Thanksgiving is just around the corner here in Canada. Typically Thanksgiving in our house is potluck. If I am lucky I will be able cook the turkey but usually I am left to make a sides dish and usually this is a salad. This recipe is my go to potluck salad. It is light and…
Category: Back to Basics
Chicken and Potato
On days when I feel like an easy home cooked meal, I make chicken and potato with a honey garlic soy sauce. This dish is quick and easy to make after a long day at work. Begin with a chopping up half a sweet onion. Sauté the onion on medium low heat. Add two slices…
Summer Salad featuring PopUpMeal.com
PopUpMeal is a wonderful website which helps chefs share their food passions with the community. It offers great resources to help launch a pop-up restaurant and tips on how to run your business. The blog has many interesting articles, such as “how to handle bad restaurant service” to “farmer market scams” and a new series…
Want to know how to make Asian inspired Poutine? Check out our post on Pop up meal
Exciting news! Check out our collaboration post with Robert from popupmeal.com and learn how to make our Asian Inspired Poutine in his new Canadian Cuisine Series. http://www.about.popupmeal.com/2016/08/21/new-canadian-cuisine-vancouver/
Chinese Chayote Soup
Chinese soup is a tradition during dinner. They were always a staple in my house growing up and every time I would go over to my grandparent’s house, they would have a pot of soup boiling away. Many soups have beneficial qualities to them and every family has a unique twist to their traditional soup….
Beef Noodle Soup
Noodle cravings! Noodles Noodles Noodles! I love noodles! I love thin noodles and thick rice noodles. Here is my take on one of my favorite noodle dishes, beef ho fun noodles. It is pretty simple to make but does take a long time to cook. You will need onion, garlic, ginger, daikon (I used green…
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Sourdough Cookies: What to do with Sourdough Discard (And Other Variations)
I have had my sourdough starter for a couple years now. The trouble that I have with it is knowing what to make from my sourdough discard. Yes I could make sourdough bread, or sourdough waffles but I get tired of having it every week. I stumbled across this recipe for sourdough cookies and made…
Eggs in a Basket
This is a quick and elegant way to start the morning. All you need is some bread and eggs. Begin by creating your “nest”. Do this by either taking a circular cookie cutter or a inverted drinking glass. You want to make sure the circle has enough crust to keep its shape. The next step…
Easy Microwave Cooking: Chee Cheong Fun, Steamed Rice Noodles
One of my favorite chinese dishes is steamed shrimp chee cheong fun, but I only get it when I go to dim sum. The noodles are silky and there are always a variety of yummy fillings. Some fillings you can find at dim sum restaurants are mushrooms, beef and Chinese doughnuts. But I am sure…
Homemade Basic Hot Sauce
This year I wanted to try making hot sauce for friends and family. Something similar to Tabasco or Franks Red Hot. Both of those hot sauces are fermented. I have made cultured food before: cultured pickles, kimchi, and cultured beets. This recipe is very similar to the cultured beets and just as easy. Start with…
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