it all started with a love for food
This is a recipe I truly only make in the summer. There’s just something extra special about cooking Mexican rice with veggies entirely from your garden. Their own incredible flavours shine here, and the tomato, cilantro, jalapeno addition gives it just enough kick to make it pair incredibly with tacos, enchiladas and more!
I came across a random recipe using apricot jam as a marinade/glaze for chicken and I was absolutely sold! I always have an abundance of apricots each year because of our fruit trees and I never eat jam on its own. Enter Ginger Apricot Chicken …
This broccoli kale salad pairs some less popular vegetables with cheese, nuts, dried fruit, and a delicious lemon vinaigrette to make an irresistable combination that will be devoured. In my opinion, it’s the best kale salad!
These saffron chicken skewers are tender and bursting with flavour. Perfect for summer BBQ season! The delicate floral and earthy notes from the saffron is unmatched in any other spice. The saffron imparts not only flavour, but gives the chicken skewers a delightful yellow hue.
This quick and delicious garlic scape arrabbiata uses the scape from hardneck garlic that is harvested in late May-mid June. The delicate garlic flavours hold up well to the 15 minute simmer with the grape tomatoes and the result is a rich yet delicately flavoured pasta sauce that will have you sneaking back for seconds! A touch of spice is added from the calabrian chili peppers and fresh thyme to round out all the flavours.
These Maple Dijon Soy Chicken Thighs are one of our favourite summer mains! This recipe has been on repeat so many times in our house, we have the method perfected. A nice long marination period with simple ingredients yields these incredibly delicious, richly flavoured, and lightly smoky chicken thighs that pair with almost anything!
This traeger mac and cheese recipe is, in my humble opinion, the best. Why? It only needs one kind of cheese while still boasting fantastic flavour. It’s not overly rich (but appropriately so) and it’s so easy to make! You can even make it in …
Chettinad Chicken Curry is a deeply flavourful, spicy curry from the Chettinad Region of Tamil Nadu, India. This rich curry uses a freshly ground masala to showcase the incredible flavours.
This Shrimp Pesto Pasta recipe is one of those meals I forget exists because it’s almost too easy. In under 20 minutes you can have a delicious, impressive pasta dish on the table. It’s even tasty cold as a pasta salad! Using store-bought or previously made homemade pesto makes this recipe a breeze.
Air fryer pita pizza is by far the easiest way to make a quick pizza at home. Using pre-made “crust” and using the air fryer to melt and brown the cheese makes this an easy <10 minute meal