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Chicken Shawarma -easy to make
This chicken shawarma dish isn’t as time consuming as the real MacCoy. A traditional shawarma, originating in southern Turkey, is cooked with stacked, spice-marinated lamb on an upright spit. The shawarma turns and cooks on the spit for hours, basting in its own juices. When ready to eat, the meat is shaved off the stack…
Read MorePork Belly Buns
It’s Chinese New Year’s Eve today and tomorrow millions will usher in the new year of the Sheep/Goat. Most Chinese have already cleaned their house (literally) where the cleaning helps to drive any bad luck away from the house and discarding anything old to make way for a new start. The years we spent in…
Read MoreChocolate Scones
What is it about a storm that makes me want to bake? We were bracing for what was supposed to be THE storm of the century. Forecasters got it wrong…it was just another snow storm – no crippling affect felt here. All the hype, I suppose, got to me.
Read MoreOvernight Oats in a Jar
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day (in my humble opinion). On rushed mornings, these jars are ready and waiting: oats, milk and yogurt with maple syrup, cinnamon and blueberries, eaten cold or warmed up.
Read MoreYogurt Popsicles
Mr. S. enjoys eating yogurt for his mid morning snack but he realized that the ‘deal’ we got on buying 16 was nearing its expiry date. He would have to devour 8 in the next two days! We’re usually good at checking expiry dates but this one must have slipped through the cracks. We had…
Read MoreAussie Meat Pies
Meat pies in Australia and New Zealand are what apple pie is to North America – iconic. Years ago John and I visited Australia and everyone kept telling us to try the Aussie meat pies. Not one to turn down an opportunity to see what all the fuss was, we tried our very first meat…
Read MoreBread and Butter Pickles
Bring me homemade pickles and I’d be the happiest chick in town. A small batch with no special canning tools needed, super easy to make and delicious.
Read MoreLime and Sea Salt Kale Chips
I’ve been eyeing kale chips for the last two years and yesterday I finally decided to make my own. The first time I tried a kale chip was at Whole Foods. On the weekends they have food stations placed throughout the store and on one occasion they were touting baked kale chips. Being the inquisitive…
Read MoreBaked Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
Sometimes it’s a photo or description of a photo that makes me stop in my web-surfing tracks. Such was the case when I wondered onto Averie Cooks site. It was her 2 ingredient, 110 calorie baked mozzarella cheese sticks that grabbed my attention. egg roll or wonton wrappers low-fat mozzarella string cheese sticks 1. Preheat…
Read MoreSmoothies
Smoothies have been around since the 1930’s which makes me a bit late on the bandwagon! After two weeks of smoothie concoctions and loving my new blender, I think I have come up with 6 favorites and a new way to eat or shall I say slurp breakfast. Breakfast has ALWAYS been the way to…
Read MoreBaby Eggplant with Gruyère and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
For whatever the reason, I was having difficulty planning dinner last night. My brain was all over the food road map! So instead of trying to figure of what to have I decided on a tapas-style evening of little plates of food. Tapas are appetizers enjoyed by the Spanish. It allows for everyone at the…
Read MoreBeet and Goat Cheese Terrine
“Cooking food and presenting it beautifully is an act of servitude. It is a way of expressing affection through a gift… That we should aspire to produce perfectly finished and presented food is a symbol of a willing and enjoyable participation in servicing others. Food pornography exactly sustains these meanings relating to the preparation of…
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