Monthly Archives: March 2012

Family Food

March is a busy month around here as not only do I celebrate a birthday, my lovely sister does as well a few days after mine.

That usually results in a couple of birthday parties at various places not to … Read more

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Birthday Eats

Hard. Core. Carnivore.

That’s me in a nutshell.

For as long as I can remember, the thought of tearing into a big juicy steak, pulling the bones from a slow-smoked piece of baby-back ribs, or thinly slicing a rotisserie leg … Read more

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Steak Fiorentina

JP Vives, co-chef of La Bodega in Regina, is a self-described “meat and potatoes” lover. Here’s his preferred sturdy Italian-inspired approach to the subject

Ingredients

1 cup (250 mL) virgin olive oil
1/2 cup (125 mL) minced garlic
4, 16 … Read more

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Hot & Sour Soup

Ingredients

1 store-bought rotisserie chicken, skin removed, and meat removed and shredded
Half a package of dried vermicelli rice noodles
12 dried shitake mushrooms
1 1/2 tbsp (22 mL) cornstarch
2 tbsp (30 mL) red-wine vinegar
2 tbsp (30 mL) … Read more

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A Rose by Any Other Name

Ingredients

1 oz vodka
1 oz rose wine
1 oz grapefruit soda
Grapefruit slice as garnish

Directions

Fill a wine glass with ice cubes. Add vodka, then top with rose wine and grapefruit soda. Garnish with grapefruit wedge and serve.… Read more

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The Ultimate Chicken Pot Pie

The addition of whisky to this classic recipe is what takes it from delicious to divine!

Ingredients

Egg Wash:
1 large egg
1 tsp (5 mL) water

Chicken Pot Pie:
1 package of frozen puff pastry, thawed
1/4 cup (60 … Read more

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Cranberry-Raspberry Sour Cream Pie

Ingredients

1, 9” (23 cm) unbaked pie crust
2 cups (500 mL) sour cream
3/4 cup (175 mL) brown sugar
Seeds from 1 vanilla bean
Zest from 1 lemon
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups (375 mL) cranberries (or … Read more

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Flavours @ Home Spring 2012

A Ray of Sunshine

Break out of grey and beige mediocrity with smart splashes of bright colour
By Colin McAllister & Justin Ryan

We can fix anything—it’s as simple as that.

Aye, and it’s a task we relish! Sometimes our … Read more

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New Canadian Cuisine Spring 2012

Hitting the Spot

Spring is the best season to get cooking with wild BC spot prawns

By Eric Pateman · Flavours’ Ambassador of New Canadian Cuisine

Spring—the time when new shoots are sprouting and buds begin to burst from their … Read more

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Pan-Seared Sablefish on Potato-Chive Bread Pudding with Sautéed Vegetables & Almond Butter


<h2>Ingredients</h2>
Almond Butter:<strong>
</strong>1/2 cup (125 mL) finely chopped almonds
1 lb (500 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
Salt to taste

Bread Pudding:<strong>
</strong>Butter for the pan
3 medium potatoes, diced and cooked
1/2 loaf of bread, diced (Vives uses … Read more

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