Moksha Hot Yoga Recipasana Contest!

Good morning my lovely foodies. I hope you’re all enjoying the beautiful sunshine (sarcastic smirk). Although, I can’t do anything about this rainy weather, I may be able to make your day a little bit better. Ah yes, I got some exciting news for all of you: Small girl big plate is hosting a Recipisana Contest with Moksha Hot Yoga Vancouver!

Did I just excite your inner coconut drinking yogi?

You may be wondering, how do you partake in this delicious contest!? Well, all you need to do is send in a photo and recipe of your absolute favorite post-yoga snack or meal. Yep, it’s that easy.

We will then post it on Facebook and see which one of you can make the most Moksha mouths drool. The winner will be displayed to the public on Facebook and also right here on Small Girl Big Plate! I will not only be meeting the winner, but I will also be cooking up his/her exact recipe!

Here is a full list of the exciting prizes that the winner will receive:

  • 1 Month Unlimited Pass at Moksha Yoga Vancouver
  • The winning recipe featured on Small Girl Big Plate
  • $50 Market Money eligible for any Vancouver Farmers Market
  • Healthy, organic granola from Granola Girl

Send in your entries to laura@mokshayogavancouver.com by August 8th, 2012 to enter into the competition.

You can like Moksha on Facebook and follow them on Twitter @mokshayogavan (contest hash tag = #recipasana)

Good luck my yogi loving foodies!
-namaste. r x

KRAFT & The Moradi Madness

I like love Peanut Butter. I love the texture, the taste, and most importantly the childhood memories it brings back to me.  I grew up having a PB & J sandwich in my lunch box almost every day; 1 part peanut butter and 2 parts jelly to be exact.  It was my favorite.  Even now, with getting to try some of the best food in Vancouver—I’m still over content with a good ol’ PB & J sandwich.

So with all that said, I’m sure you could only imagine my excitement when KRAFT Peanut Butter Company contacted me, to ask ”what my dream PB creation would be”. Ah, all the possibilities!

Once I came up with my dream creation– the chefs in the Kraft test kitchen worked patiently to come up with the “Moradi Madness”; a rich, decadent, chocolate brownie topped with a light PB Mousse and drizzled with chocolate ganache. It was everything I imagined and more.

If you wan’t to re-create the Moradi Madness in your own kitchen, just grab your KRAFT PB and get a little taste of this madness for yourself!

The Moradi Madness:

By the makers of KRAFT & re-invented by yours truly

1 recipe for Chocolate Brownie or Cake

1 recipe for Peanut Butter Mousse (recipe as follows):

3/4 cup KRAFT Smooth Peanut Butter
4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp milk
1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
2/3 cup heavy whipping cream, cold.

1 recipe for Chocolate ganache.

Directions for KRAFT Peanut Butter Mousse:

1. In a large bowl beat KRAFT peanut butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and milk together until smooth and fluffy. Add in powdered sugar and beat again until smooth. Set aside.

2. In a separate bowl beat the whipped cream until stiff peaks are formed. Next, working in batches, gently fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture to form an airy mousse. This took me 5 batches. Please be careful not to over-beat! Think light and fluffy my fellow bakers. Place PB mousse in the fridge for minimum 1 hour.

3. Once chilled, pipe or spread the PB Mousse on top of the chocolate brownie. Drizzle with Chocolate ganache.

Viola you have yourself the “Moradi Madness”!

I hope you will all love it!

P.S KRAFT PB has now launched a food truck that will be coming to Vancouver July 1st at Canada Place! They will be waiting to feed all you PB fanatics with their latest  creations. I already got to try them all–but don’t worry, I  haven’t forgotten to share! I launched an article on the KRAFT food truck this morning on VcB. Don’t forget to check it out!

R x

Eat Vancouver- Top 5 Food Samples

Eat Vancouver has now been celebrated for its 10th consecutive year!

This morning I launched my top 5 favorite food samples on Vancity Buzz. They were the following:

1. Liege Waffles from Patisserie Lebeau

 

2. Lamb Sliders from Ebo Restaurant

3. Kobe Meatball from Glowbal Group

4. Chicken Korma from Spice Manera

5. Rob Feenie Lobster Mac & Cheese

Oh, and meeting Rob Feenie himself !

If you would like to hear my 2 cents about each product, I launched the full review on Vancity Buzz!

Until we meet again, Eat Vancouver.
-r x

Around Town With Foodie Romina Moradi Segment

I just wanted to take a second to say how unbelievably flattered I am to have been featured in the VcB Around Town Segment. Words cannot describe how big my smile was when I woke up to the post this morning.

I hope you will all enjoy the article as much as I did! I want to give a huge thank you to Vancity Buzz for the feature and also mad kudos to Photographer Patrick Leung, for photographing this big foodie diva for two full days!

To view the rest of the pictures and check out the Small girl BIG plate interview, Click here!

Love always,

r x

Third Annual To The Max Fundraiser

Hello foodies! I just wanted to take a quick second to announce how excited I am to be cooking for the annual To The Max Fundraiser tomorrow night at Earls Restaurant, Tin Palace. I’m extremely pleased to say that this will be the 3rd consecutive year where this “Ride to Conquer Cancer Benefit” will be hosted to the public.

For those of you saying how you’ve never tried my food–here is an opportunity to do so! I would be extremely grateful if you all came to support this cause. If you do happen to stop by–please come by the kitchen and say hello (even if we’ve never met!). Please CLICK HERE for ticket information!

Let’s help conquer cancer together (over some good eats)!

-R