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main dish, recipe, sponsored, vegetable, year-round

Biryani Potatoes and Poached Eggs

March 20, 2016

You know when you’re got so much happening that you feel like you don’t have enough time to take care of yourself? When time has become so precious, that the idea of cooking for an hour seems unfathomable? That’s me right now. We’ve all been there: sacrificing our nutrition for the sake of time. And once in a while, it ...

main dish, recipe, summer, vegetable, winter

Corn and Cod Chowder

January 10, 2015

My New Year’s resolutions is to eat more fish. Variety is the key to success, I find, when it comes to a healthy diet. It’s so easy to fall into a routine of eating the same thing every week, so I set out to find easy and healthy fish-based meals, while spending little brain power in actually cooking it. Fish is a very particular ...

autumn, main dish, recipe, vegetable, winter, year-round

Cocoa Chili

November 15, 2014

We all have our own version of a home-style chili. This one is mine! The richness of the cocoa powder blends effortlessly with the chili and cumin, and of course the cinnamon and fennel add a flavour dimension that is just too good to pass up. When making your chili, how long do you normally let it simmer? As much as I am a fan of a crock-pot, ...

main dish, recipe, spring, summer, vegetable

Japanese Miso Tofu Bowl

April 1, 2014

You know when you go to a restaurant, and weeks later you keep thinking about one dish in particular? This happened to me recently when I went to Café Falco, a Japanese coffee shop/restaurant for lunch. The location is somewhat obscure, placed in the industrial side of the Mile End, yet very suitable for their clientele who consist of both ...

main dish, recipe, side dish, vegetable, year-round

Roast chicken with balsamic cabbage… and how to spatchcock

January 29, 2013

Roasted chicken is one of those recipes that you think will take a really long time. And yes, sometimes it can take upwards of an hour. But, my time-saving trick is spatchcocking. Say, what now? How to Spatchcock a Chicken Also known as “butterflying,” to spatchcock a chicken means to remove the spine in order for the chicken to ...

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