Forever ago I tried making my own refried beans and it was a disaster! I believed the recipe when it said all you had to do was mash them with a potato masher and everything would be OK. I used canned beans and I can tell you, it wasn’t OK. No matter what I did I […]
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 […]
Quaker Gluten-Free Oats, Oatmeal & My Peanut Butter Chocolate Icebox Cookies
The following is a sponsored post but, as always, the opinions expressed are mine and mine alone. I will always speak the foodie truth! Remember back in May when I shared that Quaker’s Crispy Minis were gluten-free? Quaker has taken their pledge to help those with gluten intolerance to a whole new level! The Products […]
Layered Mexican Lasagna with Seasoned Beef & Grilled Peppers
Suzie the Foodie’s Creamy & Cheesy Black Bean Dip
Oh the things you can whip up with leftover this and that! Feel free to watch the tutorial and listen to the overly dramatic music I added to it. (Long stupid story.) The Recipe Put the following in a food processor: 1/4 cup refried black beans, 1/3 cup cream cheese, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp smoked […]
Lazy Crispy Calamari Noodle Dish
Ricardo Magazine-Inspired Thai Turkey Burgers
Thanks to the latest issue of Ricardo I came up with a tasty turkey burger recipe that is complex in flavour but super easy to make! And it was my first turkey burger-making experience. Unfortunately, the original recipe is not online. I replaced the lemongrass with lemon zest and omitted the Sriracha because Reg is not a […]
Instant Pot Old School Swiss Steak with Mushroom Gravy
I tried out another recipe from Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough’s cookbook The Great Big Pressure Cooker Book: 500 Easy Recipes for Every Machine, Both Stovetop and Electric. They inspire me so much by their online class Make The Most Of Your Pressure Cooker at Craftsy, I wanted to make dinner in my Instant Pot! The Recipe You are going to need a […]
Easy Green Chicken Curry From Scratch
Pub-Style Dark Beer-Battered Fish
I did not think my Perfect Battered Fish could get better but leave it to beer to take it to another level. The Product I had some Odyssey Nitro Porter Dark Beer by Phillips Beer leftover from the Bistro Beef and Beer Stew I made for Reg: Odyssey is infused with nitrogen gas, creating cascading clouds of […]