If you subscribe to my newsletter you know exactly what I was up to on Sunday: building up courage to make a homemade stovetop smoker and cook some hickory smoked chicken. If you follow me on Facebook you know I spent a ton of time not only trying to figure out how they heck I […]
Fast Breads Lots of Cheese Bread
This month at Food Network Canada’s Cooking Club Challenge the theme is inspired by the show Top Chef Canada and its President’s Choice episode. I loved this episode and seeing what products the judges liked and those that failed to impress. One that stood out was the PC Smokin’ Stampede Beer & Chipotle Barbecue Sauce which the […]
My Easy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Sauce
Melanie’s Spicy Peanut Chicken
My Version of Jamie Oliver’s Proper Chicken Caesar Salad
You know when you watch a food program and you want to make that meal right away and you think you have all the ingredients and then realize you don’t? Well that happened when I watched Jamie Oliver make this unbelievable warm Chicken Caesar Salad. It looked like a dream! Jamie only uses a quarter […]
Food Network Cooking Club Challenge: Matt Dunigan’s Honey Mustard Chicken
The Food Network’s Cooking Club Challenge for the month of June is Matt Dunigan’s Honey Mustard Chicken. I will admit that Matt’s show drives me crazy. I have never lasted more than a couple of minutes, it feels so much like an outdoor drilling infomercial that I immediately have to switch the channel. As a result, […]
Save money with a slow oven-poached chicken
Last week on my Facebook group I commented on how shocked I was that rotisserie chicken had taxes on it. Altogether one chicken cost me almost $12. As my dear friends pointed out, yes, it is expensive but the outstanding texture and flavour of rotisserie chicken is worth it. I have no way of making my […]
Recipe Review: Tyler’s Ultimate Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken Pot Pie Sandwiches
Thankfully this cautionary tale has a happy foodie ending but if I had not kept a cool head, well, it would have been a very different story. We begin with Lynn Crawford’s Cheddar Cheese Biscuits. That part of the story is all sunshine and daisies. A beautiful recipe. Here is where it all comes crashing […]