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Potato, leek, bacon & rosemary soup. Most of the soups that I make are first for my parents, and second for Elaine and me. This one combines potatoes which are my mother’s favourite and bacon which is my father’s absolute favourite… he’ll eat it on anything or on its own, but it’s a super treat…
Date night bone-in ribeye and roasted red onion flowers! You only need five ingredients for this easy and delicious side and approximately thirty minutes for roasting! Blooming beautiful! Ingredients 4 red small onions 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar Salt and Pepper Preparation Blooming onions, Preheat grill or oven to 425°F (if…
I have to say that this Cioppino (Fisherman’s Stew) is the best soup/stew I’ve ever had. It has many of the usual suspects found in a Cioppino: onions, shallots, fennel, fennel seeds, garlic, red pepper flakes, s&p, tomato paste, white wine, diced tomatoes, bay leaf, wild shrimp, clams, squid… but what took this over the…
In celebration of World Egg Day, I have made Eggs Benedict two ways. The first eggs benedict recipe has a beet hollandaise sauce on a buttermilk waffle, layered with cucumber, beet cured salmon gravlax, red onions, a poached egg, beet hollandaise sauce, topped with dill and capers. The second is a traditional English muffin, topped…
Pan Fried Wild Vermilion Snapper (B-liner) with Green Curry. Serve the snapper with an arugula salad, 10 minute rice and coconut green curry sauce, for a delicious and nutritious weeknight meal that’s ready in less than 20 minutes. The trick to developing great flavours in such a short time, is a jar of green curry…
Cast Iron Lobster Tails & Wild Shrimp in the Ooni outdoor oven. It’s a great combination of baking & broiling as the heat rolls down from the top of the oven. Lemon, garlic and honey bring delicious flavours to these succulent seafood treasures! Ingredients 2 (6-7-ounce) lobster tails Butter for lobster tails: 1/4 cup butter…
(Inspired by Italian Wedding Soup) Soul-satisfying meatball soup. (Inspired by Italian Wedding Soup) My parents and mother-in-law, love soup. So, I’m always looking for ways to make them full meals packed with goodness. This batch has veggies, kale, pasta and meatballs loaded into a flavourful broth with passata. I made a 1/2 batch of turkey…
Salmon Niçoise-Style Salad.Elaine said she was in the mood for salmon, so I headed off to the store, picked up a nice piece of organic salmon, haricots verts, olives and lettuce, came home and made dinner. The combination of cooked, raw and pickled veggies, with the red wine-Dijon dressing is fantastic! But, that crispy salmon…
Leftover Canadian Raised chicken NEVER goes to waste in our house! It’s perfect for lunches or to repurpose for a weeknight meal! This tasty grain bowl with peanut sauce, transforms “fridge-finds” into a satisfying (and pretty) dinner! Ingredients For 2 bowls 2-3 leftover cooked chicken thighs – skin on 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa – cooked…
Making extra chicken to use for the next day’s lunches or dinner is an easy way to take the stress out of weekday meal prep. This Sheet Pan Lemon Honey Chicken with Rosemary & Tarragon recipe is one of the easiest ways to make delicious tender chicken, while you go about your routine and let…
