In the month of May I'm going to be featuring only vegetarian recipes and some of them will include seafood. My mission is to prove to myself mostly, that there are many options when it comes to vegetarian dishes. To start this off, I've made this yummy halibut soup. I don't make fish soup often but sometimes I get in the mood for something different and recently I've been wanting to make a fish soup for qu ...

I'm developing a passion for cooking with bourbon. My husband hates it when I cook with alcohol for whatever twisted reason, but then when he eats the food, he can't stop mumbling how good it is. So I don't listen to him when he complains because I know later on he'll be thanking me in his own way. I got this idea from a show I watched with Paula Deen in which she made a sort of bourbon rub she brushed on p ...

I remember I used to hate spinach as a child. I used to hate lots of vegetables as a child but especially spinach. But at some point I grew to really like my mom's creamed spinach, probably after I watched Popeye. :) I'm not sure creamed spinach is a traditional Romanian dish, but I know my mom has made it ever since I can remember. We used to eat it with a scrambled egg, and I think that was my favorite th ...

My passion for alcohol only goes as far as Mojitos or Margaritas, but I do love to cook with it. I've always used red wine and white wine and occasionally vodka, but cooking with Bourbon is fairly new to me. I would never drink Bourbon unless it was in some sort of cocktail, but I do like the flavor of it in food. Although I originally thought that Bourbon Chicken is a Chinese dish, it is actually a Cajun d ...

Ever wonder what Puttanesca means? Well I recently found out while watching the foodnetwork channel. However the history of pasta Puttanesca has many colorful Italian folk tales. The word itself Puttana in Italian means whore. One of these such tales, suggest that a restaurant owner had many such "whore" guests come to his restaurant to eat late at night as he was about to close. As he didn't have enough of ...

So it's almost the middle of April and while other places are enjoying wonderful warm spring weather, we are going through a snow storm. That's Calgary for you, yesterday was warm, beautiful and sunny and today it looks like Christmas outside. If you don't believe me, check out the picture I just took outside. I struggled a bit with taking the picture because I wanted to capture the large snowflakes. They a ...

Well, considering how bad I've been with my last dessert, Sex in a Pan, I thought I'd give you guys a healthy recipe. I was very naughty with the last dessert. But now you will thank me, for sharing something healthy with you. :) I don't know if you've ever had Greek Yogurt, but I am in love with it. It is so thick, and so full of flavor, it almost tastes like sour cream, that's how thick it is. I just love ...

I love Indian food and just recently went to an Indian restaurant with my husband. He really enjoyed the tandoori chicken there and I thought I'd attempt to make it home. Now obviously making it at home will never turn out as it does in restaurants, because I don't have the right oven, but this recipe which I found here, with a couple changes of my own, turned out quite good . You get all the right smells o ...

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 ...

Contrary to popular belief, potatoes are not bad for you, potatoes have many health benefits. They may have a bad rap but it belongs to how you prepare potatoes, or what toppings you fill them with. The potato itself is good for you, fairly low in calories, and for those calories you get a lot of nutrients. Potatoes are full of vitamin C, high in potassium, they are a great source of iron and copper and a p ...

This pea stew is a traditional Romanian dish and it truly is one of my favorites. I grew up eating this dish and the great thing about it is that it's very versatile, you can make it with chicken, pork, beef or lamb and it's easy to make. The other great thing about this dish is that it's fairly healthy and the way I made it here it's only 9 weight watchers points for a great big serving. The secret I must ...

It's a crazy week this week. I'm conducting training this week, something which I don't normally enjoy, being the introvert that I am, however I have to say this week I am enjoying it a bit. Something different than my normal day to day work activities. The part that I'm enjoying is chatting with people all day long, versus being in my office all day long programming. The part I don't enjoy so much is that ...

Who ever said that you can't have your cake and eat it too? Well just because I'm on weight watchers now, doesn't mean I can't treat myself to something delicious and sweet. I still get my sweet tooth every once in a while and well simply put, we just need to make better and healthier choices. So these mini apple pies are so yummy and they just hit the spot. And you know what the best part of it all is? 4 o ...

I did not make a turkey for Thanksgiving this year, but I did make these turkey meatloaf muffins, in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Trust me when I tell you these turkey muffins are delicious and super moist. The reason they don't dry out is because they have mushrooms in them and lots of other goodies like onion, garlic, garlic chili sauce and butter. They are also weight watchers friendly at only 4 points pe ...

As I mentioned before, it's Thanksgiving on Monday in Canada, and well, what's Thanksgiving without Pumpkin Pie? For just 5 weight watchers points per serving, you can enjoy this luscious and delicious pumpkin pie, with whipped cream and all. Just because you're watching your weight, does not mean you have to suffer by not eating desserts. Now you can have your cake and eat it too, this version of this pump ...