Author: shannon
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Prawn Puttanesca
Pasta has always been a big player with our family. Whether it was egg noodles with my mom’s beef stroganoff, weekly spaghetti, or penne experimentation with my brother on Saturday mornings—we’ve always loved it. Since it’s finally summer here on the West Coast, I thought we’d try a spin on this light, Italian classic. The ingredient…
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Zucchini, tomato and feta bake
My favourite food as a kid was Greek food. My mother regularly incorporated Mediterranean flavours into her cooking—and she still makes some of the best spanakopita I’ve ever had. I vividly remember requesting a Greek dinner for a birthday and stealing kalamata olives from the fridge throughout the day until it came time to make…
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The Best Brussel Sprouts
Over the holidays, The Food Network was airing all the Jamie Oliver holiday specials. He is a big favourite in our family — with a simplistic style, he always takes delicious ingredients and makes straight forward, easily accessible, plain ol’ good food. In one of his specials he made an incredible sautéed brussel sprout side…
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The Perfect Pork Tenderloin
Pork is easily my meat of choice. It is so versatile and used throughout so many cuisines. It is also very economical and comes in so many different cuts, you’d be hard pressed to run out of ideas for this viande. It is certainly a staple in my house. And one of our favourite cuts…
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Zucchini Potato Latkes
Last Saturday I woke up with a desire beyond the eggs and toast standard. Finding a lone zucchini in the fridge I decided to try something I had attempted to make several years ago that had not turn out: latkes. Using my trusty Cooks Illustrated cooking bible as a reference this time around, I came…
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Guinness Shepherd’s Pie
I love pulling this recipe out in the fall. It combines one of my favourite meats — lamb — with one of my favourite beers — Guinness. Ingredients 5 medium sized potatoes 1 Tbsp butter 1/4-1/2 cup of milk 1.5 lbs of ground lamb 1/2 onion 2 carrots 2 ribs of celery 2 bell peppers…
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Leek and Potato Soup
I love making homemade soups. They’re economical and offer a sense of purpose to that stock pile of yogurt containers in your cupboard. This easy to make recipe pairs buttery leeks and potatoes — perfect for fall/winter hibernation. Ingredients For the homemade stock 2 carrots 3 ribs of celery 1 yellow onion 3 cleaned leek…