Jalapeño Burger Yes, I’m still on my Jalapeno pepper kick but in fact, this is the recipe I had in mind when I wanted to buy ONE jalapeño pepper but left the store with a PACK! Yes, a PACK of jalapeno peppers… I’ve been putting them in everything lately! Anyway, this burger recipe is easy, healthy, tangy and slightly spicy; perfect for your next ...
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Chili – Cheese Sliders
Chili - Cheese Sliders This is more of a resource or recommendation for using up your leftovers in a fun and creative way. I say this in all seriousness… because this is what we had for dinner the other night! Serves 4 4 Dinner rolls (or slider buns) 1-2 Cups of leftover Chili, warmed (I just used the microwave) ¼ Cup extra old cheddar ...
Summer Sliders
Summer Sliders ‘I think I can, I think I can’; this is what I say to myself everyday the weather is cold. I think I can, I think I can make it to the summer. I have a confession to make; I hate the cold weather so to get through it I plan a summer menu in the middle of a snow storm and it makes me feel better. Please, don’t get me started on tax ...
Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Slow Cooker Beef Stew There are very few things in life that are better on a cold stormy day, in the dead of winter, in Southern Ontario than using your crockpot. The inspiration for this dish was classic country flavours with the most delicate beef pieces you can imagine. Serves 4 to 6 453 g stewing beef 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1 tbsp ...
Steak and Potato Soup with Mushrooms
Steak and Potato Soup with Mushrooms This is a dish I made for a very good friend of mine on a very cold, blah day in February. This soup nourishes both mind and body; she took leftovers home too! Serves 8 ½ tbsp butter 227 g Cremini mushrooms, quartered 8 Cups (Sodium-reduced) beef stock 2 medium russet potatoes, skin on ...
Beef and Bean Burritos
Beef and Bean Burritos It’s not too often that I look at photo of the food I’ve made and salivate; I tend to have my fill and move on. This is NOT one of those times. I look at these pictures and my mouth is actually watering. I cannot, repeat cannot wait to make this again! The flavours are incredible and these burritos are just so ...
Chunky Beef Soup
Chunky Beef Soup My son LOVES Campbell’s Chunky Beef soup. LOVES it. I have made him a ton of homemade soups but he won’t eat them (ouch, my heart). So I decided if I couldn’t beat them, I’d join them; I have made a homemade version of Chunky beef soup, almost identical to Campbell’s. The ultimate taste-tester (my son) approved and he ate the ...
Chili Noodle Bake
Chili Noodle Bake We’ve all been there; leftovers. What to do, what to do? Well, here I took the remaining chili we had leftover and I transformed it I to something amazing!!! Really though the reason I had to transform the dinner is because there wasn’t enough chili leftover to eat as a meal so I had to stretch it out with something else and ...
Another Delicious Beef Stew
Another Delicious Beef Stew It’s getting cooler outside and it’s about that time that stews and mashed potatoes are in order (except this week we have been hit by a heat wave…just add this to your favourites!). Serves 4 - 6 1 package of stewing beef (around 450 g) 1/2 cup whole wheat flour ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil, divided ½ ...
European Pot Roast
European Pot Roast I’m calling this a European Pot Roast because I couldn’t decide if the flavours were more French or German and also because Pot Roast is American in origin (it is, I googled it!). My family and I always come back to a homemade pot roast; the aroma in the house as it’s cooking is definitely one of my favourite things about ...
Yummy Beef Stir Fry
Yummy Beef Stir Fry I’m definitely one to embrace the bitter cold of a Canadian winter but let me clarify; I only embrace it when I get to stay in my warm home snuggled up with my family. With this in mind I tend to stock my freezer and cupboards with hibernation in my heart. With that said come Spring I really have to start clearing things out. ...
Chocolate Chili
Chocolate Chili A few years ago I think this would have sounded like the craziest dish but more and more it seems chocolate is being prepared in a savoury way. I must admit this is the first time I tried it and I was skeptical but I was pleasantly surprised. The cocoa balances with the chili powder and the chocolate melted into the sauce gives you ...