Hearty Soup Series
Restaurant Secrets For Making Better Soups
It is spring, which means lots of rainy, dreary days spent waiting for warmer weather. What better way to perk up those spring blues then with a nice big bowl of soup? Soup can be made of so many things, and made in so many ways. But there is an art to it. It does...
When does cooking become fun?
For a lot of people out there, likely a lot of people reading this, cooking isn't fun. It's something that has to be done, but isn't enjoyed. But what if it was? What if you could step into your kitchen confident and relaxed and just cook? I mean cook because you...
Pad Thai in 30 Minutes Or Less
If you have never eaten Pad Thai, you don't know what you're missing. If you have eaten it and have never made it, you will be blown away at how quickly it can be put together. It is rich, flavourful, and quick. What isn't there to love? This will absolutely become...
Everything I Know About Greek Food
Greek food is delicious. I think we can all pretty much agree to that. Really, what's not to love? Fresh bright flavours combined with fresh bright ingredients. It's almost perfect. Years ago I worked in a Greek Restaurant for some time and so the information I'm...
Bangers and Mash – 30 Minutes or Less
Bangers and mash isn't something that I ever really ate growing up. Before I started working in pubs when I was 19, I had never really seen bangers and mash other than on tv. Honestly, even after I had seen the dish in real life, I wasn't impressed. Then one day when...
Everything I Know About Curry Pt. 2
Last week I wrote about everything I know about curry. The thing was, it wasn't everything I know. Curry is just too big a topic to cover in one post. I don't even know if I'll be able to cover all I want to cover in two posts, but we'll see. If you haven't read...
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
We've all heard about the Mediterranean diet. It is almost mythical. For whatever reason the people who grew up eating this way live longer and healthier than almost anyone else. Now, because I like all of you so much, and I want all of us to be around for a very long...
Corn Chowder – 30 Minutes or Less
When my mother was a child she was very sick. She spent a large part of her childhood in and out of the hospital. As I'm sure you can imagine, it was very hard on her. She a lot of bad memories from her early life. Because of this, she rarely talked about growing up....
Everything I Know About Curry Pt. 1
The term "curry' means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. It all depends on where you're from in the world. Growing up in rural eastern Canada curry meant spice. It meant heat and mystery. Curry wasn't so much a part of food as it was the...
5 Simple Weeknight Desserts
Everyone loves dessert. There is nothing like having that little pop of sweet after a delicious meal to tie it all together. But during the week, that little bit of sweet can seem like a big effort. I mean who has time on a Tuesday to bake a cake? On the flip side,...