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A little bit of this…
Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 by Ellen.
Yalem showing us how much to use. Have you ever cooked with your grandma or someone who learned to cook at a really young age? It’s a little bit of this, a little bit of that, a dash of this and dash of that. I inherited my grandma’s cookbooks and I am shocked to see [...]
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10 Great Herb Tips
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Ellen.
Chef MJ Feeke’s Pair It Up Parsley Sauce. How will you use it? As promised, here are my 10 Great Herb Tips: 1. For every 1 Tbsp of fresh herbs, you use 1 tsp of dry herbs. Dry herbs need to be steeped; they go in at the start of the cooking process while fresh [...]
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Happy Earth Day
Posted on 20. Apr, 2012 by Ellen.
Every year on April 22, people are to celebrate the Earth. It’s Earth day. It’s a big day. What do you do for the earth? Well, this all started with my daughter’s home work assignment. Because it was about our family and what we do for the earth, we chatted around the dining room table. [...]
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Herb Flavour Chart
Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 by Ellen.
As a follow up to my previous post about Fresh or Dry Herbs: What’s a cook to do? here is my personal herb flavour chart. I think it is always good to know what flavours all those fresh herbs go with, so here is my chart. FRESH HERBS TASTE DISH NOTES Basil Cross between licorice and [...]
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Fresh or Dry Herbs: what’s a cook to do?
Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 by Ellen.
Q: Can I use dried herbs instead of fresh in a recipe? A: Well, yes, but the truth is not really. I believe if the recipe calls for fresh herbs use them. The recipe was created, tested and tasted that way. It will be better with fresh. You are taking the time to make something [...]
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Can I take your order?
Posted on 15. Feb, 2012 by Ellen.
I work in downtown Winnipeg and I have the pleasure of going out for lunch on occasion. There are so many great places to walk to or even a short drive that fits into my hour slot. My friends and I can go for Dim Sum, Indian, Vietnamese, sushi, Mexican, Brazilian and the list goes [...]
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Canada’s Culinary Ambassador
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by Ellen.
We live in such a vast country with diversity of land, people and food. In Manitoba, agriculture supplies 1-9 jobs in the province, we are part of the bread basket of the world, Manitoba canola farmers grow annually 2.6 million acres and each year that goes up. We have more ethnic restaurants then one can [...]
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The Table
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Ellen.
Everything happens at the table, well almost everything. These days it’s a place for homework, working on my lap top, reading Saturday’s paper, most meals and Mike even proposed to me all those years ago. I inherited my grandma’s table. It’s perfect. It is slightly worn and has 2 leafs that tuck under the table. [...]
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What’s Old is New Again
Posted on 09. Jan, 2012 by Ellen.
We see it in fashion, style and food. Everything is recycled to be new again particularly in recipes and food. They are classic recipes that take on a new spin of the New Year. When I was a young girl, my Baba would always make little donuts to celebrate the New Year. This was done [...]
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Great Tastes of Manitoba
Posted on 05. Nov, 2010 by Ellen.
Mark your calendars for November 6 to catch Ellen’s second show of the session on Great Tastes of Manitoba. She will be going back to the basics with three delicious recipes; pizza dough, chocolate cake and cool canola pastry. Stay tuned to CTV at 6:00 to see recipe demonstration and to find out how you can receive your own canola oil gun. [...]
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