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Oven Baked, Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers

September 4, 2013 by Ariel 13 Comments

Let’s jazz up those good old chicken fingers with this super crunchy almond and oats crust. Use the same crust on a full breast, slice it and it’s perfect for a salad! I usually prepare a pot in advance and use the crust mix when I need it. It’s like having my own pimped out shake and bake ready to use in my pantry. If you want to make a big batch in advance and keep it for a long time, place your mix in the fridge and use it when you need it.

I’ve also had interesting result with fish fingers using this same mixture.

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Moist Orange & Almond Buckwheat Cakes in Light Syrup

April 16, 2013 by Ariel 3 Comments

I havent had much time in my kitchen lately, 2 weeks ago I had one of my contracted model Gemma Lynx staying at my place for a full week to shoot for her upcoming website and the next after that, Max and I got super sick. It was such a pleasure to go back to my pots and pans the week end after getting better, smelling all my spices and plan a bunch of tasty goodies for my friends and family. One of the first thing I wanted to make once I got back was some sweets, it’s one of the funnest thing to create for me and I wanted to start using this awesome buckwheat flour I had bought at the grocery a few days before.

I LOOOOOOVE buckwheat and I’m happy Max likes it too because it’s extremely healthy. I invited one of my friend who kept telling me that he hate buckwheat to have him taste my latest creation because I like to challenge people like that. Now I can officially say that he now changed his mind about this flour right after tasting my moist orange & almond buckwheat cakes.

Like I just said, these cakes are extremely moist and drench in an infused light syrup with cloves, star anise, pepper, coriander seed and cardamon pods… Give them a try, it’s so worth it.

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My first post on HonestCooking.com!

March 3, 2013 by Ariel Leave a Comment

I’ve been approved to be a regular poster on the famous website HonestCooking.com, a few months ago, but never got around to post anything because of my busy schedule. Recently they created a bot that goes in each of their columnist’s blog to grab some posts for their site and I’m glad my Cajun Roasted Almonds were the first recipe they grabbed. I’m super proud to be able to contribute to such famous site as honest cooking and I’m looking forward to add more post and hopefully one day maybe do an interview for them? 😛 Ok maybe I think too far already but everybody can dream right? 🙂