A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
So I was walking through the grocery store one day and walked by a row of tomato sauce jars. Then I paused and walked back. One of the jars was puttanesco sauce. It looked dark, rich, and very tasty. But
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Inspired by one of my favourite shows: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives! These Turkish meaty delights have a few variations on their spelling: Kebab, kabab, kebob, kabob. Anyway you say it or spell it, they still taste good. Sometimes wrapped around
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I saw a recipe for mushroom sauce made with red wine in the The New Professional Chef: Culinary Institute of America cookbook, and wanted to make some for the london broil I was cooking. The sauces in the cookbook can be quite
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The Hubby and I hit the States last Friday and stopped in at one of our favourite grocery stores. They not only seem to have great deals on meat, but they carry bottles of cold brew coffee that I love. The
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When it hits the summer highs and becomes like a broiler outside, the last thing I want to do is boot up an oven or eat anything heavy. I want something that is fresh, crispy, and quick. My general slaw
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I love salisbury steak. It’s so old school and reminds me of cheap, yet delicious, diner meals or tv dinners. Walking through the grocery store, I noticed some nice plump white mushrooms and decided to whip up a batch. Of
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This really isn’t a recipe, in the true sense, just a dish kicked up a notch. The inspiration for this came when I was watching one of Nigella Lawson’s shows. She made the cottage cheese and put it on some
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I came up with a recipe for simple bbq’d yellow curry chicken when I had fresh tumeric and ginger to use up. I find that fresh tumeric not only adds vibrant colour to a dish, it adds a wonderful flavour.
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I watched Nigella Lawson’s latest show, At My Table, and in her first episode she made these devine looking Turkish eggs. I couldn’t quite imagine how yogurt would pair with the eggs, but I was willing to give it a try
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We picked up a bottle of bourbon the other day and I wanted to try something from our usual mix and went in search of bourbon cocktails. When I saw the Palmer Park Swizzle cocktail, I was intrigued. Super easy
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