Here’s a recipe that we enjoy, and it’s very quick and easy to make. Lots of flavour, with very little effort. Usually we have this with a tossed salad, and rice goes well as a side dish. Southwestern Chicken 3 skinless bone-in chicken breasts 1/2 cup hot salsa 1/4 cup white wine 1-1/2 tbsp olive [...]
Here’s a delicious ground beef recipe that we’ve enjoyed in the past, and would be a quick dinner on a busy day. We could use some of the herbs from our garden that the chef dried in the dehydrator this fall. The recipe is adapted from Quickies: Ten Quick Ways with Everyday Foods,one of my [...]
During the summer and early fall, we use tomatoes from our garden to make this sauce. After the tomato season has ended, we use canned tomatoes instead. The recipe is adapted from Low-Fat Express: Great Taste in 30 Minutes, by Jean Paré, and is part of the Company’s Coming series. The recipe is simple to [...]
The chef first made this delicious meal a few weeks ago, and made it again today. We had our first snowfall of the season, so it was nice to come home to a hot, hearty meal. In some areas, cottage roll is called cottage ham, but it should be a tasty and economical dinner, wherever [...]
We make this pasta in the summer when zucchini is plentiful in our garden, and we need ways to use it up. In the winter we use zucchini from the grocery store, or substitute grated carrot instead. Just cook the carrot a bit longer than you’d cook the zucchini. I’m sure any gluten free pasta [...]
If you can find some small new potatoes, this recipe is a delicious way to eat them. The chef has made them a few times, and they always turn out very well. The recipe is adapted from The Lighthearted Cookbook, by Anne Lindsay. The cookbook was published with the Canadian Heart Foundation, so you can [...]
This is adapted from a recipe in Quickies 2; veggies and more, published by Chatelaine. I love the cookbooks in that series, and use them frequently. This recipe is quick and easy — the hardest part is cooking the macaroni! I’ve had good luck with Glutino Brown Rice pasta, and you could use fusilli or [...]
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Occasionally the chef goes out, and I have to make my own supper. Oh, the suffering! Usually I end up having a tossed salad with a can of tuna, or whatever is left over from the night before. Sometime though, I want a bit more, but don’t want to make a big mess. Cooking in [...]
This recipe is a quick and easy way to get potatoes and vegetables ready for supper. If you don’t have zucchini, you could substitute whatever vegetables you have on hand. Just slice them thinly so they cook quickly. It’s adapted from The 250 Best 4-Ingredient Recipes by Margaret Howard, in which I’ve found many excellent [...]
The chef found a great deal on lean ground beef, so we’ll need a few recipes to use it up. It’s safely stored in the freezer, so we have a couple of months to use it, before the quality starts to decline. This recipe is quick and easy to prepare, with ingredients that the chef [...]
