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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: Chicken Wing Dip
Love chicken wings? Love dip? This is for you! Let’s get cooking this chicken wing dip. This recipe is quick and easy moreover, it’s great for get-togethers and as an afternoon snack while baseball is playing in the background. (okay…no baseball here, but you get the idea!). Ingredients 8oz of cream cheese 1 cup of wing sauce – I used Franks Buffalo Wing sauce 3/4 cup of blue cheese dressing 200g of poached and shredded chicken a cup of crumbled blue cheese 1 teaspoon of…
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Recipe: Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Cauliflower is the new kale – remember when restaurants were quick to feature their kale salad, or a savoury side dish of sautéed kale? Well, the new kid is in town, and he comes in many colours – even orange and purple! This pizza crust is great for those who don’t eat gluten or who are simply cutting back on wheat. Not only is it delicious, you can eat more than two pieces without having to hit the gym extra hard! Ingredients 2 lbs of…
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Recipe: Rocky Road Brownie Cookies (and gluten free!)
Day Five!! 12 days of cookies celebration and we’re on day 5. Today, Rocky Road Brownie Cookies…and, they are gluten free! Ingredients 3 cups of powdered sugar 1/2 cup of finely ground almonds 2/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon of salt 3 extra large egg whites 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract 2 cups of milk chocolate chips 1 cup of chopped pecans 24-36 mini marshmallows First – sift together all the dry ingredients (the sugar, ground almond, cocoa powder and the salt). Second,…
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Recipe: Lasagna Rolls
Lasagna is a great family meal – dress it up by doing lasagna rolls! You can modify my recipe Lazy Lasagna into rolls, too. Both recipes are GLUTEN FREE!! Complete awesomeness. Ingredients package of rice lasagna noodles bunch of spinach 1 tablespoon of garlic 2 tablespoons of olive oil 3 cups of homemade sauce (mine is turkey rose sauce) 350-420g container of ricotta cheese 1 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese First – cook your noodles. Second – sauté the spinach in the garlic and…
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Recipe: Lazy Lasagna – and it’s gluten free!
Lazy Lasagna – why lazy? Mainly because it uses jar sauce and store bought noodles – pretty lazy, eh! Ingredients box of rice noodles 2 tablespoons of olive oil 3 tablespoons of garlic package of spinach 1 pound of ground chicken jar of pasta sauce (gluten free, if you wish) large container of cottage cheese container of ricotta cheese 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese salt and pepper Saute the garlic until golden brown and then add the spinach – it’ll only take a…
