I am on a quest in 2015 to find as many recipes as I can that are healthy and taste delicious. This is not an easy task. It has been my experience, that most healthy foods fall flat on the taste spectrum, where as all the really bad-for-you stuff practically explodes with flavour, like bacon. Need I say more? In cases where I've found healthy food that tastes delicious, it's almost always been in the tropics—namely Jamaica. Everything they cook in Jamaica from Jerk Chicken to their staple …
Spicy Chicken Puff Recipe
This tasty treat came about one day after I rummaged through the fridge and found leftover chicken, some puff pastry, and a block of cream cheese. Sometimes the best snacks come about when you raid the fridge to see what you can find. A spiced cheese topping bakes right into the puff pastry, adding loads of really great flavor for you to pile your fresh ingredients on top of. While I went with a kind of spicy riff here along with avocado and fresh tomatoes, you could also try substituting …
Apple Bacon Spinach Salad
I can just about guarantee we're not going to be gifted with an Indian Summer this year; I can smell fall in the air already. The trees have begun to turn colours here and there, and while we had a *SURPRISE* hot couple of days finally, in the evening the temperatures are chilly. School starts next week, and apple season in Ontario begins right shortly. Apples are a staple at my house. I'm more of a citrus gal, myself, but my family are hardcore apple fans. Every year we'll plow through a …
Chilled Dilled Cucumber Soup
When I moved to Canada, everyone thought I was nuts for leaving Florida. But the truth is, I hate hot weather. When it's too hot out, I can barely think. I get all headachy, and sweaty behind the knees. I'd take cold over hot any day. A wise man once said: you can always put more clothes on. Public decency means you can only get away with taking so much off, and even then you might be out of luck. Fortunately, we've been pretty lucky this year--it's been downright cool, even though that's sort …
Mushroom & Potato Curry
Houston, we have a problem. Or maybe that should be Delhi, we have a problem. Either way I have a serious addiction now to Indian Food, courtesy of Patak's bringing me on as an ambassador. On a recent trip to Florida we searched high and low for Indian and had an amazing meal from The Clay Oven in Kissimmee and even found some new dishes to try when we got home. Remember that restaurant I raved about? Coconut Lagoon in Ottawa. Well the owner is planning a culinary tour in India and I'm seriously …
