Prepping vegetables has to be one of my least favourite cooking chores. Washing, peeling, chopping, and seasoning just absolutely bore me to tears, no matter how much I love the outcome – tender, flavourful, warm little nuggets of goodness. Thankfully, roasted veggies prep wonderfully and are just as easily brought…
Stock is the most complex, easy food anyone can make. And I really mean anyone – even those of you who burn toast. To me, stock is also the quintessential “the sum is greater than the parts” dish. Taking the inedible parts of proteins along with a few cheap vegetables…
Growing up I thought I hated salmon. We only ever kept smoked salmon in the house, because it was one of my Dad’s favorite sandwich fillings, but I could never get over the firm, underdone jerky type texture and the overly fishy smell. My distaste for smoked salmon kept me…
I was lucky enough to grow up in a family of excellent cooks, headed by my grandmothers who have an invaluable wealth of knowledge when it comes to cooking. My earliest memories are of running between their legs in the kitchen, begging to help stir pots or chop garnishes (using…
I have a secret to admit – I don’t like tomatoes. Even at almost 30 years old I’ll purposely pick around them in the salad bowl, remove them from burgers, and order nachos at restaurants sans tomatoes. I have never been a fan of tomatoes in their raw form, despite…
Growing up, one of mine and my sister’s favourite meals was my Mum’s “alfredo” pasta, ideally topped with some frozen chicken tenders chopped into small chunks as a topper. By no means gourmet, but absolutely delicious and an almost certain guarantee that we would both clean our plates. About 90%…
I’m pretty sure one of my first experiences with tofu, if not my first, was through trying it at Chipotle via their sofritas, and amidst the limey rice, the perfectly cooked beans and the spicy salsa I thought this was as good as tofu could get. The sofritas bowl became…
One thing about me is I love a good, quick, easy freezer meal. The microwaveable little trays of mushy pasta you get in the freezer aisle of the grocery store have been my saving grace many a time when I found myself starved and with not even enough energy to…
When I bought my first cast-iron pan, I was equal parts terrified and excited. I had heard so much about this magical pan – non stick, stovetop and oven compatible, leeches iron into your food. Basically every anemic aspiring chef’s (a.k.a me) dream. So imagine my surprise when I painstakingly…
