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The Spanish Deli Sandwich

September 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · Bread, Dinner, Fresh herbs, Grilled, grilled cheese, Lunch, meat, Panini, Sandwich

It has been quite some time since I have enjoyed a grilled sandwich, and as you know, they have kind of been this blog’s claim to fame! Being in the mood, I picked up some deli meat, and went about creating something with what else I had on hand. I knew the trio of Spanish […]

Zucchini Pepperoni Pizzas

December 9th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Dinner, Easy, Healthy, Pizza, Vegetable

Zucchinis…you either love or hate them…or rather, you love them but then hate them because you have so many at the end of the gardening season that you can’t possibly fathom eating another one of those massive green squashes. Yeah that sounds about right.

Spinach, Tomato & Goat Cheese Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

October 10th, 2013 · 21 Comments · Dinner, Easy, Healthy, Roast, Vegetable

It’s that time of the year… Squash season! Thanks to my mother planting copious amount of spaghetti squash this year, I have been racking my brain, trying to think of different ways to use that delicious vegetable! In the past, I have always kept it quite simple, roasting the spaghetti squash, then mixing in some […]

Pesto, Mushroom, Red Onion & Smoked Gouda Pizza

August 10th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Cheese, Dinner, Easy, Fresh herbs, Pizza

Continuing on with the pizza and pesto of the previous posts, here is a pizza stacked with some awesome flavours! Delicious fresh pesto, juicy mushrooms, savoury red onion, finished off with the smokey flavour of creamy smoked gouda! A pizza that not only looks great, but tastes awesome too!

Pesto + VIDEO

August 9th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Appetizer, Condiment, Easy, Fresh herbs, How To, Video

In a never ending quest to expand my culinary horizons and due to a large amount of fresh basil in my fridge, I decided it was time to try making pesto for the first time! It certainly won’t be my last! This stuff was delicious! I ate a significant amount just “taste-testing” the pesto and […]

Margherita Pizza

August 7th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Cheese, Dinner, Easy, Fresh herbs, Lunch, Pizza, Vegetable

For whatever reason, this week just felt like a pizza week, but truth-be-told, every week could be pizza week because that stuff is freakin’ amazing! Especially with this ridiculously easy pizza dough recipe. It literally takes about 5 minutes to make (maybe less). For this pizza I decided to keep it simple and go with […]

The GBC (Gin, Basil, Cumber) + VIDEO RECIPE

May 13th, 2013 · 10 Comments · Drink, Fresh herbs

Inspired by a similar drink at a local Saskatoon restaurant/lounge called The Rook & Raven, I decided to try and make my own version! Cucumber and basil in a cocktail may seem like a strange combo to some, but I assure you it is delicious and very refreshing! Especially with gin! I even decided to […]

Strawberry, Balsamic, Basil & Brie Grilled Cheese

April 17th, 2013 · 5 Comments · breakfast, Cheese, Fruit, grilled cheese, National Grilled Cheese Month, Sandwich

Strawberry, balsamic, basil & brie grilled cheese…Now that’s a mouthful! Literally! Okay, i’ll be honest…I enjoyed this grilled cheese waaay more than I thought I would! I knew it would be good, but since i’m not usually the sweet, savoury type, I didn’t think it would be my favourite, but man was it good! Strawberry […]

Roasted Red Pepper, Portobello & Goat Cheese Grilled Cheese

April 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Cheese, Dinner, grilled cheese, Lunch, National Grilled Cheese Month, Sandwich, Vegetable

Given the popularity of this wrap Carlene made a while back, I knew I had to do a grilled cheese version of it! Well folks, it’s popular for a reason! This was so delicious! Meaty portobello mushroom, sweet roasted red pepper, fresh basil, and all that creamy goat cheese! I can still taste it! This […]

“The Turkey Dinner” Grilled Cheese

November 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Cheese, Dinner, grilled cheese, left overs, Lunch, Sandwich, Turkey

Here we go with another grilled cheese! This recipe was actually the sandwich I was originally going to do for our CTV Morning Live cooking segment before they suggested a game day theme! No problems switching things up on our end, it just means extra blog posts! Since we were going to do holiday inspired […]

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