A few of my family and friends have begun to complain about the lack of Canadian cuisine on a blog partially dedicated to Canadian food! I plan to remedy this over the next few months, but for now, I leave you with a recipe for tourtière, a delightful Quebecois dish. True tourtière lovers are passionate about [...]
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Tourtière
Posted in Beef, Canadian Food, Comfort Food, Pie, Pork, tagged family, flaky crust, ground pork and beef, meat pie, quebecois, tortiere, tourtière, traditional on January 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Shepherd’s Pie
Posted in Beef, Cheese, Comfort Food, Corn, Freezable, Potatoes, Winter, tagged Comfort Food, ground beef, mashed potatoes, Shepherd's Pie, Winter on December 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When I was a kid, my parents enrolled me and my sister in the Nancy Greene Ski League. The two of us would spend our days whooshing down the ski hills at Camp Fortune, while my parents would escape into the backwoods to go cross-country skiing. After a long day of skiing, our entire family [...]
Creamy penne with ground beef and vegetables (aka refrigerator pasta)
Posted in Beef, Little White Sauce, Pasta, Quick Dinner, Spinach, Vegetables, tagged Creamy penne, garlic, ground beef, leftovers, little white sauce, pasta, peas, Red Pepper, Spinach on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Unsurprisingly, if I have not gone shopping in over a week, my dinner pickings tend to be slim. Friday evening was one such occasion. As I eyed my wilting vegetables and containers of leftovers, I wondered whether Thai take-out might be a smarter idea. After some deliberation, my Scottish frugality won out over my laziness, [...]
Summer Shishkabobs
Posted in Beef, Canadian Food, Vegetables, tagged mushroom, Onions, Red Pepper, shish kabob, shishkabobs on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I was little, a special treat at the lake was shishkabobs. My grandmother would marinate the meat after lunch, assembling them right after supper. When I was really little, I always thought the threaded meat and veggies looked like a necklace with its beautiful gems of cherry tomatoes, red pepper, and mushrooms. Just before [...]
