Ingredients: Preparation: Makes 8 medium to large or 16 small slices. Ingredients that have worked well for me as fillings include a cup of lightly fried bacon, yellow and red peppers, mushrooms, frozen mixed vegetables (especially peas), fried diced sausage, 1/2 inch squares of sliced ham. ** most recipes tell
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Simple meals for taste not just looks.
Dinner
Spicy Curried Squash Soup
I like Curried Anything – spicy and sweet preferred. With the weather turning cooler and rainy today, what a fine chance to haul out my soup pot and make something to take the chill away. This recipe will serve 6 comfortably (we three had two bowls each and there was
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Honey Garlic Sauce
We eat a lot of chicken – legs, breasts, thighs, whole, wings – so I am constantly looking at ways to tweak the experience. I might add I am also a BIG fan of Chinese cuisine, something about those late night runs to Foo Hong back in the Victoria days.
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The Infamously Simple & Delicious Cabbage Soup
It seems odd to be thinking about hot, hearty soups in August, but here in Ottawa the turn of the calendar to the 8th month has brought about a distinct change in the weather. Last week we had daytime highs in the high 30’s, this week it barely tops 20.
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Two Quick Summer Salads
We tend to barbecue a lot in the Summer time, after all who wants to heat up the kitchen when it is 35 degrees outside? The perfect complement to barbecue in my mind is a cool Summer Salad (my Dad definitely rubbed off on me!). So here are a couple
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Summery Pasta Salad
I love pasta salads, especially basic ones I can add to for special treats, such as flaked tuna or even diced up cold cuts (Pilar’s Summer Sausage comes to mind). If you are going to add tuna, hardboiled eggs or meat to the salad best to chill them first then