This Garlic Soup with Sourdough Croutons is really wonderful. Made from very simple and minimal ingredients. I should note though that the quality of your ingredients matters in simple recipes like this. So make sure you have some decent olive oil for this and some good red wine vinegar, and please don’t use stale paprika. Remember spices don’t last forever…if you have had your paprika in your cupboard for over a year, it’s time to get rid of it and update with some fresh. Trust me, it will really improve the flavor. This recipe is adapted slightly from one by Christopher Kimball, in a book called Milk Street. It’s a…
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Pickled Jalapenos
I love pickled Jalapenos! They are great to jazz up a taco or a sandwich or nachos. We keep these stocked in our fridge most times. Super easy to make and they keep in the fridge for a whole year, if they last that long! If you followed my old blog, this is a repost from a while back. Some of my content didn’t move over to the new platform when I tried to merge it all. Apparently that process was much more ‘technically challenging’ than I hoped it would be. This makes 2 small mason jars full or 1 large one. This recipe is not my own it is…
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Slow Cooker Achiote Pork Tacos
These Slow Cooker Achiote Pork Tacos are super easy to make. Take 5 minutes out of your morning to put this together in your slow cooker and supper will be ready to roll when you get home from work. What is Achiote? Achiote is used as a spice and is also used as a coloring agent. It is also often called Annotto. The seeds come from a tree native to Mexico and Brazil called the Bixa Orellana tree. I use a premade Achiote Spice Paste for this dish, it is made of Annatto Seed, garlic, chiles, and spices. I buy it at the Mexican grocery store by my house, but…
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Softly Scrambled Eggs with Feta and Parsley
OK, I know – scrambled eggs – really? Do you even need a recipe for that? Trust me – you need to try these Softly Scrambled Eggs with Feta and Parsley I used to dislike scrambled eggs, I found them kind of dry and tasteless. I would’ve much preferred a nice runny yolk instead of an overcooked scrambled mess until I made this recipe. I saw this recipe in a cookbook that I found at the thrift store (yes I love to a thrift shop – especially for cookbooks). The book is called Turkish Flavours, by Sevtap Yuce. It is a wonderful unpretentious book filled with simple and flavorful recipes. Turkish…
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Pickled Red Onions
We are prepping for ‘Taco Tuesday’ here today by making these Pickled Red Onions. When did that become a thing? Truthfully, we have taco’s whenever we feel like it around here, whether it’s Tuesday or not, but it did make it easier when I was thinking of what to make for supper tomorrow. This is a very simple recipe. I’ve been doing a few ‘condiment’ recipes the last couple of days, they are great recipes to have in your repertoire though as they can add great punch and flavor to simple dishes. Tomorrow we are having Slow Cooker Pork ‘Chilorio’ Tacos, and these red onions go perfectly with them. The…
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Cilantro Chimichurri Sauce
Chimichurri sauce is one of my all-time favorite condiments! It pretty much goes with anything – meat, fish, potatoes, roasted veggies, rice…anything!. In the summer months especially, when we are BBQ’ing more frequently I typically keep this sauce on hand regularly. This Cilantro Chimichurri Sauce is a bit of a twist on the original. This sauce originates in Argentina and Uruguay and is used as a condiment for grilled meat. It is authentically made with parsley. I love it with parsley too, but I had some cilantro to use up, so I made it with cilantro today, it is delicious with parsley as well so I encourage you to try…
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Tortilla Soup
There are many different versions of Tortilla Soup. Feel free to improvise this recipe to your taste. Simple, warming, and delicious. Best garnished of course with crispy corn tortillas, and I also love to add in some cilantro, feta, and if I have them sliced avocadoes. A little squeeze of fresh lime juice brightens things up perfectly. I have used dried Pasilla Chiles in this recipe, which is sometimes hard to find here in our normal grocery stores in Canada. I buy mine at the Mexican Market close to our house, but you could also likely order them online if you are in a more remote area. They are also…
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Potato Pizza with Bacon and Chives
OK for those of you that are still working on your New Years resolutions, this recipe might not be for you. As for the rest of us…..Double Carbs with this Potato Pizza with Bacon and Chives! Heck yeah! This pizza requires the use of a mandoline. Which if you have one, you’ll know it’s an awesome kitchen tool, but be CAREFUL! The blades are very sharp – you do NOT want to slice your finger in one of these, trust me. You will want to slice your baby potatoes very thinly so that they will be done cooking at the same time that your pizza is (this way you do…
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Vermicelli Noodle Salad with Nuoc Cham dressing
It’s amazing what you can come up with when you clean out your fridge. Vermicelli Noodle Salad with Nuoc Cham dressing is what ended up happening for us tonight with our fridge cleanout. I really hate wasting food. I’m always trying to be creative with whatever ingredients we have leftover near the end of the week before I hit the grocery store again. I also just get really sick of always running to the grocery store, so in protest, I am somewhat determined at times to make do with what we have left. It is also a satisfying feeling to unleash your creativity with limited ingredients. This was my improvised…
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Sonoran Cheese Soup
One of my absolute favorite cuisines to cook and eat is Mexican. Sometimes misunderstood here in Canada, but authentic, true Mexican food is so flavourful and diverse. Please put away those old El Paso taco kits and give some of the more authentic recipes a try if you haven’t already. You won’t be disappointed. This Sonoran Cheese Soup is a really delicious place to start. This soup is slightly adapted from a recipe by Pati Jinich, who is a sweet Mexican chef that makes the most amazing and easy to prepare dishes. Patti Jinich Cookbook Sonora, if you aren’t familiar is in Northern Mexico, I’ve never been but apparently they produce…
