Author Archives: eminate00

Cassoulet

This is a variation on the traditional French casserole, Cassoulet, made with sausage, beans, tomatoes, kale and topped with crunchy, buttery bread crumbs. It got 2 big thumbs up from my daughter. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil 12 oz Italian sausage 1 onion, diced 2 c carrot, shredded 3 cloves garlic, minced 14.5 oz fire-roastedContinue reading “Cassoulet”

Good Morning Muffins

I was grating carrot to make carrot cake, which is always an arm workout, and I decided to keep going while I was on a roll and make these muffins. I call these Good Morning Muffins because Carrot Apple Coconut Walnut muffins is too long. They are a bit labour-intensive and about as healthy asContinue reading “Good Morning Muffins”

Roasted Parmesan Zucchini Spears

My ‘cup runeth over’ with zucchini from our garden so my BIL shared this recipe with me that he made the week before. Ingredients: 1 extra-large zucchini, 3 large or several medium/small (yield: 6 cups cut up) 1/4 c butter, melted 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 2 tsp garlic powder 2 Tbsp grated parmesanContinue reading “Roasted Parmesan Zucchini Spears”

Vegetarian Chickpea Stew

The flavour of this stew is surprisingly complex with many layers. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 c onion, diced 1/2 c celery, diced 1/2 c green pepper, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp ginger, minced 3 c sweet potato, cubed 3 c vegetable stock (or chicken stock if the vegetarian aspect isn’t important)Continue reading “Vegetarian Chickpea Stew”

Thai Red Curry Chicken & Rice Soup

There’s a local grocery store near me that has an extensive take-out selection. On the day I tried their Thai Red Curry Soup I was on a mission to recreate it. Sadly, this isn’t it (I think theirs used shrimp too). But, my husband thought this was off-the-charts and gave me a speech about howContinue reading “Thai Red Curry Chicken & Rice Soup”

Cucumber Salad

On one of our favourite roads trips my husband and I ended up in Port Hope, Ontario at a fantastic road-side restaurant called the Shnitzel Shack. Not only was the food incredible (the eggplant parmesan sandwich was off-the-charts and enough for 3 meals), but the service was sooo sweet. We got their cucumber salad andContinue reading “Cucumber Salad”

Dry Rub Chicken Wings

These sweet & savoury chicken wings got rave reviews from the family with my husband saying “you could serve these to anyone!” whatever that means, lol! I served them with Simple Creamy Coleslaw and Cucumber Salad. Ingredients: 1 kg raw chicken wings 5 Tbsp packed brown sugar 1 Tbsp onion powder 1 Tbsp garlic powderContinue reading “Dry Rub Chicken Wings”