Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely and restful holiday season and most of all, a healthy one. I had a nice stay-cation full of food, chocolate, and other goodies and spent lots of quality time with my family. It was all fun and wonderful until my sister...
Pasta, Rice, & Grains
Lebanese Rice, Lentils and Caramelized Onions (Mujaddara)
How often do you try something new? Like new new? We all get stuck in our day to day routines and dare I say, ruts. I'm guilty of just grabbing the same-ish groceries week after week and making my same go-to meals or going out to dinner at my usual spots and ordering...
Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Spring is here! Smell ya later Old Man Winter. I'm so over you. I feel like everyone had a spring in their step today, the day was longer, and the city was a little happier. Didn't you just feel like you had more time in your day? That being said, you probably want...
Japchae (Gluten-Free Korean Glass Noodles)
Do you bring a bagged lunch or do you buy? With my dietary restrictions, I almost always bring my lunch. If I'm not prepared, I'll end up buying ginger ale and a bag chips or popcorn for lunch at the convenient store in my office. Not ideal. In the summer,...
Rice Cooker Congee
As much as I love fall, with the changing leaves and fabulous fashion options, it's also flu and cold season for many. People at work seem to be dropping like flies, myself included. Times like this call for congee - a soupy savoury Chinese rice...
Pasta Alla Norma
This pasta is a simple and easy dinner that's satisfying and ready in about 20 minutes. For many folks, school is starting soon (where the heck did summer go??) and having some throw together meals in the rotation is always key. This vegetarian meal is full of yummy...
Mushroom and Herb Polenta
We've been eating vegetarian a few times a week and I've been experimenting with satisfying, simple, meatless meals. I'm not a vegetarian by any means, but I enjoy eating meatless meals quite often, especially when those vegetarian meals are cheesy, herb-filled...
Sausage and Kale Pasta
Kale's so hot right now. Right? Or are we over it? I mean it is kind of a winter green, but technically it's spring now. Kidding. Regardless of what's hot or not, or how unseasonably cold it still is outside (spring, where are you?!?), kale is tasty, full of...
Five-Spice Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chinese New Year is this weekend and I'm new year prep mode. Unlike its January 1st counterpart, which is basically about a countdown followed by new years resolutions, Chinese New Year feels so much more celebratory. Typically, the weeks leading up to the new year...
Buttermilk Biscuits
Depending on where you come from, a biscuit can mean two different things. In North America, they're little scone-like breads that are typically savoury while in the UK they're a cracker or cookie. The recipe here is for the North American version and they're super...