We have a restaurant in Canada called The Keg. It’s a great steak house chain where you can get a pretty damn good steak under muted lighting. Every girl likes muted lighting. Bo and I used to go there all the time when we wanted a bit of a nicer meal. But then we had two kids….
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Caramalized Root Veggies – Rutabaga Edition
It’s tough sometimes to cook vegetables. I feel like it’s always the same thing: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower. steamed, boiled. salt, pepper, a little butter. It’s boring. It has its place. But it’s still boring. Also, why is it that things like rutabaga and sweet potatoes only really make an appearance around the holidays? This is…
Rice and Pasta Pilaf
Now, first off, the recipe is supposed to be made with Orzo pasta, but for the life of me I couldn’t find it in any of the four grocery stores available to me up here. I’ll have to head to the city one day and stock up. That said, it’s still absolutely delicious made with…
Roasted Potatoes and Carrots
I’ll admit it, the simple task of throwing together some vegetables and roasting them has always seemed daunting to me. I’ve never fully believe that it could be THAT easy. That I could just throw whatever kind of vegetable I wanted onto a baking sheet, pop it in the oven, and call it a day….
Scalloped Potatoes
This is a recipe for my cousin Jenny 😛 You see, we have the same splurge of a pot, and I promised her that I’d load her up on recipes for it, which I hadn’t done. Until now. Consider this the start, though I also make chicken with 40 cloves in it. Looking at those…
Ridiculously Crispy Smashed Potatoes
This may be one of those recipes. Those recipes that you read through and thing “that’s too much effort for a side dish”. It’s not, but you’ll never know that until you make them yourself. I have not had one single person eat these at my house that didn’t ask for the recipe. They really…
2 Tomato Salads
Here are two of our favorite summer salads. Nothing beats bright, fresh, ripe tomatoes, and once you start pairing those with the tang of viniger and the crunch of cucumber. It’s over! Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Salad with Balsamic Glaze Prep Time: 5 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients: 1 or 2 large beefsteak tomato 1 pint cherry…
Gnocchi
Brown Butter Fried Gnocchi Absolutely my new favorite side dish. Absolutely! Prep Time: 5 minutes to get water boiling Cook Time: 10 minutes Serves: 4 as a side Ingredients: 1 pkg gnocchi (just buy the shelf stable kind, it’s great!) 3 – 4 tbsp butter fleur de sel (or fresh ground sea salt) Directions: 1. Get…
Glazed Roast Peameal Bacon, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Sweet Carrots
You all may think, my god, could that roast be any sweater??? Well, no, probably not, but it’s only the outer crust that is coated with sweet carmel goodness, so it’s really not that much when you eat it. Unless you’re like me and hog both the ends. Yumm! I also pour the meat sauce…
Teriyaki Chicken, Roasted New Potatoes and Broccoli
This was a nice and easy meal to make, though it did require a little bit of prep work on the teriyaki sauce. Teriyaki Chicken Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients: 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (you can use any type of chicken though, just adjust your cooking times) 1…
Quick cook zuccini
Cook-top Roasted Zucchini Ingredients: 2 medium zucchini, cut into ¼” slices 3 tbl extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced salt to taste (fleur de sel, french gray, sea or kosher (in my order of preference, lol) Steps: Heat the olive oil until it’s very hot in a large skillet (this is important, as it allows room for…