Daily Unadventures in Cooking

I would be lying if I tried to pass this recipe off as authentically Chinese, however this orange chicken will definitely taste like your local take out.

This Asian noodle salad is a healthy meal in itself which is perfect for a potluck or a packed lunch. The crunchy fresh vegetables bring the vibrant colour and the chicken adds a dash of protein to these tangy peanut noodles.

A braised chicken recipe to help use my abundance of sage. The key is to fry up the chicken first so it stays nice and crispy.

A delicious healthy roasted mustard chicken recipe inspired by an old roommate. In this one pot meal the tangy chicken roasts on top of sweet sauteed cabbage.

After reading several rave reviews of Thomas Keller’s new book Ad Hoc at Home, I was trying to resists until Christmas but when I saw it for sale at Costco, I snatched it up.

Since it is the day after thanksgiving, I should mention that though I haven’t tested it I bet you could use this recipe to make some wicked turkey, barley and thyme soup…  if I had leftover chicken or turkey I think I would first make a simple stock with the carcass.  Before straining I would [...]

Since American Thanksgiving is next week I thought I would post a recipe that I made last month with my turkey leftovers. Up in Canada we celebrate thanksgiving in October, I guess the holiday migrates south?

Fresh, simple, and delicious, this cassoulet recipe tastes very real. The fresh vegetables retain their colour and flavour and the dried beans cook up deliciously as they are simmered with the meat.

Twitter is addictive, but it can give you inspiration. Oh yes, I was on twitter last week and I follow Tyler Florence since he is a foodie. Well every week he tweets and cooks a recipe, and his Crispy Sesame Chicken Salad with Spinach, Cucumbers and Cilantro caught my eye and I made it that [...]

This recipe was inspired by an old crockpot cookbook. Those old cookbooks can be so funny. Like, seriously, who could possibly go through that much cream of mushroom soup? I have changed pretty much every ingredient to a more natural form, kept the ketchup, and added mushrooms. This is most definitely North American [...]

A Brazilian Beer Chicken recipe where the chicken marinates for days in a base of beer, garlic, onions and paprika.

Sometimes all you want is a simple piece of grilled chicken on a summer day. Well this is it, it uses up what you have in the garden as far as herbs go and is delicious hot off the grill or cold and served on a salad. My friend S made this for me a [...]

Happy April Fools! I am curled up inside because of both the snow outside and the stomach flu I am almost finally recovered from. I actually made this dish Sunday night but by Monday morning I couldn’t look or think about food, so it delayed the post a bit.

The rich flavors of salty bacon and pungent olives make an easy crockpot chicken recipe something extraordinary.

This chicken tortilla soup is comforting, tangy and easy to make if you have a slow cooker or crock pot. Although it is not necessarily authentic, it is delicious and perfect if you will be out of the house for a few hours.

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 [...]

Last night was another cold night so I dug into the pantry and freezer and put this sausage, white bean and spinach soup together. We are going to the cabin on new years day so I was trying to avoid buying anything that might go bad. The great northern beans must have been in the [...]

One of the funny things that sometimes happens in this blog-cooking world is trying to cook a classic that you have never tasted before. I remember doing it with the Orecchiete which were fabulous. As well as with a pot of Chicken and Dumplings that I was told weren’t quite right – they didn’t [...]

I totally have burger fear. Usually it is the fear of dry burgers but when it comes to poultry it is also fear of killing people. I actually planned to make a homemade veggie burger last night but then I went to Whole Foods. My first experience at Whole Foods, and really [...]

This soup is truly a 15 minute meal, and barely needs a recipe but it really was quite comforting and delicious and there were enough leftovers for quality lunches the next day.  These flavours also work well as a pasta.  Kale is just so good in soups because it doesn’t fall apart like [...]