Recipe Sifter

My husband and son liked this dish so much, I made it twice within three days. There wasn't a drop of sauce left, they soaked it all up with bread. It was that good.

Langoustine and scallops sautéed in butter, deglazed with vermouth and lemon, finished in a silky cream velouté with julienned vegetables. Masterchef-level seafood in just 30 minutes.

Cooked chicken baked with cream of mushroom soup, crunchy water chestnuts, celery, and onion, topped with crispy Chinese noodles. A 5-minute prep casserole that's been a potluck staple for decades.

This easy slow cooker stuffing uses cream of mushroom soup and earthy canned mushrooms to create rich, moist bread dressing without fussing over oven temperatures or timing.

A hearty soup just loaded with a huge variety of winter vegetables

The addition of ingredients like curry powder and grated Parmesan make this salad special. Great for sandwiches, on crackers as an appetizer or served on lettuce leaves.

So to start off with the first post, I decided to make a meal that screams of comfort food. Whilst it does take a bit of a while to get the meal done, once you take that first bite, heaven couldn’t seem closer if you were Adam trying to touch God’s finger in the “Creation of Adam” fresco created by Michaelangelo. The meal I speak of is Cottage Pie. There is much debate as to what exactly a cottage pie is and how it is different to a Shepherd’s pie...I don’t know. The dominant theory is that Sheperds pie uses lamb mince, whilst a cottage pie uses beef mince. I don’t know about you, but the term “Sheperds Pie” does not get my tastebuds going quite as well, so I prefer the term cottage pie. Besides, comparing the price of ground (mince) beef to ground lamb, a student would pick up the beef mince in a heartbeat without even so much as glancing at the lamb in the meat section. This cottage pie that I made is full of flavour, and just makes you want to cuddle up next to a fire and watch TCM movies all day either by yourself, or with a significant other. Here is the recipe:

Use solid white tuna, not chunked tuna. To keep the tuna moist this recipe uses a quick marinade to allow the tuna to absorb the flavors.

Wow, the pot roast came out so flavourful and the gravy was also very tasty. We thinly sliced the leftover, used in sandwiches and wraps. Bravo!

Crab, bacon and cheese melts. A match made in heaven.

Apricot-glazed Cornish hens roasted whole over a buttery bread stuffing scented with celery, onion, and marjoram, basted with a sweet-tart apricot preserves glaze.

Saltine cracker dressing loaded with crumbled sausage, smoked oysters, sage, and thyme. Stuff your bird or bake it as a hearty side dish that brings Bohemian comfort to any holiday table.

Low fat Mexican-style creamed corn simmers corn kernels with bell peppers, celery, and green chiles, then binds with reduced-fat cream cheese and skim milk. A lighter Tex-Mex side.

Bean curd skin rolls wrap shredded mushrooms, dried tofu, celery, and carrot in fresh tofu sheets, then shallow-fry until crisp and golden. Drizzled with a chili-ginger dipping sauce.

One-skillet beef and barley with ground beef, tomatoes, and chili sauce simmered until the barley is tender. A quick, hearty weeknight dinner in 30 minutes.

Chicken and dumplings casserole layered with chicken breasts, onion, celery, carrots, and sage in broth, topped with hand-rolled dumpling balls. One-dish oven dinner.