Archive for the ‘Sauces & Spices’ Category

Posted on March 10th, 2011 by by admin

Beef Chili with Black Beans

Steve suggested chili for dinner and my trainer had a great recipe that was a bit different than my standard fare »

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Posted on September 27th, 2010 by by admin

What to do with Split Tomatoes

I was watching Chef Michael make a roasted tomato sauce a few weeks back and felt compelled to find a way to use that idea. Then I found a recipe for pizza sauce, something Steve and I use often on our homemade pizza and decided to make my own »

Posted on September 9th, 2010 by by admin

Drying Herbs

My dear friend Sandy, from Soroptimist, kindly leant me her dehydrator so I harvested my herbs for drying »

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Posted on September 5th, 2010 by by admin

Tzatziki for our Family BBQ

This recipe is very simple: plain yogurt, seedless cucumber pulp flavoured with a bit of mint and garlic to taste. You can thin it with olive oil or lemon juice as you see fit »

Posted on August 25th, 2010 by by admin

Roasted Red Pepper Spread

My family and I love roasted red pepper humus but I thought this would be a good alternative for the store bought spreads we sometimes buy, which are heavily in oils »

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by by admin

Basil-Garlic Tomato Sauce

Since I am laden with tomatoes, I thought it best to post this one too. I just proves that every recipe is totally different on the web. This one is from Ball, the jar company. I claims to makes 7 pints, but the batch I made on Saturday (and posted earlier this morning) called for [...]

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by by admin

Tomato Base for Sauce

I decided to try a simpler sauce (i.e. shorter processing time). This one is tomato, onion, garlic and herbs; I separately roasted and froze chunks of red pepper to add when I open the jar to heat the sauce »

Posted on August 9th, 2010 by by admin

Field Tomatoes

This year field tomatoes were early and I had some time off, so I decided to try making a sauce with them using blanched and peeled and cored, diced tomatoes as the base.

Posted on July 16th, 2010 by by admin

Pauline’s Chicken Curry and Lynda’s Maple Dressing

Sounds like an odd combination but Pauline made an excellent curry over rice, and Lynda shared her balsamic dressing with maple syrup »

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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by by admin

Make your own Taco Seasoning

This recipe will replace one packet of store-bought taco seasoning »

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