What do I do when I get super crappy news? I turn to pasta. My ultimate comfort food. Reg needed some comfort food too so I decided to call on some of his favourite flavours of a Greek dish he used to get in Ottawa and transform it into an Italian version. I ended up […]
Cheese Tortellini & Chicken Sausage with Red Pepper Sauce
I discovered coming up with my foodie bucket list just how important learning how to make sauces is to me so I played around with ingredients I had in order to make this homemade red pepper sauce. This is far from a traditional professional chef-style sauce but it is fast, easy and damn delicious. The Ingredients […]
Product Review Catelli Ancient Grains Pasta
I am a huge fan of Catelli Smart Pasta. They got it totally right. Tastes like regular white pasta but has 32% of your daily recommended fibre intake per 85 g serving. They sneak fibre into your diet and the pasta still truly tastes like white pasta. Genius! Catelli Ancient Grains Pasta I sang Catelli’s praises […]
Chicken Spaghettini Carbonara
Simple & Decadent Tortellini Alfredo
I am totally loving Gusto TV. I am learning so much, especially thanks to Martha Stewart’s Cooking School. During one of the classes I discovered that the original Alfredo sauce is so simple to make, you will not believe it! I am currently product testing Duso’s bacon and cheddar tortellini and thought it would be a […]
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Prawns and Fried Sage
I wanted to teach myself how to make ravioli. I tried a couple of techniques and learned a ton. And look! Yum!!! I was inspired by The Cactus Club Cafe’s Chef Rob Feenie’s recipe for Butternut Squash Ravioli with Prawns. Above is their English Bay location, right on the beach. The Dough You will need 2 […]
Product Review of Sugru: Self-Setting Rubber
I was so excited when I bought a ravioli press at Value Village for just $10! This was months ago. Why haven’t I used it? The Problem Because it was missing a foot! Which is probably why someone donated it. OK fine. I decided to fix it. But with what? Sugru! The Technical Difficulties Sugru fixes stuff. Which […]
Food Network Magazine’s French Onion Pesto
With the heat of the summer still attacking Vancouver, I decided to try some of Food Network Magazine‘s recipes for pestos. I started with Lemon Zucchini which pleasantly surprised me. There are many to choose from that use kale or are definitely not Italian-inspired like the Vietnamese or West African recipes but I wanted something […]
Food Network Magazine’s Lemon Zucchini Pesto
I have been looking for some foodie inspiration lately for summer dishes and so I turned to Food Network Magazine. Look at that ice cream cake on the cover of the July/August 2016 issue! How could I resist? The Inspiration The best part of purchasing the magazine was discovering the 50 Pestos insert that was inside. Summer […]
Forgiveness Friday
Remember my seriously negative experience with Barilla’s Pronto One Pan No Boil No Drain Pasta? I have made two great discoveries. One: if you BOIL it for 10 minutes it comes out perfectly, just as I suspected. Which is good because I did not want to compost all that pasta. Two: the company kind of rocks […]