White Bean Dairyfree Alfredo Sauce

Living dairy-free has its benefits.  I feel healthier and lighter.  Living this way also gave me a chance too be creative and a purpose to experiment to replicate my favorite dishes.  Here is a recipe that I thought was decent, but I would still need to do a few changes to make this awesome.  I…

Shrimp and Salmon Pasta

Pasta is easily transformed from plain tomato sauce to something more elegant by adding a few ingredients. You can add leftover chicken or stir fry to jazz up the sauce! For this pasta, I bought some prawns and smoked salmon. Begin by dicing up the onions and garlic for the tomato sauce. Sauté the onions and…

Creamy Red Pepper Pasta

I recently went to a naturopath to determine my crazy allergic reactions. During the past 3-4 years, I’ve noticed that I would get really upset stomachs from eating anything from the onion family. In the past year, I’ve woken up numerous times with swollen eyes and face. I suspected multiple things from shampoo, vitamin pills,…

Two Takes on Lasagna!

Lasagna can be a tedious meal. Usually involving making tomato sauce, cooking ground meat, pre-cooking noodles, assembling and then baking for about an hour. After all that the results are so rewarding. Its a warm comfort food full of delicious flavours. I’ll show you two ways to make lasagna! To create a home made traditional…

Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins. It’s pumpkin season! Pumpkins are not only used for pumpkin pie, or carving jack-o-lanterns.  Add pumpkin puree to your mac and cheese to get a delicious creamy sauce. Trust me you won’t know it is there. To make really good mac and cheese, you need to start with some strong flavored cheese. …

Basic Pasta Sauce

I have been working on keeping a record of all the basic recipes that I make.  When I am on a time crunch I often rely on simple recipes to help me out that week.  This week has been a nightmare!  Everything seems so busy and chaotic.  Pasta is my savoir!!!!  It is easy to…