Barbequed Whole Chicken I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving! Here is an awesome recipe that is perfect for our unseasonably warm weather and is perfect now since it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving :) Update: This is a recipe I shared 7 years ago! A recipe for Barbequed Whole Chicken, you butterfly a whole chicken then season ...
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Brined Chicken Breasts
Brined Chicken Breasts Here I present a recipe for Brined Chicken Breasts; juicy, delicious, fat-free flavour bombs! Bring on barbecue season :) I think it’s safe to say that spring is here, or that spring has sprung. That means summer is coming! I love living in southern Ontario because it means I get to see the beauty of all 4 seasons but ...
Copycat Cheesecake Factory Pasta Da Vinci
Copycat Cheesecake Factory Pasta Da Vinci To be completely honest... I've never been to the Cheesecake Factory, ever. I did however find a recipe that was inspired by a Cheesecake Factory pasta. Sooo, in the event I ever find myself in a Cheesecake Factory I am totally going to order the Cheesecake Factory's Pasta Da ...
Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms in a Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce
Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms in a Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce This recipe is inspired by a recipe my mother found in a local newspaper. This tastes rich and indulgent but really there is a marginal amount of butter and only a tablespoon of half & half cream per serving. The grainy Dijon mustard gives a sweet and tangy flavour with a ...
Brick Chicken
Brick Chicken Here I present my recipe for Brick Chicken, made on the stovetop - you will not believe the crunch and flavour this chicken has :) As promised, here is the second part to my two part chicken 🐔 series! Again chicken is butterflied Another term for butterflied chicken is Spatchcock which sounds really British to me 🤣 For this ...
Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Chicken and Dumpling Soup This is what we had for dinner tonight and Mike loved it :) I can’t help it, it’s winter and it’s cold and crappy and I love soup. I love everything about soup, the smell and the warmth while it cooks, curling up with a blanket and watching the snow fall while I carefully slurp the hot broth. Okay, I’m being a little ...
Roasted Split Chicken
Roasted Split Chicken Here I present my recipe for Roasted Split Chicken, a combination of a roasted chicken and barbecued chicken that's juicy, tender and delicious :) I’ve mentioned many times; I’m a proud Canadian girl 🇨🇦 I was born in Toronto and like most people in my age cohort I can’t afford to live in Toronto, so I live outside! We ...
Turkey, Broccoli and Cheddar Pie with Puff Pastry
Turkey, Broccoli and Cheddar Pie with Puff Pastry I’ll cook a huge turkey two or three times a year then of course I’ll make extra so I can make other yummy dishes. I was planning to make my Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry but I had a bunch of broccoli to use. Inspiration struck! It’s the little things in life that make it worth living ...
Chicken Bruschetta
Chicken Bruschetta Here I present my recipe for Chicken Bruschetta; read on to learn how you can make it ;) I’m sure you have all been there, you have bought too much of a good thing and then you are left wondering, “what am I going to do with all of these...”. Well I lost control at the farmer’s market when the first of the Ontario tomatoes ...
Baked Bone-in Chicken Breasts
Baked Bone-in Chicken Breasts Here I present a simple recipe for Baked Bone-in Chicken Breasts; seasoned to perfection then pan seared in butter, a fantastic alternative to the everyday boneless chicken breast. My daughter goes to gymnastics every weekend so I met another gymnastics mom and we became friends ❤️ She’s really awesome and makes ...
Classic Chicken and Dumplings
Classic Chicken and Dumplings Here I present my recipe for the all-American classic; Chicken and Dumplings, with the FLUFFIEST dumplings you'll ever taste :) Aw Pinterest, how you inspire me! I kept seeing a recipe for a copycat rendition of Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings… This one. I almost followed it to the letter but I used ...
Roasted Curried Chicken Drumsticks
Roasted Curried Chicken Drumsticks Here I present my recipe for Roasted Curried Chicken Drumsticks, they're spicy and juicy and the skin is slightly crispy thanks to the cornstarch. I was going through Pinterest one day looking at what seemed like dozens of recipes that I wanted to try that called for Jamaican Curry. I was intrigued. Just ...