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Recipe: Corn Fritters with Poached Eggs
Corn fritters with poached eggs is the best breakfast! The corn fritters are fluffy and the perfectly poached egg is rich and delicious. This breakfast puts together four of my favourite recipes. Let’s get cooking (and cracking!). Ingredients corn fritters recipe jalapeño guacamole recipe burrito sauce recipe 4 poached eggs 3 green onions, chopped salt and pepper to taste First, gather all of your ingredients and know that with the four recipes we’ll be making, you’ll have left over corn fritters, guacamole, and burrito sauce.…
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Recipe: Mexican Watermelon Salad
Mexican watermelon salad – this bright and fresh dish is sure to spice up any table! Eat it for breakfast, for dinner, or even for lunch the next day. You won’t be disapointed with this refreshing salad. Okay, let’s get cooking! Also, one thing to note, I haven’t leared how to pick out the perfect jicama yet, so please share your tips below. Cooking Light has some great tips and tricks on how to cook with jicama – check them out if you like this…
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Recipe: Old Fashioned Cornbread
Old fashioned cornbread – and it’s gluten free! This fluffy cornbread uses mediumed ground cornmeal and it’s so moist, hearty, yet not dense. Okay, let’s get the oven turned up and get our baking on! Ingredients First, set the oven to 400 degrees and grab your favourite baking dish. I’ve made this cornbread twice and next time my plan is to make it in our cast iron skillet. Either way, make sure you grease your pan. Once the oven is set, whisk all the dry…
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Recipe: No Bake Cheesecake
No bake cheesecake – it’s light, fluffy, and the perfect dessert for bringing family together. You can add skor, peanut butter cups, or keep it classic. In this case, with Easter just around the corner, it’s Cadbury eggs! Okay, let’s not bake up! Ingredients Crust 1 box of Kinnikinnick’s smoreables graham style crackers a stick of salted butter, melted Filling 300g of cream cheese 50g of icing sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla 150ml of whipping cream 1 cup of crushed Cadbury eggs (and 1/2 a…
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Recipe: Mexican Street Corn Tostadas
Mexican streen corn tostadas are the perfect way to combine bean dip and the savoy goodness of street corn. Have them for brunch, lunch, or even dinner – let’s get cooking! Ingredients Black Bean Dip (full recipe) Mexican Street Corn (2/3 of a recipe) 8 tostatds First, make the full recipe of the black bean dip. I’m a huge fan of this dip, it’s great with veggies, on tacos, or even in the morning with an egg wrapped burrito. It’s got a bit more zip…
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Recipe: Five Spring Salads
Five spring salads, to roll in the slushy, sunny, and springy days! We’ve got savoury salads, sweet salads, and salads loaded with fruits and veggies. Let’s get cooking! Five Spring Salads Sweet Potato and Blackberry Salad Roasted Carrot Salad Chickpea and Avocado Salad Blackberry Chicken Salad Pomegranate and Pear Salad These five salads make use of mixed greens, some flavourful dressing (hello poppyseed – my favourite!), and are loaded with veggie and fruit goodness. Hearty salads for dinner or lunch. Which one sounds good to…
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Recipe: Pomegranate and Pear Salad
Pomegranate and pear salad is fresh, full of flavour. Oh, and the pomegranate seeds (which are frozen, so easy-peasy) are a burst of brightness. So good! Okay, let’s get chopping, crumbling, and tossing – this salad won’t last long. Ingredients 6 cups of mixed greens 1 pear 1/2 a cucumber about 1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds 1/4 cup of crumbled feta about 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts poppyseed dressing (or your favourite vinaigrette) First, wash and dry the mixed greens. Then, make the dressing (if…
