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Recipe: Brown Bag Popcorn
Popcorn is a must for a Friday night movie, right? Well, let’s try this brown bag popcorn. Do you remember those old air popcorn poppers? They stand up right and have a little measuring scoop at the top – which I actually think has a dual use of measuring the popcorn and melting butter. We don’t have one of those, and although I love popping popcorn on the stovetop, like old fashioned popcorn, sometimes I’m in the mood for something lighter. Brown bag popcorn! Ingredients…
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Recipe: Broccoli Salad
Salad time! Broccoli salad is a great salad when you have to bring something to a potluck or when you need to make the salad ahead of time. Why? The broccoli doesn’t wilt like regular salad. Plus, it’s hearty and colourful. Ingredients 2 bunches of broccoli 1 carrot 1/4 cup of red cabbage and red onion 1/2 dried cranberries and pecan pieces 1 pack of turkey bacon 2 cups of mayo 1/2 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar First – dice up…
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Recipe: Chimichurri Sauce
Chimichurri sauce time. What is chimichurri? Well, it’s a South American sauce that is used with grilled meat – and, it’s fresh and delicious! Try it today. I first saw chimichurri when I watched Master Chef this summer. It was the firefighter challenge and one of the contestants kept bragging about this awesome chimichurri sauce they could make that would compliment the NY steaks well. This beautiful green sauce is so bright and I love the vibrant colour. Plus, it tastes amazing, too! This recipe…
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Recipes: 12 Days of Cookies
Okay – Christmas is 5 days away…WOW!! Have you done any baking? Best get on it. Baking yourself is so much better than buying at the store – so warm and fresh. Don’t you just love freshly baked goods? 3ten.ca celebrated earlier this month with the 12 days of cookies, now, here are all the recipes, brought together. You can make them all in one day, like I did! It was a 14 hour cookie making day, so I don’t suggest that, yet it’s possible.…
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Recipe: Red Salad
Brighten up your dinner with a red salad! Radicchio lettuce, beets, and radishes – this salad dish is sure to please. Ingredients 3-4 beets 1 radicchio 2 red peppers 10 radishes 1 stalk of green onions your favourite vinaigrette (I used garlic) First – peel the beets and roast them for about 1 hour or until cooked but still a bit firm. Cut into matchstick pieces. Second, wash and cut the radicchio, slice the red peppers, radishes, and green onions. When you’re slicing the radishes,…
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Recipe: Short Ribs
What’s for dinner? Short Ribs! Sunday dinners are usually a family tradition…what better thing to cook tonight than short ribs?! It’s winter and they will warm your belly. The pack of ribs that I got is 2 pounds, so it’ll feed 2-3 people. Ingredients 2 pounds of short ribs 1/2 cup of ketchup 1 tablespoon of mustard 3 tablespoons of raw brown sugar 2 tablespoons of soy sauce 1 tablespoon of minced garlic Mix all the sauce ingredients together and then dice two white onions.…
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Recipe: Chewy Cranberry Cookies
The last day of the 12 days of cookies! Here we have chewy cranberry cookies. What a great celebration. Thank you to all who visited and to all who tried out the recipes…I’d love to hear how they turned out!!! To make the chewy cranberry cookies… Ingredients 1 1/3 cups of flour 1 cup of oats 1/2 cup of dried cranberries and white chocolate chips 1/3 cup of chopped pecans 1/2 cup of brown sugar and white sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup of butter 1…
