The fifth episode has the most challenging mystery ingredients to date, all picked by viewers through social media. From prairie oysters to blueberry compote to Peking duck and gefilte fish (no, not all in the same basket), it was definitely…different. For this week, the main course basket, containing gefilte fish (a white fish often served […]
I just realized that I haven’t used ingredients found in the dessert basket yet, so this week, I’m going to discuss what can be made with the following ingredients: carrot juice, baba ganoush, sesame candy and tamarillo. Tamarillo, according to Wikipedia, is a shurb-like fruit, with a taste that is tangy and sweet. It also […]
When I first came across this delicious Israeli egg dish, it was at Aroma, an Israeli-based coffee chain that had opened up in the Toronto area. Eggs cooked in a tomato and roasted red pepper sauce, it is healthier and filling at the same time – perfect for this time of year. Since my first […]
A while back, I made the mistake of purchasing vanilla yogurt instead of plain for a curry dish I had planned to cook. Whoops! I ended up making something else with the chicken due to the mistake. However, on Chopped Canada this past weekend, vanilla yogurt was part of the mandatory ingredients list for the […]
On the second episode, the mystery ingredients were as follows: If challah (or any kind of bread) is in the mystery ingredients box for dessert, DO NOT make certain items Starter: Peanut butter cookie dough, boudin blanc (pork and liver, a kind of sausage), epazoete (minty flavoured herb) and zucchini Main: Frozen waffles, fish heads, […]
Last season, I recapped every single episode of Chopped Canada. For season 2 (which premiered over the weekend), rather than doing the same, I’ve decided to write about what I might make with one of the mystery boxes. The mystery boxes in the first episode consisted of the following: Kataifi Appetizer: Cherry drink mix, ground […]
Coconut bread, also known as “cocktail bread” (gai may bao in Cantonese), is readily available at Chinese bakeries and grocery stores (like T&T). This sweet-tasting bread is perfect for making French toast, which is what we did on Christmas Day. As I didn’t really feel like using a skillet, I decided to bake mine. I […]
Remember the maple sugar spelt banana bread I made a few years ago? Well, I tweaked it again (since it was based on a recipe I found in a book) and made it with four different types of flour: spelt, rice, amaranth and almond. Result? Super-dooper moist! And it freezes really well, too. Great as […]
I like to go meatless at least once a week (though I don’t always get to) and recently, I decided to make baked eggs. This would also make an amazing New Year’s Day brunch dish (if you’re still looking for ideas). Ingredients: 4 egg whites + 2 whole eggs (large) A little more than 1/4 […]
In an effort to cut down on “traditional” carbs like wheat flour breads, rice and potatoes, I’ve been scouring the Internet for recipes which contain none of those ingredients. One can only have so much quinoa, after all. When I was looking up recipes for chickpea flour, I came across socca, a flatbread from the […]
