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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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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: Wedge Salad
Wedge Salad – a steakhouse classic! The first time I ever came across the wedge salad was when my husband and I were living in Dallas, Texas. Steakhouse capital of the world! This salad is simple, fresh, and totally delicious. Ingredients Head of lettuce – cut in 4 3 tomatoes – seeded and diced Blue cheese – crumbled Turkey bacon – diced Blue cheese dressing – and lots of it! First – get your tomatoes ready. Now – get your bacon in the pan. Since…
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Holiday Napkins
Thanksgiving is this weekend – at least in Canada! What a better time to buy some fun fabric and decorate your holiday table. Yesterday I found a new discount fabric store in Edmonton – and it’s huge! Score!! That’s where I found this fun wild fowl print. Perfect for Thanksgiving! Holiday Napkins So – a good sized napkin measures around 20×20. I get 4 napkins out of one meter (if it measures 45 inches wide). Be sure you’ve washed your fabric first! Set your serger…
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Recipe: Lamb Roast
Lamb is a great meat to work with. Last October I made leg of lamb and everyone loved it. This time, I wanted to try something a little more Indian inspired. So, with a lamb roast, it’s shoulder, (1.3 Kg) I made an Indian spiced rub and roasted it up. Rub Ingredients 1 teaspoon of minced garlic 1 1/2 teaspoons of cumin and chili powder 2 teaspoons of mustard seed 3 teaspoons of chopped cilantro 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil Mix all the rub ingredients…
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Recipe: Beet Salad
Summer is not over! Salads on the deck are blissful…and this beet and spinach salad is a sure summer treat. Ingredients 3-4 beets 1 bag of spinach 1 1/3 cup of orange juice (fresh squeeze if you like – I just didn’t have my juicer yet) 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil (I use omega oil) 1.5 tablespoons of fennel seeds salt and pepper Peel the beets and then cut them up into small squares. Cook covered at 375 for 1.5-2 hours or until…
