Eggs Benny

I woke up early, Hmm I think a banana and Yoghurt for breakfast this morning.. David liked at me and asked for Eggs Benny! I added Avocado to it.. Made a light version and oh boy was it good .. This is good if you do it with my Salmon Pate I make .. I guess Eggs benny West Coast Style

Smoked Salmon Pizza oh boy is this amazing and healthy .. We try to eat fish 3 times a week,. Lots of fresh fruit and veggies.. Grand kids, Family and hubby all love the salmon patè.. Easy to make David smokes the Salmon using a recipe he’s had for well over 30 yrs . When we lived in Kitimat BC we had an abundance of salmon as David was an avid Fisher.. He hasn’t fished since we have been in AB.. He used to take the Kidz fishing when they were younger oh the memories

Hospital, Drs and were back , Chicken, Veg soup it is!! Moms Cooking

This past week was a crazy week, we headed to Edmonton with my Son for Surgery, it went very well, I had am appointment with Dr Wright my Sinus Specialist! That event not to good .. Oh Well gotta head back in 6 weeks .. I got back took out 5 chicken breast and defrosted, I was thinking a head 2 breasts for the soup and I will make a pot of Butter chicken.. I had some chicken stock int he freezer from a chicken I had roasted, Yummy goodness.. I want to make a healthy hearty soup for my son, soooo here we go , We got a great deal on the chicken breast at Save On $19.50 a box 3 KG ( We got 2 boxes reg $35.99 2 chicken breast diced

1 large onion

2 large Leeks sliced thinly

3 large carrots

l small turnip

6 plumb tomatoes

3 stalks celery

2 cups cooked rice

Fennel I used 2 stalks with build sliced very thin

1 pig Knorr onion Soup Mix

1 table spoon garlic minced

fresh grind black pepper

sage sprinkle

Parsley frozen from my garden

1 900 mill Veg Bouillon

Place all veg in Soup pot, with garlic, cook in a skillet add 1 tbl spn butter add chicken and a large sprinkle of sage . When chicken is cooked add to veggies in soup pot, add onion soup mix 2 cups of water and the Veg stock , bring to boil then simmer with the lid on for an hour, taste and if required add more pepper or even a splurge of Lea and Perrin Sauce (Worsershire Sauce ) .. This is an all time family fave and lots of meals out of this pot of soup, I sent some over for Kate, Aaron and Asher.. My mom always made soups in the winter , I guess thats where I get it from right now David is cooking his Chicken breast in Leek Sauce, we love leeks…

Keep in mind, however, that the health benefits are the result of homemade chickennoodle soup, rather than store-bought canned soup. … The ingredients you add to chicken noodle soup can also contain immune boosting antioxidants and nutrients, such as onions, carrots, celery, parsley and chicken


A big bowl of my fresh made soup will not only make a great healthy, meal, but it will also help keep you fuller for longer and give you a big portion of your recommended 5-a-day. Soups make a great healthy lunch A great Supper option with Salad or sandwich with my home made bread..

Red pepper pasta sauce with crab meat. Ohhh my

I made the red pepper sauce a couple of months ago and froze it for future use. Once defrosted I added a can of crab meat. Amazing. The red pepper sauce was a from scratch. This is De Davids fave sauce for pasta

Sauce

  • 4 large red peppers diced ($3.98)
  • 1/2 onion diced  ($0.50)
  • 1 stalk celery sliced ( your Choice)
  • 2 Tbsp butter ($0.50)
  • 2 tsp minced  garlic ($0.32)
  • 1 tsp tsp dried basil ($0.05)
  • Freshly ground black pepper ($0.02)
  • 1/2 cup light cream (1:50) PC Brand
  • 1/4 cup Light cream cheese (2.98) PC brand
  • 1 can of crab meat
    • 400 ml veg stock as desired $0.75 Pc Brand
    • Pasta your choice

in a pot place butter as minced onion, red pepper garlic, sauté until cooked, add the stock, black pepper, and basil pure or use hand blender until smooth add the cream cheese stir un till all mixed in then add the cream and mix in , et simmer for 15 mins then add the crab meat .. ready to serve over Pasta.. it is amazing save with a salad of your choice

Home made and #Plantbased

Lunch home made. Bread, olives Home made humus,avocado, lettuce, Onions,aged cheese red peppers amazing 90% plant based diet amazing

Curry again but My way!!!

We don’t eat a lot of Meat But we had steak , was an ingredient not a huge part of out dinner.. I had about 6 oz steak left over !! Hmmm David says please make a Curry, so i saw what veggies I have and stared putting veggies, Potatoes , Carrots, 3 Tomatoes, Celery, Zucchini not forgetting peas, one of Davids Faves in the pot, Seggie stock , sliced the steak thin, added cumin, Turmeric, urry Powder, Hot Pepper, and 1 tsp Creamed Coconut .. The Smell coming from my kitchen are amazing .. I don’t add cream and sugar as I like to try keep it Healthy , if i have to a fat free yoghurt !! Another Curry i love is Lamb and Chickpea a Jamie Oliver Recipe, which I usually do my way just take his as a guide line

Friday a little bit of England Fish and Chips in the paper

I apologise for not posting. We here at Brick4Kidz Fort McMurray has been a Simple Machines Week with 3 Gr 4 Classe at St Kateri . Its a great program for the Grade 4 students and a review for grade 8 students.. I am getting busy with he Buoyancy and Building a Materials classes also. Friday was a Fish and Chips kinda super , I coated to Cod in breadcrumbs and baked it in the oven .. I did deep fry the fries bur let drain and patted with kitchen roll, to take off excess fat.. Had this with peas and home made bread it was amazing.. I like to dip my fries in the English Salad Cream dressing .. When Colin and Bailey come over I some times make fish and chips for them as they love it, with a cup of tea. Davids fave is to make Fish and Chips with Fresh Salmon, now that is amazing

Cottage Pie My way #Plant Based #Healthy

Cottage ie, love making this it is a family fave. I browned 1 lb ground beef added 3 plumb tomatoes, 2 celery stalks, 1/2 lb baby carrots, 1 m Onion diced.. 1 can baked beans. Beef stock, cool until veggies are cooked , simmer with lid of pan to reduce the gravy a little. In another pot i put 4 medium potatoes 1/2 lb baby carrots and 2 large Parsnips sliced thin once cooked drain off water and mash with 1 tbl spn butter . Spoon out meat and veggies leaving most of the gravy on the pot. Then put mashed veg mix on the meat . Ham and David both had seconds of this amazing comfort food.. you can mis any veggies with the potato.

Cottage pie below is a mix of turnip and carrots

This one is Shepards Pie in a baked potato. Cooking is fun and you don’t have to cook the same dish the same way, have fun experimenting !!

Its a Miracle, Maid that is LOL

Turkey meatloaf Once again, budget friendly

Tonight I made a really old fave, I used my 35 year old Miracle Mail Electric Skillet> We bought the Miracle Maid Set of Pans when I was about 7 months Pregnant with Victoria, who is turning 35 soon . The first thing we learned to make was the Meat loaf, with Carrots, Potatoes , Onions and Lima Beans. Only difference I used Lean Ground Turkey from Super Store it comes in parts of 4 $10. The Photo above is pre cooked. A family fave love doing this ..

  • pack of 4 for $10 I used 1 pkg
  • 1 medium Onion
  • pinch Garlic
  • 1 lb baby Carrots,
  • 1/4 bag small carrots
  • Pkt Lima Beans $4
  • tomato sauce or puree I glazed the top with a BBQ sauce yummy
  • Again your looking at conservatively under $10 this did 4 meals and davids lunch .. The Smells in my house were amazing
  • I cooked at 225 on the skillet for about 1 1/2 hrs

‪#BellLetsTalk . #Hugs4Cops Blankets #EveryStitchaHug #MakingaDifferenceaStitchataTime ‬ #firstresponders.

Since Evac in 2016 I have been Crocheting Hugs Blankets. In 2013 a Police dog got Killed, in the line of duty, Quanto was his name, Katie and I Scrapbooked a picture collage for the #EPS and Dog Handler. I presented it, it was a heart wrenching . I cried.. Since Then I have supported #First Responders #Hugs4Cops Id say twice a month I go buy wool at Walmart.. Thank you First Responder and Cops for the job you do on a daily basis

Beef Stew then Beef Curry Gotta love Cooking on a budget

Beef Shank, not a cut I would normally buy. David saw the Beef Shanks and he loves a deal. How to Cook Beef Shank Steak. … They’re too tough for grilling, but like chuck steaks, they’re ideal for braising. The long, slow cooking process softens the tough muscle fibers and connective tissues, leaving the meat fork-tender with a luscious texture. I added 2 medium onions, 3 large carrots, marinated the shanks in garlic, salt and fresh ground black pepper.. I added more minced garlic and braised the veggies , then added the whole Beef Shanks added 900 mis beef stock and the All in one pot was set for 4.5 hrs .. Once done I took out the 4 beef shanks and diced them, then added them back to the veggie mix and I made mash potatoes, this was one of the tastiest stews I have ever had.. There was Ian our son, David and I for Supper Sunday. When putting the leftover stew in the fridge David said “ you have to make a curry from the left overs..

  • 4 beef shanks $12
  • 2 onions $1
  • 3 large carrots $1
  • Beef Stock $1;27
  • tbl spoon minced garlic $1
  • Salt and pepper
  • Left over Beef Stew
  • 1 large onion cut in to chunks ’
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1 tbl spn curry paste
  • 1 tbl spn curry powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • Fresh ground black pepper test minced garlic
  • 4 large potatoes, cut in to fries ( Chips ) Serve curry over fries
  • left over home made Naan Bread

2 meals out of the Beef Shanks and Veggies , 2 recipes 8 servings and a lunch for David Im gonna say both for under $25 tasty , delicious and still #plant based

Chowmein, Shrimp Fried Rice, Veg Spring Rolls and Torpedo Shrimp I guess a little Chinese

I try to plan out supper through the week, especially when David is working.. I like to make sure he has well balanced meals to take to work, I like to cook from scratch .. Davids fave is noodles. Spring Rolls were 1/4 red cabbage 1/4 green cabbage 1/2 small onion and 1 carrot grated. 1/2 red pepper diced ,garlic, rice wine vinegar and a little sesame oil

I make the spring rolls according to the veg I have, all are good .. This will be in Davids lunch for work tomorrow..

I also make a Chicken, Leek and potato Pie .. This is amazing , I love to use a lot of leeks as they are so versatile.. zz i had 2 chicken breasts cubed and marinated in garlic and fresh ground black pepper, then fried in a mix of butter and olive oil. 2 leek sliced thinly, 1 small onion , 1/2 red pepper diced .. 1 large potato grated in to the mix. I sauté the cubed chicken and garlic until cooked then add veg once cook let cool mean while I make pastry and get the pie shell ready ..

DIRECTIONS

  • preheat oven to 350 F degrees
  • pour flour into medium bowl, add margarine using pastry blender until lumps are slightly smaller than pea-size.
  • Add water. mix gently with fork until dough comes away from the sides of bowl. sprinkle a little flour onto top of pie dough. 
  • cover pie dough with another sheet of wax paper. 
  • roll out so the pie crust is level, in another. (about 11 or 12 inches in diameter). do a top and bottom
  • Fill with any pie filling! Cook 375 until golden brown

Multicultural kitchen Borsht, Butter Chicken and Naan Bread

Quite the day cooking ,David has even asking for Borscht soup, so I started to make my soup.. First I put on a great play list a little 80’s hits & Phil Collins tunes

  • 1/4 red cabbage sliced thin
  • 2 large carrots diced
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 4 russet potatoes diced
  • 2 cans beets in water diced and use water from on can its sweet and yummy
  • Meat optional
  • 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
  • 900 mls beef stock
  • 1 tbl spn minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup fresh dill or i used dried about 2 tsp
  • fresh ground black pepper to taste

One of my favorite things about Borscht is the deep ruby color that comes from the cabbage and beets! I also love that it’s incredibly healthy and packed with protein (from the broth and optional meat), iron (from the beets), vitamin C, potassium and vitamin B6 (from the carrots) plus fiber and vitamin K & C (from the Cabbage and it is healthy to With this I made twice baked potatoes with a can of tuna , spring onions and a little cheese

Borscht definition: a beet-based soup that can be combined with whatever else you’ve got growing in your garden to create a hearty, healthy meal that also stretches your food budget and weekly meals just a little bit further. I love the budget stretching recipes and there healthy . It is great to freeze for a future meal . I always cook way to much food ..

Then I decided to make a Butter Chicken didn’t have a recipe so a dab of this a pinch of this a dollop of that But omg it was amazing I added half and half cream and a dollop of sour cream, I then made Naan bread oh my goodness this was a hit with David, I then had a cup of tea Yummy and sat down and crochet one if my #Hugs4Cops Blankets

Plant Base Eating

Salad. Cauliflower stk marinated in garlic oil onions baked Acorn Squash, Cauliflower & white bean mash #plantbaseddiet

Tarragon Rice. Asparagus and ratatouilleTarragon Rice.

Cheese and Potato Perogies in a Mushroom Sauce!!

Def a family fave Perogies, by request I sliced a bacon n cheese smoky , fried onions and 3 strips of bacon diced . Meanwhile coking the Perogies, I opened a can of mushroom soup , placed it in a saucepan with 1 cup of buttermilk , a good sprinkler of seasoning salt, a little cheddar cheese and 2 tbl spoons of Nutritional yeast, cheese without a lot of cheese. I have to try and make pirogies, haven’t tried yet.. I sometimes addd a piece of fennel diced. or a little Pernod .. Grand kids love this meal, i always make extra .. Happy Cooking

Quick and easy lentil Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • i carton 900 ml Veg stock vegetable
  • 1 15 oz can lentils please rinsed and drained
  • 2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar or Cider Vinegar
  • 1 splurge of Worsershire sauce
  • if you want add a Jalapeño de seeded and diced

In a soup pot place oil and diced veggies, add garlic, salt and pepper , sweat veggies for 5 mins on Med heat until soft add stock and lentils takes 15 to 20 mins serve with a salad or sandwich .. Soup is Hearty, Healthy and quick to make also budget friendly!!

Tomato Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 lg cans tomatoes plum or diced if plum cut up
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • large l carrot diced
  • 1 celery stick diced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
    • salt & pepper to taste
    • 2 bay leave
    • minced garlic to taste
  • 1.2 litres/ 2 pints hot vegetable stock (either made with boiling water and 4 rounded tsp bouillon powder or 2 stock cubes) or buy the stock ready to use
  • place olive oil , onions, celery and carrots in to soup pot, sweat until soft add tomatoes, bring to boil the puree tomato soup . serve with a dollop of soups cream this is amazing very budget friendly, healthy hearty and tasty,

What is a Tomato?

Tomato is technically considered a fruit but is generally lumped into the category of vegetables as a practice. Tomatoes form an integral part of cuisines across the globe, especially in the Mediterranean region. Daily consumption of tomatoes provides a great boost to health, along with improving the flavor of food. You can find them in different foods like pasta, pizzas, ketchup, and various beverages. They are relatively easy to cultivate and grow very quickly, making them a great food source, which is a big reason why tomatoes are a staple food for many nations.

A little info i found on line. The scientific name of tomatoes is Solanum Lycopersicum, and they are believed to be native to Mexico. However, the Spanish colonization of America and Central America caused tomato cultivation to spread. They are an annual nightshade plant and grow in clusters of small to moderately sized, round red fruits. They have soft, pinkish-red flesh and a number of seeds, as well as a slightly sweet taste. They weigh approximately 4 ounces.

The health benefits of tomatoes are many and include eye care, good stomach health, and reduced blood pressure. They may provide relief from skin problems, and urinary tract infections, and may reduce the risk of diabetes, too. Furthermore, they improve digestion, stimulate blood circulation, reduce cholesterol levels, improve fluid balance, protect the kidneys, and reduce inflammation. Tomatoes consist of a large number of antioxidants may help fight different types of cancer. They are also a rich source of vitamins and minerals and exert a protective effect against cardiovascular diseases.

Plant based diet info , I was reading on line and thought that you may find this interesgting !!!

Nevertheless, health and wellness communities agree that diets emphasizing fresh, whole ingredients and minimizing processed foods are superior for overall wellness.

The whole-foods, plant-based diet does just that.

It focuses on minimally processed foods, specifically plants, and is effective at stimulating weight loss and improving health.

This article reviews everything you need to know about the whole-foods, plant-based diet, including its potential health benefits, foods to eat and a sample meal plan.

What Is a Whole-Foods, Plant-Based Diet?

There is no clear definition of a what constitutes a whole-foods, plant-based diet (WFPB diet). The WFPB diet is not necessarily a set diet — it’s more of a lifestyle.

This is because plant-based diets can vary greatly depending on the extent to which a person includes animal products in their diet.

Nonetheless, the basic principles of a whole-foods, plant-based diet are as follows:

  • Emphasizes whole, minimally processed foods.
  • Limits or avoids animal products.
  • Focuses on plants, including vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, seeds and nuts, which should make up the majority of what you eat.
  • Excludes refined foods, like added sugars, white flour and processed oils.
  • Pays special attention to food quality, with many proponents of the WFPB diet promoting locally sourced, organic food whenever possible.

For these reasons, this diet is often confused with vegan or vegetarian diets. Yet although similar in some ways, these diets are not the same.

People who follow vegan diets abstain from consuming any animal products, including dairy, meat, poultry, seafood, eggs and honey. Vegetarians exclude all meat and poultry from their diets, but some vegetarians eat eggs, seafood or dairy.

While one person following plant based diet may eat no animal products, another may eat small amounts of eggs, poultry, seafood, meat or dairy.

Summary The whole-foods, plant-based diet emphasizes plant-based foods while minimizing animal products and processed items.

It Can Help You Lose Weight and Improve Your Health

We have been plant based for about 4 yrs now and loving it

Mushroom soup 15 mins, Hearty, health and delicious

Mushroom soup is quick and easy to make . I got White Mushrooms, Oyster Mushrooms and a pot Chefs MIX button, oyster and Chanterelles, dried mushrooms .. soak in 1/2 cup boiling water these were from Western Family and are amazing the boullion was from Super Store .. For these cols days home made soup is the best and mushrooms are also a Super food !! If I know I have a busy week with Bricks 4 Kidz I cook a head..I made this soup yesterday .. it took 15 mins and is in expensive to make !!

  • Mushrooms your Choice

The Superfood Qualities of Mushrooms

The benefits of fungi are still largely unknown—but researchers keep turning up surprising ways they boost human health.

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographicmagazine.

Mushrooms are everywhere — on forest floors, in gardens, in networks connecting below our feet. The largest organism on Earth is actually a honey mushroom, an underground web that covers more than 3.7 square miles in Oregon’s Blue Mountains.

Yet mushrooms are poorly understood, and the field of medicinal mushrooms is still in its infancy. Fungi used to be overlooked as a low-calorie, low-nutrition food, but in fact many are full of nutrients. According to biochemist and herbalist Martin Powell, many produce compounds that show potential for improving treatment results for those suffering from ailments such as cancer and dementia.

  • 500 g white mushrooms sliced
  • 100 g oyster mushrooms sliced
  • 1 pkg chef dried mushrooms
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3/4 of the Vegetable Bullion
  • place dried mushrooms in 1/2 cup boiling water
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper a little truffle oil
  • place mushrooms and onion in a soup pot, cook for 5 mins add stock and dried mushrooms with water , add a little garlic 1/4 t spn truffle oil
  • salt and pepper to taste when mushrooms are cooked about 10 mins blend add 2 tbl spns light sour cream
  • this will keep in the fridge for 6 days ,

For Lunch today we had the Mushroom Soup with a Salad Sandwich made from my home made bread, which i bake every week some times twice a week.. Eating plant based is fun . We do have meat , maybe 3 times a week , it is an ingredient not a huge part of our meal Stay warm and eat healthy

Cauliflower/Potato. Corn beef hash

1 Med cauliflower. Cut in to chunks. Boil and mash

4 Med potatoes. Boiled and mashed mix with cauliflower.

1 medium onion diced and place in skillet Cook until soft add cauliflower mix to skillet. Add 1 can corned beef. Black pepper garlic This will make 6 portions delicious add spices you like.

Robbie Burns

January 25th is poetThe Bard Of Scotland! Robbie Burns Birthday, Burns night Supper, Last Night we celebrated an early Birthday for the great Scottish Poet Robbie Burns, We had a Bard Pie. As far as i know never been made or named before Davids Creation, we both cooked it , Lamb, Haggis , onions, Tatties and neeps with a peppercorn grave OMG it was amazing, the haggis as it cool congeals with the fat in it but done like this it stayed warm and scrumptious. David used to be a drummer in a pipe band so we celebrate this every year, I remember one of our first Burns nights , it was at Langley hall , it started at Midnight and went on until the early hours, it was a lot of fun.. I remember the bar tender was hitting on me , he said” were you wafted here from paradise, Me “ Nooo Luton Airport said in a Cockney accent, there was a Campari commercial on tv at the time , https://youtu.be/8ydVbn0gMk4

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poetand various other names and epithets,[nb 1] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.

We will be celebrating Burns night this Sat the 18th January, as David has to work We will be making as I call it a Bard Pie Stay tuned for up dates

Minced lamb browned add 1 omg onion soup mix,1 medium onion diced. Add 2 cups water. Add Canned haggis More to come

Caviar, Texas Caviar that is and a Bean Stew mmmmm

  • Last night I soaked 3 cups of Black Eye Beans and 2 cups of Navy Beans, I took 1 1/2 cups Black Eye Beans and made Texas Caviar with it , a great snack or meal

Prep: 25 minutes

Cook: 5 minutesYield: 8 servings

Drain and rinse the black-eye beans combine them in a large bowl

Add the jalapeño, red onion and chopped peppers to the bowl of vegetables then pour in the dressing and stir until well-combined. 

Serve the Texas Caviar Place in a container and refrigerate it for up to 24 hours before serving. 

Prep: 25 minutes

Cook: 5 minutesYield: 8 serving

Drain and rinse the black-eye beans and black beans and combine them in a large bowl with the drained corn.

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup red wine vinegar or cider vinegar your choice
  • 1 jalapeño pepper de seeded and diced
  • I red onion, white onion if you don’t have a red one diced
  • table spoon Cilantro
  • 1 /1/2 cups black eye beans
  • 2 cups salsa medium,
  • 2 plum tomatoes diced
  • 2 tsp Italian spice
  • 1 red ,green or orange pepper diced and de seeded
  • 2 tbl spn diced garlic
    • 1/2 cup Corn if desired
  • mix in a large bowl and cover place in refrigerator for 24 hrs, this is a great snack , or meal putting the good gut Biome

Then I decided to make a Bean Stew, amazing , Hearty and budget friendly

  • 1 1/2 cups Black Eye Beans
  • 2 cups of navy beans
  • 1 small onion sliced
  • 3 large carrots sliced
  • 1/4 red cabbage sliced
  • 2 celery stalks sliced
  • 2 plumb tomatoes diced
  • 6 medium potatoes
  • 1/2 small turnip
  • 3 cups veg stock
  • 2 tbl spns Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 pkg onion soup mix
  • 1 tbl spn minced garlic
  • bring to the boil then simmer for 2 hours on a low heat remove lid 30 mins before to reduce ..

This is am amazing stew , I am going to bake some small cob loafs and serve the stew in the fresh baked cob. Healthy, Hearty and delicious.

What ever Veg I have in the fridge is what goes in to this.. Having said that I always had a wide assortment of Veg .. Try meatless dishes, be creative . Live Laugh and Love .. Eat to Live don’t Live to Eat!!!!!!

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