Chunky Blue Cheese Sauce This is the perfect accompaniment to anything spicy or crunchy (enter wings and veggies and dip). Classically Blue Cheese dip is just that; a cheese dip. Here, I’ve cut down on the amount of cheese and boosted the flavour profile with acid from the lemon and fresh dill. So now you are armed with a fantastic, healthy dip ...
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Greek Rice
Greek Rice Here I present my recipe for the glorious, Greek Rice. You can't hear me but I'm saying Greek the same way Michael Simon does :) I love Greek food but I feel like I should be using quotes… like “Greek”… not Greek. I love the “Greek” food you get at the food court. You get Greek salad with rice, potatoes, souvlaki and ...
Ontario Harvest Potato Salad
Ontario Harvest Potato Salad Here is a healthy potato salad recipe made with the freshest veggies the season has to offer with the freshest potatoes, tossed in a zingy vinaigrette! I love this time of year but I also hate it. Summer's over and the cold, cold weather is coming. I feel nostalgic, yet hopeful. Originally ...
Creamy Vinaigrette
Creamy Vinaigrette Check out my super simple recipe for a creamy vinaigrette, it balances sweet with tang, and its served on fresh lettuce with crunchy corn and red onion :) This is the perfect time of year for fresh corn, in southern Ontario (my home!). Summer Lovin' This is such a bittersweet time of year for me, I love the hot hot summer ...
Zesty Italian Tortellini Salad
Zesty Italian Tortellini Salad Here I present my recipe for Zesty Italian Tortellini Salad, read on to learn how you can make it :) The Inspiration I've been formulating this recipe for a while now. I was thinking of all the different ways I could make the vinaigrette; creamy and dreamy of course. Then it occurred to me that I've never had a ...
Easy Pickles
Easy Pickles I have a confession to make. I love pickles. I love, love, love pickles. I order extra pickles every time I order a hamburger whether it’s from a restaurant or my absolute favourite Big Mac 🍔 You’ll always find a half-eaten jar of pickles in my fridge. You’re also very likely to catch me eating a pickle as a quick snack ☺️ Oooh ...
Zingy/Spicy Pasta Salad
Zingy/Spicy Pasta Salad Okay, confession time; I wanted to buy ONE Jalapeño pepper for a recipe (coming soon!) but the second store in a row only sold them by the pack…. The pack! So here I am, with A PACK of jalapeño peppers and it came to me: Spicy Pasta Salad, in honour of summer/BBQ season AND my PACK of jalapeño peppers. Serves 6-8 3 ...
Grilled Vegetables
Grilled Vegetables Here I present my recipe for Grilled Vegetables; its simply grilling your favourite seasonal vegetables then tossing them in butter with crunchy coarse salt. Looking Back I originally posted this recipe in the summer of 2021. What an extraordinarily bad time in history. I still don't trust its over, do you? I'm grateful for ...
Warm Potato Salad
Warm Potato Salad The humble potato. Incredible. Versatile. Delicious. I love making this dish because I can switch up the potato I use, the vinaigrette and the herbs thereby creating a totally different potato salad with each simple twist. Years ago I made this with a boyfriend’s mother for a bbq I was attending. I was going for white wine ...
Deli Style Macaroni Salad
Deli Style Macaroni Salad Here I present a homemade version of the incredible macaroni salad you get at the deli, the noodles soak up a brine then get coated in two yummy sauces! I’m always on the hunt for the perfect macaroni salad. Texture is key. It has to be gooey but it can’t be melty-gooey, it has to have a bite. You know? The noodles ...
Marinated, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms
Marinated, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms Here I present a recipe for Marinated, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms; a flavourful meat alternative using everyday pantry ingredients, available year round :) I’m bored of meat Mike just got a headache and he doesn’t know why! I’m over turkey, limited on pork and beef; I don’t even like steak anymore. I ...
Mexican Fried Rice
Mexican Fried Rice I can't stand wasting food! I made burritos and I happened to make too much rice (which of course had a can of black beans added to it). I love burritos. So off topic. A spicy, crunchy Tex-Mex rice recipe. The leftover rice is completely transformed, I predict you'll start cooking a lot extra ...