Dinner

Mostly quick, easy and unfussy dinner recipes. You’ll find lots of pastas and lots of vegetarian options here, but a good mix of ideas to please everyone. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here send me a note and tell me what you’re looking for!

Chili Goma Soba or Spicy Sesame Noodles

Chili Goma Soba aka Spicy Sesame Noodles

These noodles are inspired by my very favourite Chili Goma Ramen from a local (amazing) ramen restaurant. I really needed a fix but I didn’t have any of my own 20-hour pork broth kicking around, or any fresh handmade noodles. BUT!!! I did have an excessive amount of soba noodles […]

Creamy Skillet Chicken with White Wine, Dijon & Olives

Creamy Skillet Chicken with White Wine, Dijon & Olives

Say hello to your new go-to entertaining dish when you want it to look like you pulled out all the stops but in actuality you spent about 20 minutes cooking. Also, it tastes AMAZING!! A one-pan meal that comes together super quickly and really impresses. It’s also ridiculously easy, full […]

Extra Cheesy Double Jalapeño One Skillet Hot Dish

Extra Cheesy Double Jalapeño One Skillet Hot Dish

It is not all croquettes and Szechuan peppercorns around here friends. This super easy dinner dish is covered in tater tots… And no, I did not make my own tater tots… hello? How long would that take? It also has ketchup in it. Ketchup!! And I’m actually convinced that’s what […]

One Pan Stovetop Broccoli Cheddar Orzo

One Pan Stovetop Broccoli Cheddar Orzo

Dinner in under 30 minutes. Who’s in??? We LOVE orzo around here. We eat it in salads, as a side dish, and it is the best addition ever to tomato soup. So when one of my girls requested broccoli cheddar soup this week I decided to mix it up a […]

Crispy Calgary Ginger Beef

Crispy Calgary Ginger Beef

Health nuts look away now and don’t say I didn’t warn you. It’s fried. Its salty. There’s booze in it. It is FULL of sugar. But OMG it is one of the best things you will ever eat!!! You can order this dish from every single Chinese restaurant in my […]

Korean Fire Gochujang Cauliflower

Gochujang Cauliflower aka Korean Fire Cauliflower

This Gochujang Cauliflower recipe is Inspired by Korean Fire Chicken – which you can totally make with this recipe – but adapted for my veggie daughter because why should she miss out on all the fun??? This version is easily just as delicious and really easy to make.. If you […]

Pesto Toast with Creamy Cannelini Beans and Crispy Potatoes

Pesto Toast with Creamy Cannelini Beans and Crispy Potatoes

I loved everything about this. So many great textures and flavours here… crispy crunchy potatoes, creamy beans, herby pesto… everything just works. And who doesn’t like toast? This might take slightly more fussing that PB&J, but it is so worth it. Recipe-ish: Let me know how you like it!

Pink Peppercorn Cacio e Pepe

Pink Peppercorn Cacio e Pepe

I don’t know who you need to fall in love with you, but I swear this dish right here will make it happen. Now, lucky for me, I won over my love long ago because he never even saw this dish. I devoured the whole plate standing at the kitchen […]