Authentic French Canadian Pea Soup

I got this recipe from Uncle Donald. His mum a French Canadian; this is how she made it for him. Ingredients: 2 cups yellow whole peas soaked overnight 1 ham hock or bacon piece 1 tbls savory 1 tbls thyme 2 bay leaves 1 medium onion chopped fine 1 clove garlic chopped 1 medium carrot

Chicken Pot Pie

Filling ingredients: 2 tbls butter mixed with ¼ cup flour – keep aside 1 tbls cornstarch mixed with ½ cup milk – keep aside   1 onion diced 1 carrot diced 1 celery stalk diced 1 huge potato cubed 2 cups raw chicken diced, mixed with 1 tbls Worcestershire sauce and seasoned with salt and

Fried Mee Hoon

My kids call it skinny noodles. This is Malaysian fried noodles that is eaten for breakfast, as a snack or for tea time. Everyone is always eating something in that country. I am a 7th generation Malaysian so I know Malaysian food. Now I am a proud Canadian. As a Canadian you gotta eat this

Dosai

This is an Indian fermented pancake made out of rice, urad dal and fenugreek. The fenugreek acts as the fermenting agent. This is how my family has been doing it for 7 generations. This is how I do it. But go ahead and improvise.   Ingredients: 3 cups idli rice. Trust me it won’t work

Country Bread and Sourdough Starter

I am writing this recipe in a way that a seasoned cook will understand. So please bear with me and forward me questions on the cooks cooks forum if you have any. Thanks for all the likes, y’all.   Sourdough Starter Utensils needed: 1 glass jar or bottle wooden spoon to mix the mixture cotton

Pork Vindaloo

Not for the faint of heart. Try this hot and spicy dish this summer. You’ll discover new taste buds that you didn’t know existed. The marriage between the Indian spices and Portuguese way of marinating meat with wine and garlic is the creation of this delectable dish called (Carne de vinha d’alhos) literally meaning “meat

Nordic Nut Bread (Paleo Bread)

Ingredients: 5 oz (100 g) sunflower seeds 5 oz (100 g) pumpkin seeds 5 oz (100 g) whole almonds 5 oz (100 g) walnuts 5 oz (100 g) linseed (flax seed is linseed) 5 oz (90 g) sesame seeds white poppy seed 5 oz (100 g) water 2 tsp salt 5 eggs 1/4 cup coconut
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The trials, tribulations and triumphs of self-publishing

“Bunica’s Tomatoes is an all too familiar story of a plant growing from a seed into a majestic fruit-bearing tree. The story is set in a rustic Transylvanian village where time is preserved. A six-year-old girl witnesses the growing process with her three-year-old brother, as told by their watchful, yet loving and fun grandmother. The
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Nonsense

An old golden book.   Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines nonsense as, “words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas; language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense; an instance of absurd action. Nonsense has correct grammatical composition and spelling; however, the words are not put together in a
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It is free to dream – A poem by Gawri Manecuta

  It is free to dream   I can dream… of anything, I do not want to take my dreams to the grave; I will achieve them while I can, I will leave my legacy, my name, and my success.   I can be whomever I want, I can be a swashbuckling princess of a