MAIN DISHES
Chicken with Lemon and Thyme sauce
A quick and easy chicken recipe that is wonderful any time of the year with its no fail partners lemon and thyme in a light sauce. Especially helpful in the summer for cooking on the stove and not heating up your whole oven to cook in a casserole, but it seems like...
California Rolls and Variations
California Rolls make a really good, light and satisfying meal. The ingredients are easy to find, they are simple to make, they are colourful and you will crave more. And that is not really a bad thing, because California Rolls are not generally bad for you. This...
Easy Classic Pizza Dough recipe
Making fresh classic pizza dough is much easier than it seems, and worth it. With this Easy Classic Pizza Dough recipe, a stand mixer is never needed. In fact, pizza dough doesn't really need a stand mixer. This is an all senses food. Watching the yeast bloom,...
Tofu Patty Cakes
For a nice light dinner with a sauteed vegetable or salad or sweet potato fries for something casual. Tofu Patty Cakes also make really nice and different hors d'oeuvres to pass around with a dip. They are delicious and fall under the, “Even my meat eating...
Chicken Stew with Oatmeal Dumplings
Chicken and chopped vegetables in a most flavourful and creamy, but light sauce topped with fluffy oatmeal dumplings. My friends, this is so good. A most comforting of comfort foods. Fricassee is to sauté meat and or vegetables then add liquid and simmer to finish...
Butternut Squash Ravioli
Butternut squash ravioli is really nice to make for someone. ❤️ Everyone. It’s really, really nice to make with someone, or make with a few people. First, I bake the butternut squash in the oven to give it some caramelization, then sauté it with a bit of...
Chicken and Broccoli Cannelloni
This is an impressive dish for any weekend meal, buffet or a special birthday dinner request. It is also a great make ahead and individually freeze for later, dish.There are a few steps, as a filled pasta goes, but this is made easier if you have a food processor and...
Turkey Fritters or Cakes
Lots of home cooks wonder what to do with leftover turkey. I roast a turkey on holidays for tradition sake, but mostly I do it for the leftovers. We look forward to sandwiches with cranberry sauce, mayo and lettuce even as we start Christmas dinner. We also look...
Oatmeal Tofu Patties
These are made with steel cut or Irish oats, not rolled oats, which take a bit longer to prepare as they are the least processed. You can prepare the oats days before, if you would like. They are heart healthy since they are low in saturated fats, also high in...
Oatmeal Mushroom Risotto
No, you won’t feel like you’re eating breakfast. Steel cut oats work really well in this dish. I like risotto as a side dish more than as a main course. I find that it’s just too much of one thing. I like arborio rice but depending on what I’m having, sometimes I...