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Monday, November 21st, 2011
| So I was reading a story last week, about how BPA – a toxin – was found in cans of cranberry sauce.
My first reaction was “Whatever!”, seeing as how I learned the joy of homemade cranberry sauce YEARS ago. I’ve been making my own since… jeez, maybe age 16? Once you’ve had homemade, you just can’t bring yourself to eat the canned stuff.
Then I thought something along the lines of “OMG… people still eat canned?!”. After I mentally smacked myself for thinking so elitist and snotty, I realized that this would be a great subject for a blog entry! |
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Cranberry sauce is super easy to make. If you follow the basic recipe on most bags of cranberries, it only costs about $1 more than canned, and takes less than 10 minutes. Trust me, TOTALLY worth the effort!
My recipe takes only slightly longer than the basic recipe, and an extra dollar or two in ingredients. Again, that slight investment is a HUGE improvement, even over basic homemade sauce! If you haven’t tried making your own yet, maybe this is the year?
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Honey dill sauce is one of those things that I think of as being ubiquitous… and then end up disappointed when it’s not. When you grow up with something THAT popular, it’s weird when you move somewhere that’s never even heard of it.
So, let me introduce you to honey dill sauce. This is VERY much a Winnipeg thing, and “popular” doesn’t even begin to describe it. If you order chicken fingers anywhere in Winnipeg, there IS honey dill sauce. Actually, not even “there IS”, more like “There MUST BE”. Major chain restaurants, little diners, festival food trucks, school cafeterias… it’s just what you do. Kids love it, adults love it… and after putting together this post, I’m gonna NEED to make some for supper tonight!
I once saw a list of “You know you’re from Winnipeg WHEN”, and one of the statements was “You dip everything in Honey Dill sauce”. Well, while I wouldn’t go so far as to say “everything”, it really is a versatile condiment. The most popular use, as I mentioned, is for chicken fingers. It’s also great on roasted potato chunks, steamed carrots, salmon, egg rolls, perogies, for crudite plates … and as a french fry dip! (more…)
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
I cannot tell you how amazing this jelly is, you’ll really have to try it for yourself. It’s the perfect balance of flavors – sweet, heat, and just the complex pepper taste in general… without being too hot!
This will make about 6 jam jar’s worth of jelly, but beware – we went through our batch WAY too fast. (Especially when you
consider the fact that there are only 2 of us here!). We like it on crackers, or spread on toast – especially when either has a layer of cream cheese spread on as a base! Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks – Highly addictive.
This is also a really easy recipe, and it’s the first thing I ever tried canning! (more…)
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
I LOVE cilantro! I was blessed to not have the “Cilantro tastes like soap!” gene, and I feel so bad for those that do. They won’t get the enjoyment from this recipe that the rest of us can!
3 cups cilantro, large stems removed, and packed well.
1/2 cup almonds
1 small chopped onion
Garlic. As much as you like (I used 6 cloves to start)
2-4 dried chilis
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil
Several good dashes lime juice.
Chop it all together in a food processor.
Makes a great dip for tortilla chips!
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