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Easiest & Most Environmentally Friendly Way To Remove Rust From Cast Iron Pan

May 30, 2019 by Suzie the Foodie 3 Comments

After all the pain I have gone through scrubbing cast iron to remove rust, I could not believe this technique could be use so easily, economically and environmentally friendly! I will never use any other technique ever.

Jamie’s Weiners & Beaners for Grown-Ups Made In Instant Pot

March 25, 2019 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

Growing up, nobody like what our family called weiners and beaners more than my sister Jamie. Me? I was terrified of it when I was a kid. Seriously. It freaked me out. I realized I had gotten long past my legume terror when I started to crave her recipe that she makes in the crockpot. […]

Super Easy & Delicious Instant Pot Ribs

May 16, 2018 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

I have been searching for ways to make easy dinners and my friend Zorica recommended this recipe for Instant Pot Ribs. It looked so easy, used minimal ingredients and looked so potentially tasty it was a no-brainer for me. The Ribs The recipe called for baby back ribs. The only ribs at my store were “pork […]

Stupid Easy Potato Leek Soup

January 17, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

Life has gotten a little crazy-busy and I have been depending on canned soup too much lately to get us through this freakishly cold Vancouver winter. Not only is canned soup not as healthy for you it is also a waste of money so I wanted to come up with a homemade stupid-easy potato leek soup. […]

Easiest Poached Eggs As Seen On America’s Test Kitchen

December 22, 2016 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

My friend Miranda told me about this video that America’s Test Kitchen did on how to make the easiest poached eggs and I just had to try it out for myself: I made my own video of the process and sure enough, it worked! I brought the water up to a boil and turned off the […]

Best Way To Remove Hazelnut Skins

July 26, 2016 by Suzie the Foodie 1 Comment

Is there anything more annoying than trying to remove hazelnut skins? I have tried the blanching method and the roasting method and neither of them really did a great job. I adore hazelnuts but having to fight to use them was too annoying. As a result I stopped using hazelnuts for a long time but […]

Easy Green Chicken Curry From Scratch

June 13, 2016 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

I gotta admit something. I have always found making curry from scratch a little overwhelming. I have done it but usually when I had the time and energy. An easy and pretty fast homemade curry seemed like a crazy idea. As much as we loved PC’s Green Curry Sauce, it got a little too hot […]

Fast & Fabulous Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe

May 30, 2016 by Suzie the Foodie Leave a Comment

Remember my mom’s Caesar salad dressing recipe? Making it made me remember just how much I love Caesar salads. Salad season is upon us so I decided to come up with my own less-decadent (cheaper AND healthier) but still fabulous version that I can enjoy at any time. The following recipe makes enough for either two […]

Fabulous Five Ingredient Peanut Dipping Sauce

May 4, 2016 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

Oh how I love sauces! But they can’t be just any sauce. They have to be the RIGHT sauce. I bought these beautiful hand-crafted pork and chive dumplings from an Asian market in my hood. I steamed them and then created a dipping sauce with my “light” soy which ended up being considered light in […]

White Wine Oven Braised Mushroom Soup

October 20, 2015 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

This is a tutorial on how to take a big bunch of very sad mushrooms and make a happy bowl of cream of mushroom soup. BTW I used around 6 cups of mushrooms and about 1 cup of wine and probably 1 cup of broth. You just want to make sure that there is enough liquid and fat […]