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Recipe: Duchess Potatoes
Duchess potatoes – what? I know – they’re not totally royal, yet they’re good! These potatoes are a great balance of a twice baked potato and mashed potatoes. Plus, the wonderful thing is you can make these a day ahead. Thanksgiving, here we come! Okay, let’s bake up. Ingredients 1.5 pounds of yellow potatoes 3 egg yokes 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic 1/2 cup of soy milk 1/2 cup of greek yogurt 5 tablespoons of salted butter salt and pepper to taste First, this recipe…
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Recipe: Chicken Sausages and Peppers
Chicken sausages and peppers – one of the fastest freezer meals to prep! Plus, it’s full of heat and spice. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients Pack of chicken sausages (I used a 4 pack of PC brand) red pepper yellow pepper green pepper 3 jalapeño peppers large white onion 1 tablespoon of tex-mex spice First, wash and cut all of your peppers. Looking for a little less spice? Then de-seed the jalapeños and that’ll temper the spice. I cut everything lengthwise since we eat these…
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Recipe: Parmesan Chicken
Parmesan chicken in the crockpot?! Yes – and with some veggies, ta-boot! This quick and easy freezer meal is perfect for a busy week, especially when it’s cold and windy outside. Did winter arrive at anyone else’s door today? I think we’ve got at least 1.5 feet of snow! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients 2 chicken breasts large bag of spinach 1 big yellow onion 3 cups of freshly grated parmesan cheese 650ml jar of pasta sauce (yet don’t add to bag) 300g of pasta…
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Recipe: Jalapeño Popper Enchiladas
Jalapeño popper enchiladas – that’s right, I stuffed these enchiladas with cream cheese, roasted jalapeño, corn and beans, then topped the corn tortillas with a rich red enchilada sauce. They’re cheesy and full of flavour. Okay, let’s get cooking! Oh, what inspired these? These jalapeño quesadillas – so good. Ingredients 12 corn tortillas 5 jalapeños 8 oz of cream cheese, soft 1 can of corn 1/2 a can of black beans 1 teaspoon of garlic salt to taste pack of Frontera red chili enchilada sauce…
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Recipe: Canadian Thanksgiving 2020
Canadian Thanksgiving 2020 is one of my favourite holidays. Filled with family, food and fall colours – it’s just the best. This year things probably look different, yet for us, it’s mostly the same (minus the mashed potatoes). This year we made a deliciously hearty fall salad, an Italian herb roasted turkey and some herb sweet potatoes. Okay, let’s check out the recipes. Canadian Thanksgiving 2020 Italian Roasted Turkey Hearty Fall Salad Butter and Herb Sweet Potatoes Start with the turkey, then make the sweet…
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Recipe: Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed peppers! Yes, it’s one of those nights where we feel like Mexican food, yet what to make?! So many choices, yet we feel like something new. Well, we’ve had tacos a few times in the last week. We love tacos, and burrito bowls, too. So, this time I decided to do something different and stuff the peppers. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients 4 poblano peppers 3 jalapeño peppers 1 pound of ground turkey 1/2 of shredded old cheddar cheese 8 oz of goat cheese 1…
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Recipe: Chow Mein
Chow Mein! What? I know – Bryce loves noodles and one night we didn’t have much in the house for groceries. So, I decided search for a quick noodle dish. This plain version from FGF is the starting point of this recipe – then I adapted it and let me tell you – it’s a winner! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients large white onion 2 jalapeños 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic 3 tablespoon of canola oil package of rice noodles can of mini corn about…
