Tag: ‘French’
Friday, January 13th, 2012
How is it that it’s January and here in Toronto we have no snow? And haven’t had any snow to speak of all winter? So weird. Not that I’m complaining – no snow makes my morning and evening commute so much less scary, I’ll totally take it. But I was hoping to go out snowboarding one of these weekends, so maybe it could snow just for that day…what do you think?
And you know what’s good after a long day of snowboarding? A super-easy, hearty meal that makes your house smell delicious would be just the thing! I love a good roast chicken – it’s one of our favourite meals. I’ve included my usual roast chicken recipe at the bottom because I know it by heart, but this one was equally as good and I love the built-in side dish of roasted potatoes and carrots. Add your favourite salad (or mine) to this, and it’s a lovely, fancy meal!
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Tags: carrots, chicken, French, potatoes
Posted in Comfort Food, French Fridays, Mains, Sides | 12 Comments »
Monday, January 9th, 2012
Mmmm, butter. I’ve been hoping to try a buttery brioche dough for some time and this dough was lovely. But, yeah, there’s a lot of butter in this.
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Tags: bread, brioche, buns, French
Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Comfort Food, French Fridays, Snacks | 5 Comments »
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Where do I start? I could start with another anecdote about how I’m such a picky eater and that I’d never enjoyed lamb until the summer we went wine-touring with some friends in the Okanagan, British Columbia, and they’d brought along some lamb chops and lamb roasts from their own parents’ farm. They knew how to cook it to perfection and it was lovely and rich, not at all gamey and slightly nauseating the way I’d attempted to cook it myself, so I was completely won over.
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Tags: apples, braise, cardamom, curry, French, lamb, potatoes, stew
Posted in Comfort Food, French Fridays, Holiday, Mains | 2 Comments »
Friday, December 30th, 2011
In my frantic attempt to keep up with the food blog once I went back to work, I attempted two recipes in one evening. If memory serves, they were both relatively easy recipes and a huge hit with the darling husband. In fact, he just came in while I was working on this post and was all, “Oooh, is that the corn and bacon soup?! You can make that again! No really, YOU CAN MAKE THAT AGAIN!” He really appreciated the bacon on top…
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Tags: cheesy, corn, French, garlic, rice, spinach
Posted in Comfort Food, French Fridays, Mains, Sides, Soups | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Soooooo…I’ve been away for a while. Yes, and totally slacking on the food blog front. My sincerest apologies to all my FFwD friends and everyone who I’ve missed in the past few months. Suffice it to say that my year off in no way prepared me to enter back into the working world where one is expected to put in an 8-10 hour day and then come home to create lovely food & photos for their blog! And I thought the long-neglected little blog could use a little colour rejuvenation.
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Tags: chocolate, Christmas, cookies, French, vanilla
Posted in Holiday, Sweets | 5 Comments »
Friday, July 15th, 2011
I don’t really know what else to say about this except it was a lovely, pleasant surprise! Jon loves cantaloupe, but I’m generally not a fan. If it’s perfectly ripe and sweet however, I can be persuaded.
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Tags: French, melon, strawberry
Posted in French Fridays, Fruit, Soups | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Okay, you caught me. I missed another French Friday and deprived you of my version of the Chunky Beets and Icy Red Onions. I know. Shame on me. Here’s the really funny part – I DID make this dish. I took pictures of it all the way up to the part when I had to combine the onions, beets and dressing and then…I didn’t even eat it. Jon abhors beets and onions, so there was no way he was going near this one, so I thought I’d make it all for myself.
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Tags: fish, French, lemon, risotto, salmon, seafood
Posted in French Fridays, Mains, Sides | 6 Comments »
Friday, June 24th, 2011
Two weeks ago, I was supposed to make the Cola & Jam Spareribs, but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to. I’m not, however, one to give up on a rib recipe, especially not in the summer and especially when they sounded so friggin’ good!
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Tags: French, mozzarella, pork, ribs, strawberry, tomato
Posted in French Fridays, Mains, Salad | 13 Comments »
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Now, I’ve never purchased rhubarb before in my life. My mom always seemed to have a huge rhubarb plant growing in our backyard and we’d have so much rhubarb crisp, rhubarb pie, strawberry-rhubarb pie, rhubarb upside-down cake and even just plain ol’ raw rhubarb dipped in sugar over the summers, I get a sour taste in my mouth anytime rhubarb is mentioned. Heh!
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Tags: French, fruity, nectarine, rhubarb, sorbet
Posted in French Fridays, Sweets | 5 Comments »
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
I’ve never tried pot-au-feu before, but again with the egg – those French! I was excited – now this is a vegetable soup I can get behind!
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Tags: asparagus, carrots, eggs, French, leeks, mushroom, potatoes, spinach, vegetables
Posted in French Fridays, Mains, Soups | 3 Comments »
