Get your foodie on!
Since I’ve discovered baking lately, I’ve been revisiting some of the simpler pleasures here in the FAB Whitby kitchen to see if we can recreate them ourselves. So far, I’ve been reasonably pleased with the results, so I decided it was time to look for a soft taco/tortilla recipe. My recipe search brought me to [...]
Here’s a satisfying stew that’s easy to prepare and perfect for cold winter evenings. I know it’s not technically winter yet, but it was snowing where I live today…. Bonus: it’s an opportunity to use up those crazy little cranberries you froze after Thanksgiving! I’m approximating (and modifying) a recipe I found in Canadian House [...]
Earlier this fall, the southern Ontario FAB kitchen hosted an amazing dinner party with a wicked theme: “Inspired by Fire”. One of our contributions to the event was this soup. Not only licked by flames on the barbeque, it also features a fiery kick…! 8 red bell peppers 45 ml / 3 tbsp grapeseed or [...]
This recipe is a variation on the one that was offered through the LCBO’s Food and Drink magazine, back in the winter of 2008. We make pizza once a week now — I honestly can’t remember the last time we got delivery! Yield: enough for 2 thin-crust 12-inch pizzas, so by all means, halve the [...]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, our last dinner party was themed “Touched by Fire”. G spent the entire night (and I mean entire night) smoking a pork shoulder for pulled pork. He woke up every couple of hours throughout the night to tend to the smoker. I was afraid that the neighbours would [...]
One of my favourite foods is pasta. Another, is bacon. When you put the two together, what could be better? I was searching recipes that combined the two and Pasta Carbonara kept coming up. I must admit, I have always been a little wary about trying this recipe because pouring raw eggs over hot pasta [...]
So, I’ve come to think that there are, indeed, some benefits to eating (at least some) raw and/or vegan foods. Firstly, after seven days, I’m feeling really good – don’t really miss meat or, more importantly, cheese (granted, I did a bunch of research and preparation, but still thought I’d be freaking out by now). [...]
I know, Valentines Day weekend is upon us and you were hoping for something a little more sexy than chicken stock. Not to worry, we’ll have some fun stuff for you over the weekend. For now though, it is time to get down to the basics. Basics that any serious foodie should always have on [...]
It has been a while since I’ve made a big pot of chili, so I thought that would be a great project for the return of winter. I looked at a few recipes, but none caught my eye so I just went to the store and grabbed a few things to add to the 2 [...]
Our family usually loves anything with a nice clean citrus flavour, so when I made some Greek style potatoes a year or so ago, everyone loved them. I decided it was time to have a go at another Greek style dinner so went looking around for some recipes. I came across Robert’s Place who had [...]
