I’ve been using this recipe for Easy and Quick Homemade Buns for some time now. It’s super easy and comes together quick! I usually double the recipe, because the boys eat these up rather quickly around here so feel free to double the recipe as well if you have ravenous teenagers at your place too! You can sub out some of the white flour for whole wheat if you like. – 1 envelope of instant yeast – 1 1/4 cup warm water – 1/3 cup oil (I used olive oil) – 1/4 cup sugar (you could sub honey, just reduce the amount by a little) – 1 egg – 1…
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Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas with Creamy Tomatillo Sauce
I’ve been on a bit of a ‘Mexican Kick’ lately and these Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas with Creamy Tomatillo Sauce are worth you joining the Mexican food bandwagon with me. My husband and I just recently visited Cabo San Lucas and our Sobey’s here in town just started selling tomatillo’s….so it was pretty much meant to be! When I’m looking for some authentic Mexican flavor Rick Bayless is one of my go-to resources. I am usually very happy with any of his recipes and it brings me back to our travels throughout Mexico. This one is no exception. You can make these with chicken too if you aren’t into the vegetarian…
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Zuni Roast Chicken with Chimichurri
What could be better than Zuni Roast Chicken with Chimichurri? The famous Zuni Roast Chicken recipe drizzled with one of my favorite all-time condiments - chimichurri! Yes Please!
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Spicy Thai Coconut Chicken Soup
It’s the weekend, and although we have a jammed packed weekend of carting my youngest son off to hockey games, and I had to work a little showing some lovely clients homes in the area, I did manage to sneak in a good 4 hours at home this Saturday afternoon. Although I really should have been cleaning my house…I decided to rummage through the fridge instead and try to figure out a few meals worth of the remaining groceries to be used up. It was actually rather productive. I like to rummage through my fridge just before a grocery shop and see how I can use up what is remaining.…
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Loaded BBQ Chicken Sweet Potato Fries
So we’ve been trying to eat healthier around here….well this week so far anyway. I’m actually feeling pretty great and have behaved myself all week! But Friday’s are typically our pizza night or nacho night…and beer and wine…you know ‘treat night’. Kind of like a reward for a hard weeks work. So I was still craving something ‘snacky’ for tonight’s meal. I decided to try to lighten up our traditional nachos and baked off some lovely sweet potato fries, which I topped off with black beans, green onions, shredded bbq chicken spiked with a bit of chipolte, my homemade pickled jalepenos, red peppers and just a weee bit of cheese.…
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Linguini Puttanesca
I’ve decided to get back to food blogging. Stay tuned as I switch websites and update this with many tasty treats…..Here’s an oldie to tide you over until then: Rumor has it that this pasta was created long ago by the women of the night to lure clients in with the smell of garlic and anchovies and olives….it definitely lures me in – although I have a problem when it comes to pasta – a serious problem. Here’s what you need: – Anchovies or Anchovy Paste about 2 tbsp of paste or a 2-3 anchovies – 4 cloves Garlic – 1 large handful of Kalamata Olives (or another variety would…
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Chicken Patties with Preserved Lemon and Thyme
This is the excerpt for a featured content post.
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Spicy Korean Cucumber Kimchi
Post two this morning comes from another Pinterest recipe Spicy Korean Cucumber Kimchi I’ve been meaning to try. Geesh look what happens when I clean out my refrigerator! I love the feeling of nothing going to waste. My friend Brent usually brings me some cucumbers each summer from his Dad’s garden. I just happened to have another large bag of these on hand and decided to give this recipe a try. For me Kimchi was not a ‘Love at First Sight” thing. When I lived in Calgary years ago, I used to house exchange students – and the majority of them were from Korea. That was my first introduction to Kimchi,…
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Some Green Beans, Egg Sandwiches and a Lazy Rainy Saturday
Life has been so busy lately. I’ve been really craving some downtime. Today just happens to be one of those glorious days. It’s such a nice feeling to wake up and lazily brew a pot of good coffee, play a Frazey Ford album and tinker away in my kitchen. I wish every day could be like that. I have a mission today to clean out my fridge and use up some of the ingredients in there. So far I’ve made some quick pickled dilly beans recipe found on one of my favourite blogs Dilly Beans – Shutterbean and then enjoyed a lazy breakfast with my youngest son. Fresh dill, green…
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Pear and Chocolate Oat Crumble (Nigel Slater)
Now for all you Canadian Cooks – get your conversion calculators ready or your kitchen scales – it may help you with the British measurements. I just kind of roughly converted mine – crisps can be quite forgiving. Ahhh Nigel Slater….you never dissapoint me! I have such a foodie crush on his brilliance! He is just truly inspiring! OK enough about Nigel – lets get to this easy yummy recipe of his. I bought a huge bag of ripe pears at the grocers the other day – when this morning it dawned on me that we may not eat them all up before they go bad, so flipping through one…
