Amazing Recipes
It's a long weekend here in Canada, it's the Victoria Day May long weekend. I love long weekends, perfect time for spending with family and enjoying good food and drinks. My starter to this great long weekend are these wonderful smoked salmon quesadillas with creamy chipotle sauce. They are so … [Read more...]
I love making appetizers, especially cute ones like these stuffed tomatoes. I've been waiting to make these for a long time now, but I've been waiting to have the perfect stuffing. So I decided to go with a seafood dip which is made with crab, shrimp, cheese and of course some Frank's hot sauce for … [Read more...]
I love this quesadilla recipe and I'm very excite to share this with you. I don't cook too much with shrimp so I thought this would be perfect to use up the shrimp I had in the freezer. I'm glad I did. This was so delicious, both my husband and I really loved this and enjoyed these … [Read more...]
The bang bang chicken recipe I posted a few months ago was so popular at my house and so delicious, I decided to try the bang bang shrimp but with a bit of a change. Many people have asked me if they can bake the chicken instead of frying it, so I decided to bake the shrimp and see how they turn … [Read more...]
OK, so probably you're saying to yourself that all you can see in this dish are these gigantic shrimp.  Me too! I can explain this. I was craving fettuccine, but I got tired of chicken or bacon so I look in my freezer and I find these gigantor shrimp. Seriously. That's what the bag said, … [Read more...]
Every once in a while I get in the mood for fish. Not often, I'm not a big fish eater, though I do like lobster and sushi and all that. But fish not so much. I do know that fish is good for you though, especially tilapia. It's such a lean fish, very high in protein and just good for you. It's not … [Read more...]
My friends, I have a special dish for you today and I promise you will love this coconut shrimp curry. If you like curry dishes, you will want to make this. In Romanian cuisine we don't use coconut milk or many of these ingredients found in this dish and this is why I like to experiment and try … [Read more...]
It's Stampede week here in Calgary and if you don't know what that is, you should and if you can, come down and visit. The Calgary Stampede is the annual rodeo, exhibition and festival which is held in July and it's probably one of the biggest rodeos on earth. Hundreds of thousands of tourists come … [Read more...]
Today I was in the mood to watch TV, haven't watched TV in a while, I've been so busy. So while surfing through the channels I came across the new Dallas show. Now I don't know if you're like me and used to watch this show, but I've been waiting for this show to start and have not had a chance to … [Read more...]
I don't normally make fish and chips, but every once in a while I crave something I don't usually eat. Today was one of those days. I have to tell you though I was a bit shocked at how expensive haddock was. If you're watching your budget, perhaps cod would be a cheaper option for this … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
I came home from work tonight, only to be surprised by my husband with dinner. I love it when he does this. Honestly I don't care what he makes, just the fact that he makes dinner is more than enough for me. Tonight he surprised me with this wonderful tuna salad with pecans and raisins. He made a … [Read more...]
I have to admit, whenever the TV is on at home, it's always on the food network channel. Pretty sad, eh? But I love it, I have a few favorite shows that I watch a lot.  It drives my husband crazy, though sometimes he'll get hooked, he'll sit and watch Iron Chef with me every once in a … [Read more...]
If you're not a fan of smoked salmon you will not like these quesadillas. Of course you could always substitute chicken instead of salmon and they would be just as great. I call these quesadillas mini because I used small 6" corn tortillas for them and they ware so adorable and delectable. … [Read more...]
