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Crunchy Baked Drumsticks à la KFC

Hey all! A reboot I always say that I don’t like cover songs, cover bands, wedding bands… I don’t like it when restaurants change or remove a beloved item from their menu. I like good things to stay exactly the same, in their original format, most of the time 😉 Although, I guess there has to be exceptions because…
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Roasted Cauliflower and Multicoloured Carrots on Savoury Chickpea Pancakes With Yogurt Sauce and Baby Lettuces

Once and a while I like to make a vegetarian meal but it has to be satisfying. Roasted vegetables seasoned with a smokey spice blend on a comforting chickpea pancake with a cool yogurt sauce, ticks all of the major craving boxes for me. The chickpea pancake which is gluten and wheat free satisfies my unceasing…
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The Best Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs #quickprep

Hi guys, Long-time-no-write! I thought I had gone into blogging retirement but I stumbled upon this recipe and it was so good and easy to make I just had to share. Besides the fact that these ribs are saucy, fall off the bone, roll on the floor delicious, they can also make for a very…
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Mini Post! Creamy Dill Dressing
Hello there! Here’s a really easy recipe for creamy dill dressing. Last night, I doloped it over smoked salmon and fingerling potato salad. It’s so versitile! Drizzle it over some grilled shrimp, seafood salad or cooked fish such as trout or salmon. While I was prepping the rest of my dinner, I was dipping potato chips in it.…
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Farro Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese over Beet Hummus

Hello there! I tried this gorgeous salad at a recent event I attended at Appetite for Books, a lovely, aptly named cookbook store in Westmount where you can attend either a traditional cooking class or a private dinner for 10, where you watch and learn how your delicious 4 course meal is created. I…
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Sardines Stuffed with Spinach, Pine nuts and Raisins

…with Oranges. If I had added “with oranges” to the title it would have been way too long but it must be said. 😉 This typical Sicilian dish is comprised of sweet, savory and citrus flavours. Its delicate, delicious and very healthy. Sardines are one of the highest sources of omega 3 and B12 you can get! This…
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Herbed Rabbit with White Wine Sauce

Original post: Nov 25th 2009 Hi guys! In my opinion, this is the best rabbit dish I have ever tasted. Tender braised meat in a thickened white wine sauce delicately flavoured with onion, marjoram and oregano. Deceptively easy to prepare, this dish will make you look good; like a seasoned chef. Ha! You see what I did…
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Chickpea Bolognese and Pasta (V)
Hello there, I often try to go meatless with my pasta sauces and I always feel like there’s something missing…Oh yeah. It’s sausage. So you will understand my hesitancy when I came across this recipe in my new Thug Kitchen cookbook (Vegan). Although, I noticed that I kept flipping back to it, curious. So I made…
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Baked Italian Chicken Wings
Hello there! I made this really easy, very flavourful and frankly, exciting dinner tonight and wanted to share. These chicken wings are so irresistible! It’ll be really hard to control yourself around these; delicately salted, with a parmesan, garlic and herb sauce brushed over deliciously crispy wings, glistening on their platter, waiting to be savoured. I cannot…
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Miso Glazed Black Cod
Black cod: My new favourite way to get in my Omega 3’s. It is a mild tasting white fish, with the perfect texture; firm, moist and flaky. Also, you can’t deny, its darn gorgeous! That lovely caramelized top is achieved with a mixture of white miso paste, brown sugar, sesame oil and Mirin; a combination that adds…
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Curry in a Hurry (V, GF)
This dish is saucy, creamy and a little spicy. The cauliflower, potato and chickpeas are soft, warm and comforting. Serve over white rice if desired and definitely serve with warm Naan bread! Yes, you’ve entered Carb Town, sorry. Serves 4 if serving with rice. Ingredients: 1 small head of Cauliflower cut into very small flowerets…
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Zoodles with Almond Butter Sauce
Lets begin… Zoodles?? (my spell checker is in disbelief. It keeps changing the word to “noodles”) Zoodles : Spaghetti style noodles made from zucchini, using a Spiralizer Facts: Vegetarian recipe, Gluten Free, Vegan & Raw. It’s super healthy; super delicious Hello there! So, here is another recipe that was so delicious & so simple to prepare…
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Lazy Lasagna with Ricotta and Spinach

Hey there, The longest I can go without pasta is about a month and then I lose my mind. Most Italians reading this are probably thinking “A month? Are you crazy?!?” I get it but I really try to avoid pasta as much as I can. Tonight though, I had just about reached my limit and Man! This…
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Salmon Burgers (egg & breadcrumb free)
Hey there! My summer-bod, healthy-eating hasn’t even started yet and I’m already fed up of making salmon filets in the usual way. In fact while sitting at work yesterday I was pouting, like a child at the prospect of having it for supper again and then EUREKA! I got an email from Pure Wow recipes…
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Bibimbap Salad
Hello there! My husband is participating in a weight loss competition at the office so I am trying to support him by making low-fat, low-gluten meals that contain as many nutrients as possible. We have been eating better for a while now but we were a week away from his final weigh in so it was…
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Weeknight Gourmet: Gnocchi with peas and crispy prosciutto
Hello friends! It’s “throw-back-thursday” and I wanted to share a recipe I had published several years ago, when I first got married. I spend so much time finding new recipes that I sometimes forget the great ones I’ve already made 🙂 Here is the original post: I am so excited to share this recipe with you.…
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Warm Chickpea Salad with Fresh Mint & Yogurt
I just got the second cookbook from the Bakopoulos sisters called “Back to the Beginning” and I could not be more psyched to dive in! Their first cookbook, Around the Greek Table is my #1 , all time favourite cookbook! The recipes are fantastic , easy to follow and the results will be as…
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Cauliflower Fried “Rice”
This recipe is so easy, quick to prepare and really delicious! You don’t need to boil the cauliflower beforehand; just grate and sauté with all the usual great stuff that goes into traditional fried rice! Except for the rice of course. You won’t miss it, I promise. Yes, I know, this is yet another recipe…
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Easy Chicken Fried Rice
Hello all! If you’ve followed my blog a little, you already know that my husband is rarely nostalgic about food he had as a child. Its not that he doesn’t like the food he ate growing up, its just that he doesn’t attach emotion to food like I do. Having said that though, he…