Time: 3 hours to brine; 45 minutes to cook This may be the most tender and juicy porkloin you will ever make and you will make it over and over again because it is easy, delicious and quick to make! Music Selection: Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy Ingredients: Brine: ¼ cup salt 3 Tbsp…
Author: bandriachuk
Happily married mom with 3 teens/young adults and a house full of their friends dropping by for supper! We love throwing large barbeque parties all summer and rum/wine tasting parties through winter! Eating great food with family and friends keeps us happy and healthy!
Mushroom Barley – Risotto Style
Time: 45 minutes On a cold, winter day, this barley dish will bring you comfort and warmth – truly an easy, healthy dish that will fill- you up and leave you feeling soooo good inside. Music Selection: Seamus Kennedy – Barley Mow Ingredients: 3 Tbsp butter 1 shallot, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2…
Cucumber Vermecilli Shrimp Appetizer
Whenever you come around, we can always make these appetizers – quick, tasty and healthy! Music Selection: Chris Stapleton – Whenever You Come Around Ingredients: 1 long English cucumber 60 g rice vermicelli noodles ¼ cup peanut butter (smooth) ¼ cup hoisin sauce 1 Tbsp sesame oil 20 large fresh basil leaves 20 medium cooked…
Instant Pot Beef and Mushroom Pie
Time: 75 minutes This is an all star recipe – quick, delicious and healthy!! Music Selection: Smash Mouth – All Star Ingredients: 1 kg / 2 lb blade roast, cut into ½ inch cubes 2 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped finely 1 onion, chopped 1 celery, diced 3 carrots, peeled and cut in ½ inch…
Peri Peri Chicken
Time: 90 minutes This is a dish that says “I love myself” and “I am worth the effort”… yes you are. Music Selection: Miley Cyrus – Flowers Ingredients: 1 ½ red peppers, seeded – cut into 1/3s 1 large onion – cut into quarters 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup lemon juice Zest of one…
Coconut Lime Rice
Time: 25 minutes Music Selection: Paramore – C’est Comme Ca Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice 10 oz can of coconut milk Water 1 lime, zested 1 Tbsp sugar Salt Fresh mint Directions: In a measuring cup, pour the coconut milk. Add water until it reaches 2 cups. Pour into a pot. Rinse the rice and…
Devilled Eggs (Harissa option)
Time: 30 minutes Music Selection: You’re The Devil In Disguise – Elvis Presley Ingredients: 6 eggs 2 Tbsp mayonnaise Small squirt of mustard (optional) Dash of lawry’s salt (optional) 1/8 tsp cayenne Fresh parsley or fresh chopped chives to garnish If you like it a bit spicy – instead of lawry’s and mustard add ¼…
Spicy Fish
Time: 30 minutes Do you ever call everyone for supper and no one answers… this recipe and song are for you… although once they taste this supper, they will show up when you make it again and again. Music Selection: Vince Gill – When I Call Your Name Ingredients: 4 – 5 basa filets, cut…
Golden Couscous
Time: 25 minutes This is such a great side and great to make a spicy fish bowl. Simple and subtle… Music Selection: Alison Krauss – When You Say Nothing At All Ingredients: 6 cups chicken broth 6 Tbsp butter 1 large onion, finely diced 2 tsp turmeric 1 tsp cumin 3 cups couscous Optional: 1…
24 Hour Denver Sandwich
Time: 15 True comfort food – 24 hours a day! My dad is an expert denver sandwich maker, if that is a title. When I was growing up at home, you could find him making a denver at 3 am, 7 am, lunch or dinner. He seemed to magically always have the ingredients for the…
A Runny Egg On Top 