This is the most basic pizza dough and home-made sauce ever. You can do it. First you make the crust: 1 cup warm water 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp dry yeast (1 package) 2 cups flour (all purpose. The original recipe even called for whole wheat and I changed it all to all purpose to … [Read more...] about Home-made Cheese and Pepperoni Pizza (the real version)
Main Dishes
Thick-Crust Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza for Meat-Lovers and Cheese-Lovers
I went home to Newfoundland for a weekend and cooked a lot, because that's what I do - cook a lot, not go home a lot. I always try to cater meals to my lactose-intolerant, gluten-free, refined-sugar-free mother, but also things that my dad will enjoy, things with milk and butter … [Read more...] about Thick-Crust Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza for Meat-Lovers and Cheese-Lovers
Moroccan Chicken Tajine with Home-Made Preserved Lemon (aka “Hurray! My lemons didn’t turn blue!)
It's been forever since I hacked up a chicken. Felt like it was about time to get back to that. It also felt like it was about time to see if my preserved lemons had turned out alright. I was nervous because they weren't 100% covered in lemon juice and I don't know how quickly … [Read more...] about Moroccan Chicken Tajine with Home-Made Preserved Lemon (aka “Hurray! My lemons didn’t turn blue!)
Wild Atlantic Cod in Fennel, Cumin and Fenugreek-Spiced Tomato Sauce
Sometimes it's nice to treat yourself a little, and I'm pretty sure Michael gets this. So we hit it off. To describe Michael as "well-groomed" would be an understatement: tailored, pleated pants, ironed shirt, and nails that were prettier than mine. But he almost immediately … [Read more...] about Wild Atlantic Cod in Fennel, Cumin and Fenugreek-Spiced Tomato Sauce
Miso-Mushroom Gravy on Baked Sweet Potato Fries Poutine
"Real" poutine involves a roux (flour and fat - usually pork or butter), plus tons of veal, beef, or chicken stock (bones, vegetables, and herbs), and about two days of labour and steam. There are easier ways where you make the simple roux and just add cans, boxes, or cubes of … [Read more...] about Miso-Mushroom Gravy on Baked Sweet Potato Fries Poutine
200th Podcast Anniversary Celebration Poutine!!!
The Midnight Poutine podcast turns 200 this week! In honour of such an incredible anniversary I whole-heartedly encourage anyone who wants to celebrate to buy/make/eat some of our website's namesake. To help you out I'll have a series of articles this week about the best … [Read more...] about 200th Podcast Anniversary Celebration Poutine!!!
Bangladeshi Red Lentils
For the dal dish for my Indian dinner party I did the simplest red lentil recipe in the book (At Home With Jadhur Maffrey). It was so easy I figured it'd be bland and boring, but I knew there would be other flavours in the other dishes to pick up the slack in the meal. There … [Read more...] about Bangladeshi Red Lentils
Healthy Indian Recipes and Cleansing the Body: Toor Dal
I've been in a post-festival en lumiere detox state for a week now. Until this month I've never felt the need to clean out my body with a cleanse or any kind of fasting - maple syrup and lemon are not things on which I choose to subsist - but when your body is screaming at you … [Read more...] about Healthy Indian Recipes and Cleansing the Body: Toor Dal
Kamut and Whole Grains
I've been meaning to get on the whole grain band-wagon for awhile, but anything that isn't gluten-free has potential to be hard to digest for me, so buying a big package of buckwheat, barley, bulghour, or kamut seemed foolhardy when I could stick with brown rice and get … [Read more...] about Kamut and Whole Grains
Korean Japchae Noodles for the Shinnenkai Potluck
I guess I forgot to write this one up. It's such an easy recipe that I overlooked it. To the recipe (and anyone who wanted it, I suppose), I apologize. The only thing I changed from a traditional japchae recipe was the use of seaweed instead of spinach (oh, and I guess the … [Read more...] about Korean Japchae Noodles for the Shinnenkai Potluck