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Recipe: Corn Salsa Tacos
Corn salsa tacos! These super fresh and delicious tacos make excellent use of the grilled corn salsa recipe I shared a week or so ago. The salsa is full of so much flavour and the grilled-ness is even better the next day or after the salsa as marinated in its own spices in the fridge for a bit. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients grilled corn salsa recipe (about 1/2 will work) 2 cups of shredded lettuce 1 large avocado about 1/2 a cup of greek…
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Recipe: Grilled Corn Salsa
Grilled corn salsa – the perfect appetizer when the BBQ is fired up and you’re looking for summer flavours. This salsa is full of heat from the jalapeños and some sweetness from the corn, all mellowed out with some bite from the red onion. Okay – let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2 cobs of corn 3 jalapeños 1 serrano pepper 1/2 a red onion 1 teaspoon of minced garlic 1 tablespoon of lime juice 1/2 a tablespoon of hot sauce salt to taste Once you’ve got…
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Recipe: Gluten Free Quiche
Gluten free quiche – this is my Mom’s recipe and adapted a bit since I’m a celiac. It’s excellent fresh out of the oven, yet the best part is it freezes well! So, I made a big pan and froze about 10 pieces for lunches! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients Batter Ratio 3/4 cup of gluten free Bisquick 1 1/2 cup of soy milk 3 free range eggs salt to taste (about a teaspoon) a few cranks of fresh black pepper Filling 2 cups of…
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Recipe: Caramelized Onions
Caramelized onions are the perfect addition to so many dishes – think tacos, BBQ chicken or steak, or one of my favourites, quiche! They’re sweet and add a lot of flavour. Okay, let’s get cooking this classic side dish. Ingredients First, use a pan that will create build up. I’m using my enamel cast iron pan, yet a stainless steel pan will work well, too. Just don’t use non-stick. The best part about caramelizing onions is the bits of goodness that get stuck to the…
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Recipe: GF Toffee Crack
GF toffee crack – not just for Christmas time, right? This sweet treat is delicious and usually made around the winter holiday season. I’m pretty sure I’ve made Christmas Crack, yet not gluten free. So, here we are in all it’s glory, this sweet toffee treat. Let’s get baking. Ingredients 40 gluten free saltine crackers 2 sticks of butter packed 1 cup of brown sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla large cup of chocolate chips 1/2 cup of pecan pieces First, line a baking sheet with…
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Recipe: Jalapeño Guacamole
Jalapeño guacamole – it’s a little twist on a Mexican classic. If you’ve been here before then you know I love Mexican food. I mean, it’s just so diverse! So, you’ve also know I love guacamole and have used it in a few different recipes. Well, a while back – I think November or December when we were in lockdown – I didn’t have tomatoes and since Bryce isn’t a huge fan of tomatoes, I thought, heck, I’ll substitute jalapeños instead. And that’s where the…
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Recipe: How to Poach an Egg
How to poach and egg? I know, it seems so easy and yet it’s so difficult at the same time. If you’ve mastered the egg poach then lucky you – truly, I love eggs and I didn’t get this until now. Poached eggs were usually a special treat I would order when we were on vacation, but not any more. Nope, thanks to a video I’ll share below, and a few added tips I picked up from watching the video about 3 times, I’ve mastered…
