Family favourites (old and new)
Continuing on down the gluten-free, dairy-free road I decided to have a go at remaking the meatballs that my kids love. As it turned out this was going to be a tall order because normally I just use Lipton’s onion soup mix, bread crumbs, milk …
I decided to try out Italissima Gluten-Free oven ready Lasagna noodles. You need to make the sauce a bit watery to soften the noodles. I ended up with two extra sheet noodles. Ingredients 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 large onion diced 2 medium carrots grated …
Cool drizzly weekends call for comfort food and this weekend that means Carolina Style Pulled Pork. Drizzly weekends also call for cozy blankets, a good book, and not spending hours in the kitchen, so I pulled out the slow cooker and went in search of …
I felt like I hadn’t cooked a proper meal in ages (and I hadn’t), so it was time. A lack of cooking also meant a lack of grocery shopping so it was a foraging kind of meal. I had onions, potatoes, garlic, ginger, a couple …
Sunday dinner is all about comfort food for me. Tonight I made a risotto with porcini mushrooms and peppers. It’s based on this BBC Food recipe for mushroom risotto with some extras and substitutions thrown in. It turned out very well and I will definitely …
I have to confess I did not feel like cooking tonight. However, this onion and tomato quiche fit the bill for my lazy mood. If you have extra greens, like spinach or chard, you could add them when you are sauteing the onion. Left over …
I love Spanokopita and this leek, onion, and rainbow chard pie is my take on a Greek dish that borrows a bit from this recipe for Greek Leek Pie from Nancy Gaifyllia of The Spruce Eats (thank-you Nancy!). It is not entirely coincidental that it …
Baked wings round two. I got the initial idea from Meal Prep On Fleek (I love that blog name) which directed me to this Korean chicken and vegetables sheet pan recipe from Dinner and Dessert. Than I saw this recipe from Honest Cooking and decided …
Disclaimer: None of what happened is Kevin’s fault in any way. Here’s what happened. I had a pork tenderloin that needed using, and I saw this recipe for Balsamic Roast Pork Tenderloin from Keviniscooking.com. First, let me say the tenderloin and the sauce were indeed, …
I first made these meatballs with corn flakes and ground beef like the original Kellogg’s “Good and Spicy Meatballs” recipe (Google it – for some reason the link keeps timing out on me so I’ve removed it). It makes a very nice and light meatball. …