30-minute meal
Chicken, Peach and Quinoa Salad
As much as I like cooking a whole chicken, I can’t seem pass by a grocery store rotisserie chicken without stopping to inhale its amazing aromas. And, how is it they’re cheaper than buying a raw one? I bought a 4 lb. rotisserie chicken for $7.99 whereas an uncooked 4 lb. one was nearly $11.00. …
Read MoreChanterelle Mushrooms with Pasta
The glorious golden child of the mushroom world, chanterelles, have a short growing cycle and are only available July through to September. Their deep yellow color (think apricot), a trumpet-like shape, and hints of sweetness can be easily enjoyed simply by sautéing in butter and dressed with sea salt and freshly ground pepper. I did…
Read MoreRoasted Butternut Squash and Couscous
It’s been wet and foggy the past two days and as such has put me in the mood for vegetables I would usually cook in the cooler months. That said, there’s absolutely no reason why squash shouldn’t be included in a summer dish. When I think of the winter squash family, butternut always comes out…
Read MoreShrimp Kebabs with Cilantro Dressing
Life is strange. I can’t recall the last time I made kebabs and yet in the space of two days I made two kebab dishes. I hadn’t planned it that way; it just happened. While I was food shopping the other day, not sure what I was going to make for dinner, I found myself…
Read MoreClam Chowder
According to The Oxford Companion To Food, the term chowder (derived from the French word for chaudière) first showed up in the 1730s by French settlers who brought their iron cooking pots with them when they settled in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. It was here they found the Mi’kmaq Indians and their appetite for native…
Read MoreShrimp and Cheesy Grits
What are grits? There doesn’t seem to be a standardization or labeling rules as to what grits are and are they the same as polenta or cornmeal? If you look at Bob’s Red Mill bag of corn grits you’ll notice it says also known as polenta. Grits are typically coarse-ground cornmeal. Polenta and grits fall…
Read MoreSeafood Soup
Just when you think the frigid weather is behind us, mother nature shakes her head and delivers a polar vortex. Usually the polar vortex stays in the Arctic but this year it’s paying Canada and the United States a visit…a very cold one! Here in the Maritimes, we’re not going to be as hard hit…
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