Pasta, Salads, Vegetarian

Cantaloupe Caprese Pasta Salad w/ Toasted Fennel Vinaigrette

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Cantaloupe Caprese Pasta Salad with Toasted Fennel Vinaigrette

If you’ve read this blog before, you know I have a tendency to rant. And, more often than not, those rants tend to be about the weather. Remember this gem from February? In my defense, I am from Nova Scotia, and complaining about the weather is kinda our thing – it’s kinda a thing for most coastal populations. Although I’ve called Toronto home for nearly 10 years now, sustained exposure to Lake Ontario doesn’t take the Maritimer out of the girl. So today, I’m gunning for spring and it’s diabolical plan to limit my enjoyment of this Cantaloupe Caprese Pasta Salad and its inability to reward me for my heroic survival of winter. 

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Pork, Sandwiches & Wraps

Pork Teriyaki Peanut Butter Burgers w/ Pickled Pineapple & Cabbage Slaw

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Pork Teriyaki Peanut Butter Burgers with Pickled Pineapple and Cabbage Slaw
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What happens when you want pork dumplings, anything teriyaki-ed, and peanut satay sauce all at the same time? These Pork Teriyaki Peanut Butter Burgers, that’s what. Yes, once again my conflicting cravings have taken the wheel. This isn’t always a good thing. Sometimes it’s a very bad thing. I remember a batch of pink peppercorn Jell-o jigglers being one such disaster. You have no idea what I’m talking about because you never saw them and I intend to keep it that way. Thankfully, these Pork Teriyaki Peanut Butter Burgers did not go the way of the pink peppercorn Jello jiggler, they instead became an instant favorite.

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Grains & Legumes, Sandwiches & Wraps, Vegetarian

Beanball Parm Subs w/ Sautéed Spinach

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Beanball Parm Subs with Sautéed Spinach

If your freezer is anything like mine, you’re always the proud owner of a frozen banana plantation and an endless vat of leftover red sauce. Due to my boyfriend’s pizza dependency and my near-constant desire for spaghetti and meatballs, we are repeatedly inundated with leftover tomato-based sauces. I realize this is one of those “good problems”, but coming up with fresh takes on the sauce you had last Tuesday can be a bit of a brain teaser. I mean, how many times can you dump it on ziti before you go insane? But sometimes you get lucky. Yes, sometimes your brain takes pity on you and spits out a fully-formed food idea that genuinely makes you excited AND helps you wrangle your out-of-control freezer. These Beanball Parm Subs with Sautéed Spinach are one such idea.

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