Classic Beef Stew & Dumplings
Cold weather food for those long nights of winter, Classic Beef Stew & Dumplings is the one pot meal you need right now. It does not get any more basic than this. A simple English-style stew topped with light, fluffy…
Mulligatawny Soup, Magic With Leftovers
Mulligatawny Soup is a traditional curry soup from Siri Lanka, that's been heavily influenced by colonialism. What was once a peasant’s dish literally named "pepper water' - a way to stretch what they had into a meal - is now…
One Pan Chicken & Chorizo
This One Pan Chicken & Chorizo is, hands down, the most popular recipe on my social media feed. Try something new tonight!
Harvest Corn Chowder
Comfort, and a heaping serving of vegetables, all in one bowl. Harvest Corn Chowder takes all the best elements of a late summer harvest and makes a thick, wholesome soup. Perfect for rainy days, cool evenings or the long delayed arrival…
Red Black Chorizo Chili
Nothing warms the belly quite like a big, bubbling pot of my Red Black Chorizo Chili. This recipe was honed in the professional kitchen, where I rarely write things down and a deal in quantities much larger than your average…
Chicken Mushroom Cobbler with Gruyere Herb Biscuits
The holiday season at our house means family movie nights. For those occasions, it's nice to have a casual, make-ahead dinner that requires little more than to pop it in the oven and wait for the timer. Chicken Mushroom…
Wicked Mac & Cheese – A Comfort Food Favourite
A truly Wicked Mac & Cheese starts with a good Béchamel sauce. A good Béchamel starts with the right ratio of butter flour and milk. Add cheese and you have cheese sauce, which in my opinion, starts with good cheese.…
Lentil Sausage & Bacon Casserole
Leaning decidedly French, a big warming pot of Lentil Sausage & Bacon Casserole. A one-pot meal that takes two pots to make, but who's counting?! Inspired by a couple of links of mild veal-herb sausage, this can be made with…
Mushroom Risotto – A Bowl Full of Love
It's cold. We've got snow up the wazoo and here comes Valentine's Day. For my money nothing says love quite like a bowl of Mushroom Risotto. It's a warm, starchy hug that you can wrap your whole body around. It…
Moroccan Inspired Lamb Shanks
Cooked low and slow, until they're fall off the bone tender, Moroccan Inspired Lamb Shanks is comfort food at it's midwinter best. Warmly spiced and heavily sauced with rich, meaty intensity. There was a time when farmers couldn't give shanks away, but now with a resurgence of…
Poulet Sauté Chasseur – Hunter’s Chicken
Poulet Sauté Chasseur, or Hunter's Chicken, crisp sauteed chicken served with a hearty sauce made with tomatoes, mushrooms a splash of white wine and brandy, flavoured with tarragon, this is a French classic, with a little Gypsy twist.
Chicken Paella
The warm flavours of saffron, rosemary, garlic and paprika harmonize in rib-sticking batch of Chicken Paella. Straight from the fields of the Valencia region of Spain, workers would gather around the fire,wooden spoon in hand, and eat directly from the pan. This is a meal for the masses.