Recipes made in my kitchen and restaurants from around the world- I’m a foodie and I don’t mind who knows it! I love cooking and learning about food, so any tips I learn are shared here.
As I’ve said numerous times before, I could eat pasta every single day. However, I’m trying to lose a bit of weight in a healthy manner, and this entails exercising more, and simply being more mindful of what I’m eating. Luckily, I find that my pasta cravings are very slightly diminishing. This led me to…
This Roasted Puerto Rican Chicken Recipe by Well Kept Wallet is a new way to include chicken into our meal plan. For years, I have wanted to make something similar to the chicken served at Romados Rotisserie et Patisserie located on Rue Rachel E in Montreal. While their chicken is absolutely delicious, this chicken is…
According to basically every search engine online, Ossobuco or osso buco is Italian for “bone with a hole” (osso “bone”, buco “hole”). This is in reference to the marrow hole at the centre of the cross-cut veal shank. Since I have never made it before, I decided I could splurge a little bit around my birthday to…
As I continue to learn Finnish on Duolingo, I find myself wanting to connect more to that part of my heritage. I remember my Mom making pannukakku (a Finnish oven pancake), which was served with jam, and I immediately started to crave raspberries. Raspberries + the meat on sale this week = these raspberry pork…
I have been craving potatoes lately. French fries, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, poutine (I usually get it just for the cheese curds but even the French fries would be gone at this point)- I can’t explain it. However, since I don’t want to eat salty, greasy fries in an attempt to satiate my craving, I…
Fajitas and Pasta, two of my favorite foods. What could possibly be better? Combining the two, of course! Sometimes, you just want to throw a bunch of ingredients into a pot and enjoy some comfort food. This One Pot Fajita Pasta inspired by Sweet Peas and Saffron is the perfect recipe for such an occasion….
After making a Bok Choy Stir-Fry, we had some Bok Choy leftovers that I didn’t initially have a plan for. Once I took a look in our fridge and saw that we had to use a pork tenderloin within the next few days, I knew what I wanted to make- a pork and Bok Choy…
Carnitas — which means “little meats” in Spanish — is a Mexican pork dish, made with tenderloin, onion, garlic, orange juice and an assortment of seasonings. Traditionally, the meat in pork carnitas is shredded. I chose to simply cut it into bite sized pieces because I planned on using leftovers for a stir-fry. Pork tenderloin…
