What a great idea to use leftover chicken pieces to make a wonderful stock, then use it to make such a delicious and wholesome tortilla soup. The flavour was just amazing, and delivered loads of great flavour.
Oat bran hot cereal cooked in orange juice with raisins and cinnamon. A quick 5-minute high-fiber breakfast with stovetop and microwave directions.
One-pot red lentils and rice with mushrooms, carrots, kale, and warm Indian spices topped with cool yogurt. High-fiber, low-fat, and ready in 45 minutes.
Homemade crepes stuffed with fluffy chocolate cream cheese filling, drizzled with a flaming creme de cacao and brandy butter sauce. Sinfully rich and dramatic.
Soupe de potiron is a French Provencal pumpkin soup with white onion, sage, garlic and a handful of rice for body. Pureed, then finished with Parmesan shavings. A simple, peasant-style fall soup.
Creamy stovetop tuna with sauteed mushrooms and celery in a homemade white sauce. Diabetic-friendly comfort food from two cans of tuna and a handful of pantry basics in 45 minutes.
Jumbo prawns butterflied and stuffed with a garlic-coriander-chicken paste, then grilled on skewers until bright orange. Served with a tangy sweet-sour cucumber salad on the side.
Vegetarian pasta sauce with tomato paste, mushrooms, oregano, basil, and Parmesan. A simple from-scratch marinara for macaroni using pantry staples.
New Orleans daube with a 4-5 pound beef roast braised low and slow with salt pork, sherry, cloves, and thyme, served sliced over spaghetti with pan juices.
Fig pickles made from dried California figs simmered in apple cider vinegar, sugar, and pickling spices. Includes a herb pairing guide so the pickles complement turkey, beef, lamb, fish, or pork.
Paprika salad dressing blended with mayo, garlic, chili sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire, and lemon juice. A creamy, smoky-sweet dressing with 14 ingredients and steakhouse depth.
Sliced Kiwi and Banana with Strawberry Puree recipe
Kentucky-style burgoo with three meats: stewing beef, pork shoulder, and whole chicken simmered for hours with fresh corn, lima beans, tomatoes, and potatoes.
Traditional saffron cake with whole wheat flour, currants, candied peel, and nutmeg. A Cornish-style yeasted fruit bread infused with overnight saffron water for golden color and floral depth.
Spaghetti with shrimp and browned eggplant in a fresh tomato-basil sauce. A Sicilian-style pasta with sea and garden in one bowl, finished with parmesan.
Carolina-style roast venison soaked in a vinegar brine, then slow-roasted for 4 hours with a tangy homemade mustard-butter barbecue sauce. A hunter's trophy dinner that melts off the bone.