Is it Friday yet? I cannot wait for this weekend. You know why? It's a long weekend here in Canada, it's Victoria Day. I have lots of things planned, so now I just have to get through another couple days of work. I can do it. I think I'm handling my challenge this month pretty well. If you don't know, I am challenging myself to only cook vegetarian dishes this month. I have to admit it is not as easy as coo ...

I've often talked about how much I love cooking with mushrooms and how much I adore stuffed mushrooms. This is my 2nd stuffed mushrooms recipe this week, and the 4th on the blog. So obviously I love them. :) And I like a variety. I mean imagination is our only obstacle. So far all the stuffed mushroom recipes here on jocooks are vegetarian. One of these days I'll try stuffing them with some meat. But not th ...

May is Vegetarian and Seafood Month at JoCooks. As I mentioned in my previous post, I am doing this to prove to myself that you can cook a variety of dishes with no meat. Today's recipe is one that I am a big fan of. I love mushrooms, and I love stuffed mushrooms. Portobello mushrooms are great for stuffing because they are so big and you can really stuff them with anything. These mushrooms were so deliciou ...

I remember the first time I had lettuce wraps at a restaurant, I loved them. Such an interesting combination, the cool lettuce with the warm and spicy meat mixture, full of flavors. I loved it. I have since then started making them at home. This is an ideal dish for those on a low carb diet and it is such a quick meal, you can really make this any night of the week. This version of lettuce wraps is very sim ...

Zucchini has many health benefits. Some of these benefits include lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, cancer prevention, heart attack and stroke prevention and it's also very low in calories. Now besides all those benefits, I simply just like zucchini, I like them added to salads, added to soups or here's one of my favorite ways to eat zucchini and that is to stuff them. These stuffed zucchinis a ...

My husband loves cranberries and he's been asking me for weeks to make him something with cranberries. So here's a squash recipe you might not see often, but it's really great. It's also very healthy for you, squash, cranberries and a pecan crumble. It really is a great appetizer or snack. Personally I love squash, and unfortunately I don't cook enough with it. For this roasted squash with cranberry and pec ...

New Year's Resolutions! Well I don't normally have one, used to have them when I was younger, but I never really stuck to them. I am thinking of having one this year though, and that is to drink less pop. This one is going to be hard for me. I love coke zero. But I have to drink more water. So there, my resolution for this year is to drink less pop and drink more water. Notice I did not say drink no pop, ju ...

I love turkey breast and it's a very healthy and lean meat. I like to buy the boneless skinless turkey breast and use it instead of chicken, I think its flavor is much better. Now these turkey bites are to die for. They are so flavorful and just simply delicious. My husband and I (and the dog) could barely hold back long enough to take pictures. To make them really tasty I used lean turkey breast which I co ...

Bruschetta is an appetizer that comes from Italy and if you've never had one, well you must give it a try. It's delicious, it's fresh, and there are many variations of it. I've made many different types of bruschetta in my days, and mostly because it's my husband's favorite appetizer. For this bruschetta, I decided to make it with provolone cheese, but I've made it with mozzarella before, with grated Parmes ...

These turkey and mushroom rolls were so successful at my house, they were gone in no time. The beauty of these rolls is that are made in eggroll wrappers and are baked. I love cooking with eggroll wrappers and wonton wrappers because they are so versatile, you can really fill them with anything and are just super delicious. Of course you can fry them, or you can bake them, it all depends if you care about t ...

Well I don't normally brag, but I must say my spanakopita is unbelievable and every single time I make it, it is a complete success.  Again, spanakopita is one of those pastries that is really easy to make, but it probably scares people away because they might think it's hard to make.  Well it is not, it's just a matter of assembling all the ingredients together and making the triangles which is super simpl ...

You know how when you come home from work you're not always in the mood for cooking because you're exhausted? Well today I felt like that. I simply don't want to be in the kitchen for long. I want to have a quick dinner with my husband and then just relax. All I can say is TGIF! So I had a brilliant idea, if I do say so myself. I said to myself, how about some grilled golden Gruyere and prosciutto tortillas ...

Tonight I was going to make this great Algerian Salad with Lamb Meatballs, but I was out of some ingredients, so I decided to make instead some Lebanese lamb meatballs. These lamb meatballs are amazing and so fragrant and delicious. Since I didn't have all the ingredients for my salad, I wasn't going to take pictures of the step by step instructions to make this. However, once I saw how gorgeous these meatb ...

I know I always say I have a treat for you, but this time you have to believe me. These spicy chicken wings will truly rock your world! The dressing for these wings is really out of this world, it is absolutely incredible. And the best thing about these wings is that they are baked. That's right, you heard me, they are baked, so less fat, but just as delicious, if not better. I love going to restaurants and ...

I was so excited with the success of my whole wheat pita breads, that I had to make hummus. If you've always purchased hummus or had it at restaurants, you have no idea how simple it is to make. Of course if you make it yourself you have control over the ingredients you choose. I chose to make this hummus low fat and it turned out so good and delicious that it didn't last long. Regular hummus is made with l ...