#COOKING: CLASSIC CHILI X SWEET CHEESY CORNBREAD RECIPE
Classic Chili & Sweet Cheesy Cornbread. Chili is one of those dishes that is no fuss and easy to prepare. Most of all, it is tough to botch it! Everyone's got their own way of going about it. We're sharing our Classic Chili recipe. Nothing fancy here in terms of add-ins, but this is hearty, hits the spot and just perfect with our Sweet Cheesy Cornbread on the side.
Chili
1 lb Extra Lean Ground Beef
1 jar of Tomato Sauce
1 can of Tomato Paste
1 can of Red Kidney Beans
1 cup of Beef ...
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#COOKING: “UNLIMITED SALAD AND BREAD STICKS” | OLIVE GARDEN ITALIAN DRESSING
"Unlimited" Salad and Breadsticks. We miss our cross-border trips and part of the joys of high school involved living right beside an Olive Garden. While the Italian-American family chain's days in these parts of Canada were short-lived, we miss them greatly and we try to make time for a visit when we visit the U.S. We don't even care about the Pasta, just give us Unlimited Salad and Breadsticks!
Olive Garden's House Dressing is available now in Canada at select grocers and you too ...
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#COOKING: CREAMY SEAFOOD BAKE
Creamy Seafood Bake. We're still of the firm belief that cheese and seafood go well together. Something hearty, flavourful at every bite and decadent for this cold winter weather.
Ingredients:
2 lbs Manila Clams, scrubbed
300g Tilapia, cut into chunks
1/2 450g package of Capellini
3 cups Baby Spinach
3/4 cup 18% cream
3/4 cup Mozzarella and Cheddar, shredded
1/4 cup white wine
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 tbsps butter
2 strips bacon, chopped
2 tbsps flour
1 stalk green onion, minced
1 ...
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#COOKING: DUMPLING WITH CHEF KEN YAU IN CELEBRATION OF NETFLIX’S “OVER THE MOON”
In celebration of Netflix's acclaimed Animated Feature OVER THE MOON, we got to partake in a special virtual Dumpling making class with Chef Ken Yau of k.dinners, who has worked at popular local hotspots Nota Bene and Scaramouche, in addition to three-Michelin star The Fat Duck in London. Local television personality Pay Chen hosted and among my classmates was the lovely Tanya Kim!
How fitting, since food is such an integral element in the culturally-rich, visual spectacle that ...
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#COOKING: BEEF STEW AND CHEDDAR DUMPLINGS RECIPE
Beef Stew and Cheddar Dumplings. Something hearty for you as the temperatures drop! Ensure that you are always cooking your beef at a low heat and a long simmer for that perfect fall-apart texture. This will last you days.
Stew:2 lbs stewing beef3 cups squash, chopped into chunks1 large white potato, pellets and diced1 cup small button mushrooms2 carrots, peeled and sliced1/2 large white onion, minced1 zucchini, sliced1/2 cup white wine5 tbsps corn starch5 cloves garlic, minced3 bay ...
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#COOKING: HONG KONG PORK CHOP RICE RECIPE
Hong Kong Pork Chop Rice. This is a classic. Hong Kong Cuisine takes a lot of traditional Chinese influences and combines them with European ingredients and techniques. It smells like literal heaven when it is baking. It truly is a perfect, comforting dish for the Fall. Mom approves and she's had many variations of this dish. I too have had many renditions of this, some amazing and some made clearly with a can of tomato soup as the sauce base. Nope. I'm happy with this super-tomatoey take ...
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#COOKING: MR. WILL X HUBIE HALLOWEEN
We are thrilled to collaborate with our friends at Netflix to bring you some super fun activities to help put you in that Halloween spirit. If there’s anything we need right now, it’s a lift! Netflix releases #HUBIEHALLOWEEN, starring Adam Sandler, on Wednesday October 7th. You can check out the trailer below. 🎃
We crafted a FUN SIZE SNACK PUMPKIN which will make a gorgeous, edible Halloween centerpiece and also a PUMPKIN FUN SIZE CHOCOLATE LOAF which tastes exactly like ...
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#COOKING: CLASSIC APPLE PIE RECIPE
Classic Apple Pie. As you might recall we went Apple Picking last week. What better way to celebrate the fruits (pardon the pun) of our labour than our Classic Apple Pie recipe? A flaky, buttery crust with chunky, tart and sweet Ontario apples in a goopy caramel-like filling. Autumn's arrived. 🍎
Pie Pastry:2 1/2 cups flour1 1/2 tsps sea salt1/2 cup butter, chilled3/4 cup Crisco Golden All-Vegetable Shortening, room temperature1/2 cup cold water
1 egg beaten, used as egg ...
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#COOKING: MEATBALLS x PASTA RECIPE
Meatballs x Pasta. Fall means comfort foods and our favourite always has been Spaghetti & Meatballs. Of course now that we've grown-up we've found little ways to elevate and make it a bit more sophisticated. We hope you like our take!
Ingredients:
17.6 oz Alfetra Pasta (i.e. Vesuvio) 1/2 lb medium ground beef (or lean if you prefer, medium makes for more tender results) 1/2 lb ground pork 1 cup Panko Breadcrumbs 1 can crushed tomatoes 1 can tomato paste 1/2 cup whole milk 1/4 cup ...
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#COOKING: SPICY PEACH CALIFORNIA ROLL RECIPE
Spicy Peach California Rolls. We had forgotten how fun it is to make Sushi at home! These are simple and while it might take a couple tries to perfect a nice tight roll, this is totally worth it and fun to do with others.
Maki:
1 1/2 cups Botan Calrose Rice4 sheets Nori2 eggs, beaten4 strips of Surimi (artificial crab), halved length-wise1/4 cucumber, sliced into thin strips1/2 avocado, sliced into thin strips4 tbsps seasoned rice vinegar2 tbsps organic raw sugar3 tbsps black sesame, ...
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