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DESTINATION WEDDINGS

We’ve been off sailing the islands of Greece, and now that we’re home, we’re thinking of the best places around the world to get married! Here are our top 10 favourite destination wedding spots of the week!

1. Fiji

 Photo Credit :  Polka Dot Bride

2. Austria

Photo Credit: Wedding Chicks

3. Mexico

Photo Credit: Colin Cowie Weddings

4. Bahamas

Photo Credit: Chic Bahamas Weddings

5. Italy

Photo Credit: Style Me Pretty

6. Bali

Photo Credit: The Wedding Scoop

7. Hawaii

Photo Credit: Style Me Pretty

8. Costa Rica

Photo Credit: Intimate Weddings

9. France

Photo Credit: Magical Day Weddings

10. Malaysia

Photo Credit: Love My Dress

2B HONEYMOONERS WINNERS

The newest 2B Honeymooners winners have been chosen! Congratulations!

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DRESSED TO IMPRESS

This week, Kitchen Charm has got fashion on the brain – wedding fashion that is! Here are our top 10 favourite dresses of the week!

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 Photo Credit :  The Knot

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Photo Credit: Calligraphy by Jennifer

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Photo Credit: Dalia Khorsheed

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Photo Credit: Sophia Toli

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Photo Credit: Pinkous

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Photo Credit: D Diaz

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Photo Credit: Etsy

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Photo Credit: Wedding Inspirasi

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Photo Credit: Newberry

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Photo Credit: Wedding Dress Blog Images

HOW TO HAVE A GREAT BBQ

The weather is getting consistently warmer, and in Canada, this means one important 
thing – the start of BBQ season. Now all you really need to have a great barbecue is good weather, good people and good food. That being said, here are some of Kitchen Charm’s favourite food and drink ideas to make your next barbecue the best one yet! 

Good Protein

Whatever you choose to throw on the grill for the day, whether it be hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, ribs or any vegetarian options, just make sure to choose good quality products! The “good stuff” is what smells great on the barbecue and gets everyone’s appetites ready!  Try making hamburger patties from scratch, and use these tips HERE.

Good Sides

Any BBQ is not complete with a few good side dishes! Think salads (pasta salad, potato salad, or the healthy kind – lettuce salad), rice dishes, french fries, etc. Whatever your guests’ hearts desire!

Good Snacks

Snacks are probably the easiest and most fun part of the BBQ to prepare! Chips of any variety, nachos and guacamole are just some of our favourites! A bag of Nacho chips with a bowl of  salsa can go A LONG way for a group of your guests!

Good Drinks

After all that strenuous eating, there needs to be something cold and refreshing (and non-alcoholic!) to wash down all the delicious food! Try making some homemade lemonade and adding fresh raspberries for a cool twist, or brew some homemade black iced tea with lemon! Even adding mint leaves to a large jug of water can be a ultra sophisticated.

Check out more fun drink ideas on our Pinterest!

CHEF WARREN’S STOVETOP PINEAPPLE CAKE

Ingredients

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
Zest and juice of ½ lemon
1 tsp chopped ginger 
3 tbl brown sugar
2 tbl unsalted butter
1 can pineapple rings
Maraschino cherries
1 large egg

Directions

Take the ginger, lemon zest and a couple TBL of the pineapple juice. Microwave it for 30 sec.

In a bowl mix cake mix, egg, ginger lemon mixture and pineapple juice from the can of pineapple rings. Mix them together to give it the consistency of a thick pancake batter.

In the Kitchen Charm 8” skillet melt the butter at a med low heat, sprinkle the sugar eavenly around.

Add the pineapple rings, put a maraschino cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring.

Add cake mixture, cover with redo vent open. Wait for steam to come out of the vent. It doesn’t have to whistle. Aprox 12 min. sometimes the cake may rise enough and block the vent. You should not need to cook more than 15min.

After the steam has started to come out of the vent, or after the time, take the pot of the burner if you are cooking on electric turn the stove off. Try to not open the lid to look this will release the heat inside the pan and the cake may not finish cooking. Let sit for ten minutes with the vent closed.

Take the lid off, run a knife around the side of the pot and invert onto a plate.

If you would like to make a quick caramel sauce, turn the pan on to a med heat add 1 cup heavy cream reduce till nice consistency. Aprox 3-5 min. the sugar and bits will mix the reduction to make a nice cream to pour over the slice of cake.

FLOWER POWER

With the start of the nice weather, Kitchen Charm has been all over Pinterest this week looking at the most beautiful bouquets! Here are our top 10…

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 Photo Credit : Stay Forever Photography, on WeddingChicks.com

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Photo Credit: YourFashionStyle.net

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Photo Credit: RuffledBlog.com

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Photo Credit: Elizabeth Stuenzi

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Photo Credit: Arisha Abdullah 

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Photo Credit: ThatsLove01.Blogspot.com

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Photo Credit: ColinCowieWeddings.com

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Photo Credit: ColinCowieWeddings.com

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Photo Credit: Karman Lee Photography on ColinCowieWeddings.com 

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Photo Credit: GreyLikesWeddings.com

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