Almost every fall my mom, aunt and I get together and make homemade tomato salsa. This was my 6th year of making salsa with my mom and aunt and this year my cousin joined in on the fun! The four of us worked for a good eight hours, chopping, mixing, pouring and canning and came away with 92 – 500 mL jars of fresh, homemade tomato salsa. This recipe is one that has been in my family for a while and…
Lunch is my least favourite meal of the day. I love food and I love eating, but I always struggle with what to have for lunch. I think it is because I leave for work at 6 am every day, and by the time lunch rolls around, I don’t feel like the sandwich I made… or the soup in my lunch bag no longer seems like it will be enough. That is all until I made this soup! Lemony lentil…
My husband and I like making our own barbecue sauces and when we found this cherry chipotle barbecue sauce recipe in the Champion BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked Food cookbook we thought it sounded amazing! We made it a couple times and were going to see what we could change to make it our own, but it is so good, we left it almost as is; the only thing we changed is we increased the amount of cherry juice. We also processed…
I bought black truffle oil and black truffle sea salt this weekend from Evoolution (a specialty oil and vinegar shop) and knew I had to use it in a recipe right away! On the way home from work on Friday, I opened up both in the car and took a whiff … OH MY …. this stuff smells amazing! So earthy, and mushroomy (not a word, I know!) … and smells like autumn to me! Immediately I thought of pork loin…rubbed with…
Chicken noodle soup solves problems. It’s that simple! When you are sick, have chicken noodle soup. If you are cold, warm up with chicken noodle soup. Come home grouchy from work and need comfort food? Chicken noodle soup!! Not only does chicken noodle soup solve some of the world’s toughest problems (okay, maybe a little over the top??), but it is also extremely simple to make!! After work for a quick meal, Eric and I will often pick up a rotisserie chicken…
I just had a mini-holiday in my back-yard! Not literally….I grew up and still live a few hours east of the Rocky Mountains and the mountain National Parks and it is always fun to go back and explore! This time on our trip we hiked Parker Ridge, Bow Glacier Falls, Tunnel Mountain and played tourist on a few other small walks and drives through the park. And because this week is Alberta Beer Week, I had to visit Banff Townsite…
Gumbo! What a wonderful dish and word! I just love saying it! I really loved my trip to New Orleans and I especially loved all the food I had there. I hope you are enjoying all of the recipes I am sharing from my experience in the south! Today I am making chicken and sausage gumbo! Gumbo might be my most favourite food I had in the south because it is warm, cozy, savoury and very satisfying! The first gumbo I…
I love pasta and I love trying out new pastas, so when I found this lentil ziti by Tolerant Foods, from Costco I had to grab it and try it! On top of that I had a Spud delivery that had three zucchinis in it, meaning I needed to incorporate zucchini in a recipe soon. Zucchini and pasta go together quite well and adding chicken, tomatoes and ricotta cheese just seemed logical!
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