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Recipe: Southwestern Salad
Southwestern salad time! This is one of my favourite salads to make. It’s full of colour (and you should always eat a rainbow!), it’s hearty, and it tastes delightful. Ingredients 2 avocados 1 orange pepper 2 cups of corn 2.5 cups of black beans 2 roma tomatoes 3 cups of leaf lettuce Cilantro-Sriracha dressing…try it! First – wash and chop the lettuce into small pieces. Next, de-seed the tomatoes (use a spoon to clean out the juicy part) and dice. Cut the orange pepper and…
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2013 Top 3 Recipes from 3ten
As 2013 comes to a close I want to celebrate some of the best recipes from 3ten.ca. Popular on both 3ten’s Facebook Page and on Pinterest, the top 3 are: Corn Salsa, Holiday Cookies, and Lamb Roast. Let’s check out 2013 top 3 recipes from 3ten. Corn Salsa! This salsa is light, yet packed full of flavour – over 50 pins – and is perfect for fajita night, with burritos, or just as good with chips. Eat up! Top 2013 Recipes The second most popular…
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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,…
