This recipe came about after trying to find the perfect vehicle for my husbands favourite dinner, kung pao chicken. I should say it’s not only his favourite dinner, but probably his favourite lunch, snack, and if I ever made it at 6 in the morning, breakfast. Having purchased several varieties of tortillas from the grocery…
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How To: Healthy Breakfast – Mushroom, Broccoli, and Sun Dried Tomato Strata
This recipe is my “go-to.” Don’t you all have your “go-to’s?” You know, your “go-to” shirt for doing out for dinner, your “go-to” pyjamas for when you want to be warm and cozy, your “go-to” Thai place for take out. Well, now you can add a “go-to” brunch dish to that list. This strata is…
How To: Homemade Bread – Pumpkin Seed and Cranberry Bread
Homemade bread is usually not associated with words like “easy” and “quick.” That is, unless you are this delicious fall-inspired quick bread. This bread literally took me 7 minutes to put together. Yes, that’s right, not 5, not 10, SEVEN. How many bread recipes can say that?! The honey adds a nice sweetness, but its…
How to: Make Your Own Naan Bread
Warm. Chewy. Savoury. A triple threat. Naan’s got it all. Naan is a leavened flat bread. Sounds like an oxymoron, but I swear it’s both flat and light as air all at once. It’s typically known to accompany curries, soups and stews in Indian cuisine where it can be used in lieu of pesky utensils…
How to: Recipe Makeover – Homemade Pizza Dough
I’ve found it! The best homemade pizza dough recipe EVER. Not surprisingly, it’s inspired by one of my favourite food blogs – Smitten Kitchen, whose author Deb Pearlman has just released a cookbook. A really really really good cookbook. As in, put it on your Christmas list. I’ve made a number of pizza doughs in…
How To: Make Your Own Bread – Rosemary Beer Quick Bread
Can you smell that? It’s the smell of bread – hot out of the oven. I mean, is there really anything better than the smell of a freshly baked, still warm loaf of bread? I think not. Homemade bread seems to be one of those things people think is just too hard to make at…
How to: Easy Homemade Bread
I know gluten free eating is popular at the moment. It is difficult for me to grasp why. While there are eaters out there living with true gluten allergies and intolerances, the vast majority of people tolerate gluten just fine thank you very much. Gluten is also found in a lot of foods. A lot of yummy…