Daily Unadventures in Cooking

This beef stew recipe is why I love to cook. Simple, rustic and easy preparations lead to an amazing gravy full or lush flavour. Oh, how I love braised, stewy comfort food.

I wanted to call this a summer soup, but the reality is that the ingredients are in season almost all year long. Cabbage, carrots and potatoes are in season in BC through October. Cabbage is in season until March! Your basil wouldn’t last but you can always try freezing your fresh herbs in ice [...]

I have been hearing about the perfect stuffing ever since I started dating J. Every time he tastes sage he starts talking about his Mum’s stuffing and how fabulous it was. (In fact I used to have an eye cream that had rosemary in it that he loved – because then I smelled kinda like [...]

I made this chili last week as the beginnings of my post-Christmas detox. Anybody else craving simple, light, healthy food yet? In actual fact, I made this between Christmas and New Years and am trying to start my detox over since it didn’t really stick. (In case you are curious in this house detoxing means [...]

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope everyone is feeling great this first day of 2009 and not feeling too rough from all the champagne last night. I know I am currently nursing myself a little bit with water and painkillers but it could be worse. I think the day is meant to be enjoyed with [...]

You can real feel that the winter is almost here, it is so chilly! Which is why you need soups like this one. This will warm you all the way to your toes with it’s creamy, spicy, deliciousness.

I did manage another healthy slow cooker last night, but I will get to that postl ater in the week when I have more time.

Every Monday night I have a late meeting with our offshore team and so I try and get organized so I don’t have to cook (or eat crap) on Monday evening. Every week I have the best intentions, but usually this doesn’t so much happen and I end up eating one of Ichiban, takeout or [...]

This is what you should make if you find a piece of salmon in the back of your fridge that you didn’t label and are not so sure about. It is sad and past it’s sashimi prime but you don’t want to throw it away so disguise that sucker in some soup and it will [...]

This is like ratatouille with chicken. Except rather then fresh summer tomatoes I had to used a can of san marzanos. This was in an effort to use up what was in the cupboard and it worked quite well. I swear I could eat zucchini everyday and not be sick of it.

I really wanted soup with kale in it, but alas there was no kale at the store so I had to settle for spinach. I still prefer my greens cooked to in salad form which is why I love fall so very much. I actually got up for a run early yesterday morning and [...]

I needed soup again and so I hit the grocery store for some quick stock and protein and pulled together this great soup. I made enough for two portions in the freezer, one dinner and one lunch and it all took less then 30 minutes.
Soup is so great when you are trying to eat healthy. [...]

Potatoes are unequivocally comfort food, and so here is an easy potato gratin recipe full of garlic and butter.

You know when you throw something together and then it turns out really well? But you didn’t.. say pay attention to what you were doing? Well that is this one. It was a major success in the slow cooker, as far as Beef Stew goes it was perfect. But I didn’t measure anything and [...]

Inspired by my favorite lamb shank recipe with white wine, tomatoes and garlic this has been adapted for the slow cooker or crockpot.

This pasta recipe is a comforting, and simple dish fit for any weeknight supper.

I think I may finally be over the worst cold I can ever remember having. Thanks goodness. It is the cold I blame for all the soup recipes so this is my final soup for awhile I hope. Or at least the last necessary soup for awhile.That said this really did turn out great. [...]

Mulligatawny is one of those recipes that has been around so long there isn’t really a recipe. I had seen one really good looking one in a book I had at the cabin, but alas I was at home so I did a bit of googling and threw this together. I was really [...]

The year is going well so far, I have made a few things on my todo list that I have been meaning to try – this is one of them, the short rib! I am embarrassed to admit that initially I thought they would be short, but they are actually really big. The [...]

There is nothing like some gooey cheesey goodness to make a bad gray day fade away, what could be better than blue cheese macaroni and cheese?