Greek-ish Salad I made this for dinner tonight and thought I'd re-share! Is re-share a word!?! I love this salad! I’m pretty sure traditional Greek Salad doesn’t come with lettuce and that is why I am calling this “Greek-ish Salad”. As I’m sitting here writing this, I keep hearing Bart Simpson’s voice, “you don’t make friends with ...
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Banh Mi Pickled Vegetables
Banh Mi Pickled Vegetables ...
Classic Oil and Vinegar Coleslaw
Classic Oil and Vinegar Coleslaw I came across one of my mother's old cookbooks, one from a fundraiser for my sister's elementary school. This book goes back to the early 1980's which means it has classic recipes from the 1970's and even 1960's👍🏻 I even found a recipe for a "salad" where the first ingredient is jello 😂😂😂 Then I came across ...
Fresh Vegetable Salad with Creamy Buttermilk and Fresh Dill Dressing
Fresh Vegetable Salad with Creamy Buttermilk and Fresh Dill Dressing Serves 4 - 6 More often than not my recipes are inspired by the ingredients I have on hand (and need to be used up), sound familiar? On this particular day i focused my attention on my very almost new carton of buttermilk. I was also inspired by the abundance of ...
Avocado and Tomato Salad with Corn
Avocado and Tomato Salad with Corn Last week it felt like spring had finally sprung 🌷🌷🌷 Again, I pounced on the BBQ!!! To be honest though, I get more excited about the sides then I do the protein. AND.... What screams spring/summer heat 🌞🌞🌞 like avocado? Nothing, that's what! I'm totally bummed right now though because ...
Steak and Goat Cheese Salad with a Creamy Scallion and Lime Dressing
Steak and Goat Cheese Salad with a Creamy Scallion and Lime Dressing OMG y'all it's almost Spring! I mean while technically it IS Spring I live in southern Ontario where it's not unheard of to have a blizzard in May. That's right... freaking May!!!! So when an almost warm day hit the other day I was all over two things: BBQ ...
Mussels in a Tomato-Jalapeno Cream Sauce
Mussels in a Tomato-Jalapeno Cream Sauce Every once in a while I'll make a big pot of mussels in a yummy broth for dinner, served only with crusty bread for soaking up said sauce. That's what we had for dinner the other night. Absolutely simple, quick, elegant and delicious. Two pounds of mussels is perfect as an appetizer for 4 or as a meal ...
Pulled Pork Sliders
Pulled Pork Sliders This is another "putting-it-all-together recipe. Here I used up the leftover pulled pork and added spice and crunch with the pickled onion and jalapeños... Did I mention heat too?!? 😛 Serves 4 - 6 12 Brioche Slider Buns (or Slider Buns of your choosing) 1-2 Cups Pulled Pork 1 Cup Pickled Onion with Jalapeños (I ...
Knockoff Take-Out Pasta Salad
Knockoff Take-Out Pasta Salad Lately I find myself drawing inspiration from fast food restaurant menus. I mean there's a reason they're so famous, they're delicious! Enter macaroni salad, at first I was thinking to lighten up one place, think chicken. However, when I tasted it I was instantly overcome with how much it tasted like everyone's ...
Potato and Egg Salad
Potato and Egg Salad Mike's mom makes a potato and egg salad that Mike absolutely loves (I'm still learning traditional Canadiana food). My recipe is almost identical to hers except I lightened it up... A lot... Sorry 😞 Mike said it's just as good and I choose to believe he is telling me the truth😂😂 Serves 6-8 ½ Cup fat free sour cream ½ ...
Spicy Coleslaw
Spicy Coleslaw Now this recipe is bad-a💤. This is spicy, crunchy, a little sweet and so amazingly tasty. Not bad for low fat!!!! This is the recipe I came up with to compliment the pulled pork but this is absolutely incredible as a stand-alone side 👍🏻 Serves 8 ¼ Cup light mayonnaise ¼ Cup fat free sour cream (or Greek yogurt) 1 tbsp ...
Instant Pot Hot Beef Sandwich
Instant Pot Hot Beef Sandwich My sister gave me an Instant Pot for Christmas 🎄 I was pumped... and scared. Pressure cookers explode, right??? Well, I'm very happy to report (and relieved) that Instant Pot is very safe and easy to use. I tested my most favourite slow cooker recipe and did it in the Instant Pot in a tenth of the time. Yes! A ...