Crisp Roasted Duck Legs, Slow Braised in Red Wine Sauce I love duck. Duck legs are very reasonably priced. Ducks use their legs for swimming and those muscle...

It's that time of year again. Lots of yummy delicious varieties of pumpkin and squash available. In this jazzed up yummy potato pancake, you can use any kind...

My son and I were at The Big Carrot a couple of weeks ago. They had these big beautiful green peppers on sale, perfect for stuffing. I brought home 4 of them...

I just made some chickpeas in my Instant Pot. They taste slightly sweet, have the scent of herbs and savoury onion flavour. In short, they taste yummy, homey...

Three inspirations happened to bring this recipe to life. One, it is very high in nutrients and fibre. Two, I went to Iqbal and discovered they have devoted...

Picture the scene. On your way home from a productive and challenging day. Don't feel like cooking but craving something satisfying, comforting and nutritiou...

The new craze is cauliflower i.e., the new gluten free white flour. Recipes like cauliflower pizza crust, tacos, biscuits, and cheese sticks are flooding int...

Whenever I go into Rowe Farms, I check out which cuts of meat are reasonably priced. To my amazement the Korean Beef Ribs, also know as Miami cut ribs are ve...

If you ever want to try your hand with the cuisine of South Asia and the Middle East, Iqbal is your one stop shop for those hard to find ingredients. I purc
olive oil 1
 onion, finely chopped 4
 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 lb. 
ground turkey 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground ¼ teaspoon allspice, ground 1 teaspoon cumin, ground 1 teaspoon coriander seed, ground 1 large carrots, small dice 2 tablespoons 
tomato paste 1 cup vegetable or chicken broth ½ cup red bell pepp

Trending summer colours… orchid pink, green, and bright orange! Star of the show… fresh shelled fava beans. Lots only made a little more than 1/3 cup shelled...

It has been over a month into my healthy lifestyle change. Not that I wasn’t eating healthy before, but I enjoyed restaurant foods and baking which can get y...

My new kitchen toy is the Kitchenaid pasta extruder. To anoint the new attachment, the project was to make beetroot bucatini. Bucatini is a thick long pasta....

Don’t you love to press on bubble wrap and hear that crackle and pop? How about pizza in a snap with that same wonderful joyful feeling? Anyone can make fant...

Thinking of partaking in trick and treating this Halloween? Why not try your hand at this easy nutritious vegetarian dinner before you venture out? Your love...

This eating healthy gig is still going strong. I am having a blast coming up with different combinations using vegetables and legumes. How ‘bout giving this ...

We’ve all been told we should increase our fish intake at least to three times a week. Wild salmon has been touted to be a delicious healthy choice due to th...

Some years ago when I was offering The Spice Lady’s Food Safari dinners, John Van Alten, the proprietor of Dutchman’s Gold Honey, generously sent a number of...

This time of year is awesome for fresh gorgeous produce. Discover it at your local grocery or farmer’s market. It’s a good time to treat yourself or share s...

Sundays’ seem to offer the best time to spend with family. I usually spend my Sundays doing errands and topping up on groceries. When the spirit moves me, ...

My neighbourhood Rowe Farms butcher and I had a nice long telephone chat the other day. I was looking for some osso bucco veal shanks to impress my nephew wh...