To me, it’s shocking it has taken me this long to post about one of my favourite and oft used quickie meals. Really, there’s not much to it. It’s simple. It’s quick. And there is no recipe, per se. But I feel the need to show you how awesome and meal-like a humble breakfast sandwich…
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How to: Recipe Makeover – Tofu Bahn Mi
This is a bahn mi. It’s simply a sandwich with vietnamese roots. And with this heat? It’s sandwich season in my kitchen. The bun is a french style baguette and the filling can be any variety of meat, seafood or tofu which is usually accompanied by crunchy pickled vegetables, herbs and a chili kick of…
How to: Quickie Meal – Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches
It’s here, It’s here! Warm weather! To celebrate, this week I wore shorts, started cycling to work, planted my flower and herb garden and most importantly, fired up the barbecue. It’s been glorious. So far on the bbq, my man has cooked me a perfect steak and our good friends have treated us to some…
How To: Use Up Your Leftovers – Avocado Chicken Salad
I was debating what to call this post: “How To: Quickie Meal” “How To: Healthy Lunch” “How To: Make the most delicious chicken salad you’ve ever had!” But instead, after being left with a couple of leftover chicken breasts from a previous roast chicken dinner, I went with the leftover route. When cooking just for…
How to: Kitchen Tip – Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
I love me some hard boiled eggs alright. Always have, always will. If they’re done right that is. While on vacation recently, guests filed in to the resort restaurant each morning to enjoy a breakfast buffet where one of the many egg options was hard boiled. When I excitedly split an egg open one morning,…
How To: Lunch Sandwiches – Mashed Chickpea and Avocado
The sandwich. Probably the easiest lunch you can make. Two pieces of bread, some sort of filling…that’s it! Growing up, turkey sandwiches, pb & j, and cream cheese made regular appearances in my lunch box. Now that I’m older and wiser, I realize that there is much more to a sandwich than the traditional deli…
How to: Quickie meals – Grilled Cheese
Kraft single + Wonder bread + Imperial margarine +Campbell’s tomato soup = pure 80s magic. Who’s kidding who? It’s also pure 2012 magic. Grilled cheese sandwiches and soup were a quick and simple go-to meal in my childhood home. Still are, in fact. Though they have a bit more of a grown-up flair nowadays. If you’re looking for…