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Sticky Pomegranate Pigs in Blankets with Bacon and Roasted Pistachios
AKA, my family’s favourite hors d’oeuvre when they come to my place. Yes, the charcuterie board is delicious, packed with great cheeses and all the fixings but it’s the Pigs in Bacon Blankets that I can never seem to make enough of. Thankfully, they’re so quick and easy to prepare that they’re honestly a pleasure…
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Brown Sugar and Dijon Glazed Ham
Easter is approachin’ so I whipped out my usual go-to recipe for glazed ham! It’s sticky, sweet and crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. So lip smackingly delicious and satisfying that I am now asked to make it every year. If you’ve got leftovers, you can eat it cold or…
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Easy Salmon Onigiri
Onigiri are Japanese stuffed rice balls, usually pressed into a triangular in shape with a number of filling options like cooked salmon, raw salmon or tuna, canned tuna or mushrooms to name a few. I always have leftover roasted salmon so I decided to make them using that although I can’t wait to try making…
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DECADENT CHOCOLATE SOUFFLÉ CAKE
We’ve got your holiday dessert needs covered! This deliciously decadent chocolate soufflé cake is light with an intensely chocolatey gooey center. Plus, it’s easy to make! There’s only 1 tablespoon of flour, which can be omitted completely if you like or substitute with a gluten-free option. I add about 3 tablespoons of freshly brewed espresso…
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Eggplant Stuffed with Rice, Dried Figs & Feta
When I try developing recipes, they don’t always pan out because that is the nature of experimentation but then, there are these moments, like today, when I just hit it right out of the park! This puts wind in my sails! The flavours – This dish is savoury because addition of tomato, a little sweet…
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Miso-Braised Beef with King Mushrooms (Instant-Pot)
Recipe by Chef John/All Recipes No Instant-Pot? Not to worry! Check out the original stove-top version, linked here! This recipe takes your usual, tired, braised beef experience in a different direction! For me, the standouts are the meaty king mushrooms which provide some textural contrast without adding any starchiness and of course, the star ingredient,…
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Spaghetti a la Nerano
If you’re a lover of food, specifically Italian food, you may have heard murmurs of this dish. If you have, it’s probably because of Stanley Tucci. In his book “Taste” (which is a great read or listen by the way. He narrates, which makes it even greater), he raves about the dish, “raves” may be…
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Blistered Green Beans with Brown Butter Vinaigrette
Print Recipe Blistered Green Beans with Brown Butter Vinaigrette Course Party Food, Side Dish Cuisine American Keyword easy Servings Course Party Food, Side Dish Cuisine American Keyword easy Servings
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Vanilla Ginger Pear Crostata
This pear crostata, pie, galette, or whatever you want to call it, is just so incredibly delicious and couldn’t be more perfect for fall. If you love apple pie, then you will undoubtedly love this. Pears are to me, earthy and sweet and go naturally well with vanilla. The ginger and lemon serve to provide…
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My Go-To Roasted Cauliflower
Print Recipe Roasted Cauliflower Roasting cauliflower transforms it completely. It goes from a tasteless, styrophoam-like vegetable into the most deliciously caramelized, and versatile one – a blank canvas, ready to take on flavour. I love serving this as a side, I also make the best cauliflower pasta with pine nuts and ricotta salata, or I…
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Thai Steak Salad with Fresh Herbs (Yum Nua Yang)
Easy to prepare, this Thai steak salad delivers so much fresh flavour with a kick from the Thai chilies! I was first introduced to skirt steak salad when I made Giada De Laurentiis’ Italian Steak Salad with arugula salad and parmesan cheese and I made it so often! It’s easy & light and full of…
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Easy Vegetable Curry with Crispy Tofu
This easy and delicious curry has been a major staple around my house especially during this isolation we’ve been braving. It’s comforting, a little spicy and hearty. Serve over rice and enjoy! Print Recipe Easy Vegetable Curry with Tofu Course Main Dish Cuisine Indian, Indian-ish Keyword easy, Healthy, quick Servings Servings Ingredients 4 Tbsp Extra…
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Lemon Ciambella
Hello everyone! It’s been a journey to make an authentic Ciambella. After scouring the internet and watching countless Italian recipe Youtubers, I finally got the right recipe to share with you all. Ciambella is the perfect coffee or snack cake, it’s not overly sweet or too soft where you would need a plate and fork…
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Nutella Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Hazelnuts
Don’t even ask how many times I’ve made banana bread over this confinement period! I can’t say I’ve been sad about it though. I secretly enjoy and loathe seeing bananas getting too dark a shade for my eating pleasure. I like eating bananas that are perfectly yellow with a few dark marks here and there.…
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Baked Cauliflower Buffalo “Wings” + Ranch Dip
It sounds crazy to some, I know. What do you mean cauliflower wings??? The thing is, the only way these are trying to be wings is in the sauce and colour. That’s about it. This recipe doesn’t try to mimic the texture of chicken at all. That would be gross come to think of it.…
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The Best Homemade Hamburger Buns
Living in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada is a sad place in terms of finding high quality hamburger buns. I mean I have one local store that SOMETIMES carries brioche buns but that’s it. What about delicious potato buns??? You can forget about it! Also since we are currently under quarantine, procuring such delights has…
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Extra-Juicy Chicken Burgers
I know that every time I post a recipe I say “IT’S THE BEST!!!” and these burgers really are! They’re the poultry burger equivalent to my smash burgers which are hard to match! Let’s face it, the best chicken burgers we know are delicious fried chicken ones. I’m not talking about those. When you want…
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Extra Crispy Baked Fish Tacos
These baked fish tacos are THE best and absolutely fool proof. I’ll confess here and now that I made these without issue after a virtual happy hour in which I had two pretty strong margaritas! Hence the lack of photos lol. (More to come, after I make these again) I am always searching for recipes…
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Obscenely Chocolatey Chocolate Cookies
Since Easter, which was cancelled, I have been craving chocolate; specifically Cadbury mini-eggs. Seems like after the toilet paper, lysol wipes, hair dye and flour shortages the obvious next things to go were Cadbury mini eggs of course! Weird. Anyway, this post has nothing to do with mini-eggs but it does have a lot to…
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Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry with Celery and Peanuts
I was watching Instagam, you know… as one does especially during this self-isolation period that we’re going through. Many chefs/food editors/ trainers and other various professionals are thankfully supplying us with recipe ideas, cooking and fitness videos. You need the fitness videos after all of the cooking videos. It’s giving us access to more content,…