watermelon, Basil & Ginger

Sunset Sangria. A blonde sangria with basil watermellon and ginger

We’re such sluts for a good sangria. This original recipe combines the flavours of summer with the refreshing aroma of sweet basil.
**Spoiler alert…the main ingredient is wine!

 

Recapping the 2012 BC Shellfish Festival’s Chefs’ Dinner

bc shellfish festival

What do you do when the coveted BC Shellfish Festival’s Chefs’ Dinner is sold out? You crash it! This is what ensued.,,holy shuck!

 

 How to Order and Eat Pho Like a Pro

A large bowl of Pho (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) Drawing from our hundreds of bowls experience working in a Vietnamese noodle house, we show you how to order (and eat) this delicious bowl of heaven like a local.

 

The Nest Bistro

Spinach herb gnocchi with wild coho salmon at the Nest Bistro in Nanaimo, BC Canada

Home made gnocchi, a fungi pie and ice cream sandwiches round out one of the best meals we’ve ever had in Nanaimo.

 

Easy Blackberry Limoncello Granita

Blackberry Limoncello Granita

And finally in anticipation of hot summer days, we bring you this divine recipe for Limoncello laced blackberry granita. Recipes + booze = good idea…every time!

 

We’d also like to use this opportunity to thank all of you, our readers. The response over the past year has been overwhelming, and we love you all very much for the support. We look forward to bringing you many more posts in the future. Loosen your belt. Trust us, you’ll need the extra wiggle room!

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Recapping the 2012 BC Shellfish Festival’s Chefs’ Dinner

Each year seafood lovers gather in the Comox Valley for the BC Shellfish Festival, the largest of its kind on the West Coast. Celebrating its 6th anniversary, this year’s festivities kicked off on Tuesday, June 12th with a screening of the documentary “Shellshocked” followed by the Mott’s Clamato Best Caesar in Town Competition on Thursday, which we had the pleasure of judging. Next on the festival calendar was a seafood extravaganza also known as the Chefs’ Dinner. We were kindly invited to take part in this wonderful celebration of locally produced shellfish.

As we raced down the highway, rocking out to Van Morrison dressed in our formal wear, our mouths watered in anticipation of eating freshly shucked oysters, clams, mussels and geoducks. With over 200 guests to be treated to a gourmet, six-course seafood feast by an all star chef line-up, this sold out dinner was the hottest ticket in town. Each chef collaborated with a BC shellfish grower and their product to bring their original seafood creations to the guests. Factor in a bottle of BC wine paired with each course, and you got a sense of the urgency we were feeling with a 120 kilometre drive separating us from this seafood gorge fest. Continue reading

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