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Turkey stuffed cabbage leaves

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Definitely in my top ten comfort food of all time.  My grand mother makes some incredible stuffed cabbage leaves but this isn’t her recipe.  This is the feel good recipe I made a few weeks ago when turkey is what was left at the grocery.  What started as fun experiment turned out to be amazing and I ate these bad boys in three days!

My initial goal was to freeze some but they didn’t make it to the freezer.  Looks like I’ll be making a new batch very soon.

I hope you get to try and like this recipe <3

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Chicken macedoine in the Instant pot

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Hard to beat this dish in term of comfort food and so quick and easy when you’re using an Instant Pot.

This recipe could be easily converted in a stove top version if you don’t have an Instant Pot, it will only takes a little longer.

I own the 7in1 duo mini Instant pot and it’s what I used for this recipe.

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Hot Chocolate mix, gluten free brownies

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The end texture of the mixed almond flour and chickpea flour is INCREDIBLE.

Soft, almost melt in your mouth but still a bit chewy and cakey at the same time.  The idea was to make a worthy chocolate afternoon binge while using a minimum amount of ressources as we all know what’s happening in the world today.  Since this new reality, my cooking has switched a bit and is focussing even more on managing waste and using limited produce to create delicious meals and snacks.  Follow me on Instagram, if you’re not already, to see what I come out with almost every day.

When coming up with this recipe, I remember looking at the thin choice of chocolate snacks in the pantry.  Truth to be told, I try not to have chocolate in the house because I’m too immature for that and ALWAYS end up eating almost all in one sitting.  People that are close to be know that I still prefer a fruit tart over a chocolate cake but it’s hard to say no when it comes to brownies.

Also because eating too much high in gluten ingredients hurt my stomach a little, it’s been fun to experiment with gluten free baking.  This recipe is a great success, hope you get to try it.

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Honey & raspberries cheese cakes

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The idea here was to make individual cakes that weren’t too sweet but just enough to balance the tartness of the raspberries.  You can absolutely change the topping for any other berries or fruits you might prefer.  The final texture is a mix between a regular cake, a sponge cake and a cheese cake.

I dare you to try to eat only one.

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Dijon & Gochujang Chicken sandwich

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This deserves to be in the #NoRecipe section even if there’s still a minor mix of flavours that needed to be written.  Too often I skip breakfast and end up making a fully loaded brunch sandwich so this was today’s.

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Week day wholewheat carrot muffins

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There’s a few snacks out there that reminds me of my childhood and carrot muffins is one of them.  Fight me on this but, the best way to enjoy them is warmed up with soft salted butter.  This is a much lighter version of the classic carrot muffin of my childhood because, let’s face it, there was probably a ton of oil in those. Nonetheless they are perfect for the lunch box and the recipe gives exactly five beautiful muffins for each day of the work week.  For those afternoon snacks at the office when you’re craving something sweet without gaining a million pounds.

Since the final sugary taste is noticeable but not overpowering, they would be amazing with a sugary cream cheese glaze but, that would make them super caloric and let’s reserve those for the weekend.

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Winter gardening, years later.

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This is going to be a funny re-introduction of the gardening section of this blog because, like many other little million of projects that I plan over time, this one got tossed to the side a little too fast. Nonetheless to say, it’s not like I didn’t think about it.  As you can imagine… time was missing, brain space was missing, motivation was missing and a whole bunch of delicious excuses to just not come here and post my gardening updates.  If you’re following me on social media like twitter & instagram, you’ve been kept sort of updated about what my gardens used to look like but, these posts are too temporary and don’t make as much impact as when you write them in a blog.

Which brings me to the goal of this article… what am I growing?  We’re just starting February and why move to tomorrow what you can do today.  It seem to be the general consensus as we start this new decade and many friends confessed that it’s been their resolution this year.  Like them, I’ll try to embrace it and posting in this blog will go right back up to the top of the list… hopefully XD

 What about you? Are you the kind who takes new year resolutions?  If yes, what are them?

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Cheap brioche

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There’s this really cool bread baking book that’s been gathering dust in my bookshelf for way too long.  If you’re a bread making affectionado, you’ve heard of the bread baker apprentice for sure.  It offers three different versions of the brioche loaf with titles like: pore man’s brioche, middle class brioche and rich man brioche.  What’s being presented, today, is an adaptation of the recipe that is lower in eggs and butter content hence the title of this post: cheap brioche.

Don’t get too excited yet, this is still a pretty caloric bread but it is so worth every bit of sweat and every pieces of  butter you’ll be putting in to it.  The process is a little longer than a regular bread but it’s mostly proofing time.  If you wanted to try something easier, there’s this old recipe for knotted bread that’s pretty decent and this one made with sourdough and pretty fast.

This recipe was also created before I officially converted myself back to the metric system so it’s using cups and teaspoons but, in the future, I’ll make the conversion and update this page.  Happy bread baking everyone, it’s the perfect activity to do on a lazy Saturday.

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