I’m a real sucker for lasagnas. I’ll make them a few times a year and always forgot how much work they can be. Worth it? absolutely. But still, shortcuts are nice. But to be honest, most of the time, when I hear shortcut, I hear sacrifice. I find it usually means skipping a ‘homemade’ step for a ‘convenience’ step. And…
Make Your Own
Make your own Potstickers
A few weeks back, my husband and I went for dim sum with friends and took our one and a half year old. Dim sum is a style of eating Chinese food, where you order a wide variety of small, shareable portions. In some restaurants you order from a menu, in others you pick what…
How to – Make your Own: Crunchy Ramen Noodle Salad
Ahhh ramen noodles. As cliche as it is, I fell in completely in love with them, followed by entirely sick of them in my first year of university. I bought cases and cases of chicken flavoured Mr. Noodle that year. Stuck in a dorm room, a kettle as my only cooking aide, it was the only way…
Recipe Makeover – Eggplant Parmesan
We’ve been teased with a few days of warm weather over the last couple of weeks. But I’m on to you, Mother Nature. I’ve been a Canadian gal long enough to know you’re about to screw us over with a blast of icy garbage. This ‘spring is just around the corner’ optimism hasn’t got me fooled!…
How to: Make your Own – General Tso’s Tofu
Yo. Meat lovers. If ever there were ever a reason to start eating tofu, here it is. A perfect storm of intense flavour, perfect texture and…damn it, it’s just glorious. Trust me. The inspiration behind this one is Dana over at The Minimalist Baker. Both Dara and I have been infatuated with this recipe since…
Mushroom Stroganoff
I have been dying to share this recipe. I would be shouting ‘MUSHROOM STROGANOFF!’ from the rooftops if it was at all socially acceptable. Short ingredient list. Cooks in under thirty. A monkey could make it. That’s a classic triple threat, right there. Wait. It’s also just-try-holding-me-back-from-eating-the-whole-pot delicious. Quad threat. I’ve been holding this little recipe…
How to: Make your Own Mushroom Bourguignon
This post was inspired by the leftover wine I had sitting around from Christmas. Just kidding. No such thing. But if there is such a thing in your home, this recipe will make excellent use of it. It’s also an adaptation from my blog hero Deb Perlman via Smitten Kitchen. I’ve been making and swooning over it for…