Hearty Soup Series
Chicken and Quinoa Greek Salad – 30 Minutes or Less
Last night I made one of my wife's go-to meals; Chicken and Quinoa Greek Salad. This is something that she will often make at the beginning of the week and then use it as lunch for three or four days. When using it for lunches it is best to either leave the dressing...
Everything I Know About Vinaigrette
What is a vinaigrette? How do you make one? And why should you care? Those are all good questions that I am about to answer. Everything I know about Vinaigrette What is a vinaigrette? A vinaigrette is a mixture (emulsion) of oil and vinegar most commonly used to dress...
The 3 Magic Ingredients That Will Change Your Life
All too often when making dinner, or cooking anything, we can fall into a trap of overdoing it. We keep adding more and more ingredients to cover up our own insecurities about our cooking. Or, we do it because we think that it is the way to make food taste better. It...
Spaghetti & Meat Sauce – 30 Minutes or Less
Last night I made spaghetti and meat sauce with garlic bread and Caesar salad. I did it in under 30 minutes however, it was very difficult. And, in all honesty, it wasn't the best pasta sauce I have ever made (as my wife was quick to point out). It was good, but it...
Everything I Know About Rice
Rice is a staple food for billions of people around the world. In terms of actual human consumption, it is the largest food crop on the planet. But, what do we actually know about it? In North America, we are generally only exposed to a handful of rice varieties and...
Mastering The Stir-fry
Who doesn't love a good stir-fry? They are fairly quick, can be delicious, and are straightforward to put together. I mean the cooking instructions are the name of the dish. How can it go wrong? Well, it can go wrong in lot's of ways actually. When it all goes wrong...
White Bean and Chorizo Soup – 30 Minutes or Less
Stone Soup There once was a hungry wanderer. One day this wanderer found himself in a small village in the northern mountains of Portugal. The wanderer wandered his way to the center of town and set up a small camp. He lit a small fire on top of which he set a large...
Everything I Know About Salad
Salad comes in many different forms and flavours. It actually sometimes seems as though the term salad is so broad that it could mean just about anything. To keep things simple today we are going to focus specifically on green or garden salads. We will leave all the...
The Rise Of The Meat Alternative
It seems that over the last few weeks everywhere you turn people are talking about hamburgers that aren't hamburgers. Meat made from plants, and not in the traditional sense of cow eats plants, turns into more cow. These plants, mostly soy and pea, are turned into...
Pork Fried Rice – 30 Minutes or Less
The typical approach to pork fried rice or any fried rice is to use day old rice that has been slightly dried. In this version, we actually use fresh rice. Specifically, sticky sushi rice. It may seem strange but it works very well and the rice holds its structure....