Featured Recipe
BLT Breakfast Salad
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 |
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A salad to kick start the day or as a light "brinner" (breakfast for dinner), this flavourful breakfast salad has all the makings of a much-loved classic BLT: crispy bacon, fresh romaine lettuce, juicy grape tomatoes, sourdough croutons and a creamy mayo-based dressing. And of course some soft boiled eggs to add protein and to keep you satiated until lunchtime! Leave out the croutons if you are on low carb way of eating.
Asparagus Salad with Jamón Serrano and Mini Buffalo Mozzarella
Sunday, March 16, 2025 |
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The earthiness of asparagus, creaminess of buffalo Mozzarella and the saltiness of Jamón Serrano work wonders together. This salad can be served either hot or cold, so it’s a good one to have up your sleeve for the asparagus season. The heat destroy the purple pigment, so purple asparagus will eventually lose its colour and turn into deep green. So no worries, if you can't find purple asparagus, simply use the green one. Jamón Serrano can be a bit pricey, iuse normal ham if you want to.
Meatball Gratin
Saturday, February 08, 2025 |
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Juicy homemade pork meatballs with garlic, onion, Italian seasoning, fennel seeds, and pancetta / bacon are browned then simmered in a rich tomato based sauce and lots of Gruyère until golden. It’s wholesome, hearty and so moreish. Serve with your favourite salad and plenty of crusty bread to soak up the sauce.
Italian Sausage Meatballs with Risoni
Saturday, January 25, 2025 |
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If you are Looking for a hearty, satisfying and cozy meal, then this one pot dish is for you! The Italian meatballs use a delicious mix of ground beef and pork and get the amazing flavour from Italian sausage spice mix and Parmesan. They are then nestled in a rich tomato sauce with tender risoni pasta and served with extra fresh grated Parmesan. They are so delicious, and very easy and uncomplicated to prepare. If you don’t want to make the meatballs from the scratch, then use the Italian sausage mixture.
Snow Peas with Bacon and Red Onion
Friday, November 29, 2024 |
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Ready in 15 minutes, this easy stirfry with snow peas, red onion, and bacon makes for great midweek dinner. Be careful to never overcook the snow peas to maintain their delicious crunch. You can add some baby corns, carrots, shelled peas, and shiitake or muer mushrooms to the stirfry to make it even more interesting and colourful.
Bacon Roasted Hokkaido with Spinach Apricot Salad
Saturday, November 16, 2024 |
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Colourful, flavourful and easy to make, these bacon roasted pumpkin wedges with spinach salad are great as an appetizer, side dish or even a light lunch. Anything wrapped with bacon is superfood if you ask me, and the spinach salad with dried apricot and toasted pine nuts is a star on its own too. This is one ultimate cold weather comfort food you’ll treat yourself to again and again. Use other types of winter squashes (acorn, kent or butternut are all great) if you can't find hokkaido.
Beef Short Ribs with Maple Pumpkin Puree and Pangrattato
Friday, November 08, 2024 |
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Tuck into this glorious cut of braised beef ribs, resting atop a mountain of creamy pumpkin pureé and pangrattato. It's truly the ultimate comfort food for winter.
Pangrattato is an Italian condiment used to take your dishes to the next level! They are breadcrumbs which have been seasoned and toasted to bring some crunch and texture to dishes such as pastas, vegetables and other dishes. Traditionally, it's made using stale bread, garlic, herbs, and olive oil. I have used ground pork rind instead to make the recipe lowcarb-friendly.
Coq au Vin
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
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Translating to rooster stewed in wine, coq au vin, a French classic was originally a peasant dish designed to make use of an old rooster that was too tough and sinewy to be simply roasted. It was a dish that was cooked low and slow. However, tough roosters have given way to tender roasting chicken in most recipes today. So it would be more accurate to call this Poulet au Vin. I wouldn't use chicken breast for this recipe as you can easily overcook them. So bone in thighs, drumsticks or whole legs are better to use for coq au vin.
Crispy Miso Pork Belly
Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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An irresistibly rich pork roast recipe with Asian flavours like miso, mirin, fresh ginger, and rice wine. Served with a simple blanched bok choy (and steamed rice if desired) for a perfect weekend meal. Mirin is a Japanese sweet rice wine made for cooking. If you don't have mirin on hand, use a sweet marsala wine or Sherry. Another alternative is to use rice wine vinegar, but keep in mind to cut the amount called for in half and then add some sugar (1 teaspoon for every tablespoon of rice wine vinegar) to replicate the sweetness of mirin.
Crispy Fried Anchovies
Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
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Anchovies might be small, but they have huge health benefits and flavour. They are a good source of omega-3, protein, various vitamins and minerals. So I hope that you embrace the idea of popping the whole fish (yes, heads, bones, fins..all is GOOD) into the mouth and savour every bit of this oily, bite-size superfood. The preparation is rather simple and straightforward-fresh anchovies are rinsed, dried and simply battered by tossing them with ground pork rind (or flour if you ain't on keto) and then in egg, and then quickly fried in tallow (or olive oil) until golden brown. They are great as a snack or an appetizer.
Bistro Chicken with Bacon, Tarragon and Crème Fraîche
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 |
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The chicken drenched in a rich, creamy bacon and tarragon sauce is a delicious, budget-friendly and delicious dinner night option, made with skin-on bone-in whole chicken legs. You can of course opt for the chicken breast if that's what you prefer, but go bone-in, skin-on when you can. Skin helps to keep the chicken moist during cooking, and the bones add an extra layer of flavour to the meat.
Chicken Cacciatore
Tuesday, October 01, 2024 |
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Chicken cacciatore is a rustic, warming and hearty chicken stew in a rich tomato-based sauce with vegetables, herbs and wine. Serve this earthy hearty stew with crusty bread or on a bed of polenta or pasta, sprinkled with some freshly grated Parmesan. I have used white wine, but you can definitely use red wine instead.
Chicken cacciatore, literally meaning “hunter's style chicken,” has origins that date all the way back to the 14th century. The primary meat of cacciatore back then was rabbit, but other versions add meats like salami and sausage as the protein of choice. Since then, chicken has evolved and become the crowd-pleaser.