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Recipe: Rice Pasta with Tomato and Garlic Sauce
This dish seems too simply and the kind of thing you’d make when you’re too lazy to go to the grocery store, however, it’s so good great. I first made this dish after my roommate in university made it – she got it from her boy friend’s mom. It’s simply and the kind of think you can keep your pantry stocked with. Let’s get cooking rice pasta with tomato and garlic sauce. Ingredients 1 bag of penne (I used rice pasta, thus it’s gluten free)…
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Recipe: Mexican Lasagna
I love Mexican food – it’s probably my favourite cuisine…and since I don’t live in Texas anymore, it’s a little more difficult to find great authentic flavours here in Northern Alberta. This dish, however, packs a punch of Mexican flavour and I always go back for seconds! Let’s get cooking this Mexican lasagna. This is an dish you can make a day or two ahead and then cook up on a busy night – it’ll feed 6-8 people (yet the leftovers are good…so if you…
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Recipe: Pizza Quesadilla
Quesadillas?! Usually I pack mine with cheese, of course, chicken and veggies, like onions and peppers. On Saturday, I felt like pizza! Yet, no pizza to be found out here in the country…no delivery and I didn’t feel like leaving the house. What to do? Pizza Quesadillas! Ingredients 2 flour tortillas 1 tablespoon of butter 3 tablespoons of pizza sauce 1/3 cup of cheese toppings – I used turkey bacon First gather all your ingredients and get them ready. I wanted to fry up the…
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Recipe: Roasted Veg
Roasted veg in tinfoil packs reminds me of summer…this recipe is simple – 4 ingredients and you can change it up as you see fit. Add potatoes, add other vegetables, use butter instead of oil…you decide! Ingredients 2 red peppers 1.5 pounds of broccoli 2 tablespoons of omega oil 5 dashes of steak spice First – wash and cut your veg and throw in a bowl. Next, grab your omega oil and your steak spice. Mix everything together well and get out some tinfoil. Wrap…
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Recipe: Sliced Baked Potato
Baked potatoes are a classic – perfect with a steak, chicken, or any food, really. This nifty little sliced baked potato not only helps the potato bake faster, but it also give it a bit more flavour and crisp. Ingredients 2 large potatoes (will feed 4) 4 tablespoons of omega oil 1 teaspoon of sea salt old cheddar cheese (optional) These potatoes are huge! 2 is enough to feed 4 people…they’ll just get half a potato each. The down side to using such large potatoes…
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Recipe: Beet Stacks
Beet Stacks – just in time for your Sunday night dinner tomorrow…pair with mashed cauliflower and lamb leg steak and you’ll be all set! Not only are they beautiful to look at, they taste fabulous! Ingredients 3 beets 1/2 cup of goat feta cheese 6 sprigs of thyme 3 tablespoons of omega oil 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts (optional) First – you’ll want to buy the beets with leaves…for some reason they sit up better – plus, they have that…
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Recipe: Mashed Cauliflower
What will go wonderfully well with yesterday’s lamb leg steak? Mashed Cauliflower. Not only is it super tasty, it’s also good for you. This whole dish is 440 calories – way, way better than mashed potatoes! Eat up. Ingredients 1 medium cauliflower (about 1.5 lbs) 2 tablespoons of room temperature salted butter 1 teaspoon of minced garlic 1/4 cup of fresh grated parmesan-reggiano 3 tablespoons of 1% milk 1 teaspoon of sea salt dash of pepper Cauliflower is becoming so universal this year – check…
