Wheat Salad – Meh, Oven-Fried Chicken – Thumbs Up!

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 30, 2010

It’s nectarine season! I know Spring/Summer has finally come to Vancouver when I can head to the little fruit and veggie stores near me and see one of my favorite fruits amid all the usual apples and oranges.

Sure, I could probably get nectarines or their fuzzy cousins, the peach, year round at the big chain grocery stores, but the little, less expensive stores within walking distance only get them when they’re in season. They’re so much better in season – I’m not really sure why. Perhaps it’s because they can be picked a little closer to ripe since they don’t have to be shipped so far. The ones that get boated up from South America in the dead of winter are hard as rocks still and never do ripen up very well.

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May I Try Another Recipe Please?

Posted by Cynical Sarah on May 31, 2010

It’s the last day of May and I haven’t even told y’all about my culinary adventure from the latest issue of Cooking Light yet. In honor of the great weather we’ve been having and the possibility of barbecues in the near future, I tried a healthy potato salad recipe this month.

In my mind, potato salad is supposed to be a mayo and mustard concoction that’s served cold and can’t be left out too long or it will go bad. It sure does taste good, but perhaps a potato salad with less calories and less chance of food poisoning would be a nice change.

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April’s Culinary Adventures

Posted by Cynical Sarah on April 17, 2010

It’s the second month into my Cooking Light magazine subscription, and I’m still on track with trying at least one recipe per month. In fact, I was what Canadians call a “keener” and tried three recipes so far this month.

I started with a Chicken with Lemon and Olives recipe. I’m always looking for new ways to jazz up chicken since we eat a lot of it. There are only so many variations on stir-fry or flavors of chicken legs I can come up with on my own.

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If You Can’t Beet ‘Em …

Posted by Cynical Sarah on March 22, 2010

My husband loves beets – not likes, loves. He will stock up on cans of them when we come across them at the grocery store, and when the shelves seem to be devoid of canned beets, he’ll resort to the pickled kind in a jar.

Those are most convenient for him because he doesn’t have to do anything to cook them. I don’t like beets, so I don’t generally go out of my way to cook fresh beets for meals. Howeer, I have made the effort to try to find ways I’ll like them because he does love them so much.

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