The Flatiron Room Mac & Cheese

Ingredients :  1 Tablespoon sliced shallots 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon sliced calabrian chiles 2 teaspoons minced dates ...

Sparkling Fruits

Ingredients: 2 fresh fruits 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup champagne or white wine 1/2 tsp. fresh mint, chopped Preparation: 1. Recommended f...

El Torito Chicken Fajitas

Ingredients : 4 large, skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, rinsed and patted dry Cajun seasoning 1 jar (7 ounces) OR 1 cup roas...

Fish Tacos

Ingredients : 1 Mahi Mahi filet 2 whole wheat wraps 1 cup of shredded lettuce 1/4 cup black beans 2 slices of tomato, diced 2...

Dish's Green Goddess Dressing

Ingredients : Scant 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley (1/4 bunch) 1 cup chopped basil (1 ounce) 1/2 cup chopped fresh chives (...

Mediterranean Chicken and Orzo Salad In Red Pepper Cups

  Ingredients :  1/2 pound uncooked orzo pasta  1/4 cup olive oil  1/3 cup red wine vinegar  1 teaspoon Dijon mustard  3/4 teasp...

Crusted Seared Tuna

Ingredients :   1 good quality square tuna steak black, white and red sesame seeds 4 tomatillos clean and peeled 2 roasted garli...

Hurray it's Thursday

I know most people can't wait for Fridays but I really love Thursdays. Well Thursday morning's I have 8 AM class so not that part bu...

Chocolate Espresso Kahlua Mousse

Ingredients : 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup Nutella spread 2 tablespoons Kahlua coffee liqueur ...

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is one of those recipes no matter how hard you try, or much you tweak it to your own personal tastes, it always seems to turn-out amazi...

S'mores Cookies

Back home in Muskoka my parent's house has a big back yard with a fire pit. One thing I really missed my first full summer in the city ...

Seafood Stew

What do you all think about cookbooks? With Pinterest and access to so many of my favourite chef's recipes on the Food Network's web...

To and fro, stop and go.

I know I mentioned commuting in my last post, but I thought I would bring up how I survive my hour or more trip to and from work. (Props to ...

5 Lessons From an Intern

What a summer. To all of you who intern/blog/manage a portfolio/do laundry/be a regular human being all at the same time, I don't know h...

Mid-day Sleepover

How awesome were sleepovers when you were a kid? I remember how excited you'd be all week about the thought of hanging out with your fri...

We've got us some Toronto Comicon first-timers over here!

I'm not going to pretend that we had planned to go to Comicon at all. Mostly because we didn't know it was even happening until Satu...

Discovered little spots

It's so nice to be home after a busy few days up North. Wednesday night we celebrated my return by going out for a nice dinner in our ar...

Valentines Treats

To make up for hogging the brownies I made for the class (sorry guys!) I thought I'd bring them some treats for Valentines. The brownie ...

What a week!

Oh geez, this weekend was needed, and thank goodness for reading week! Lots of nights up doing coursework past 3 AM, pacing and thinking up ...

Our kinda frugal Valentines

I have always loved Valentines day. My mum and I would bake cupcakes and treats every year to bring to my class and decorate them with prett...