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Our Favorite Healthy Breakfast & Brunch Recipes

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:03:08 +0000

{On a side note, be sure to check back on Monday. I’ll be sharing my weight loss journey, complete with before (ugh, painful) and after photos, and the tips that helped me reach my goal.} The weekend is here, which means my mind automatically turns to lazy breakfasts and brunches with the family. Well, perhaps [...]

Salad with Broccoli, Dried Cherry, White Beans, Sunflower Seeds & Creamy Basil Dressing Recipe

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:29 +0000

You know when there is a dish that you just can’t get out of your mind? It creeps into your consciousness when you least expect it, like when you’re in the middle of ordering a coffee at Starbucks (“I’ll have a tall nonfat salad please…I mean sunflower…I mean latte.”) Seriously, that’s how my brain works. [...]

Whole Grain Penne Recipe with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Cauliflower & Capers {Giveaway}

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:01 +0000

When you’re trying to shed some pounds (more on my story coming very soon), you have to make each meal count. More bang for your calorie buck, I say. For me, that meant increasing my fiber intake at each meal. Since both my husband and I are runners, we regularly work pasta meals into our [...]

How to Make Breadcrumbs: Plain, Whole Wheat & Seasoned

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:27:38 +0000

Last week I re-introduced my How-To series with a post on How to: Roast Garlic. Having staples, such as roasted garlic and homemade breadcrumbs, on hand makes meal preparation that much easier and more efficient. That roasted garlic, besides being eaten smeared on some crackers with roasted red peppers, was put to good use in [...]

Frittata Recipe with Pancetta, Mushrooms & Roasted Garlic

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:05:58 +0000

After preparing extra garlic for my How to: Roast Garlic post last week, I have been adding the flavorful little jewels to every pasta sauce, sandwich and pizza that crosses my path. Even eggs weren’t safe. As if pancetta and mushrooms weren’t enough to bump up the flavor of a simple frittata, I chopped up [...]

Vegetarian Naan Pizza with Eggplant & Cilantro Jalapeno Pesto Recipe

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:58:52 +0000

When I was a kid, the only way my parents could get me to eat eggplant was to take me to a Greek restaurant and set an order of Moussaka in front of me. Maybe it was the cheesy layers, smothered in a creamy Bechamel sauce or maybe it was the hypnotic music and alluring [...]

Most Popular Recipes on Cookin’ Canuck

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:01:42 +0000

After more than two and half years of writing, photographing and posting recipes on Cookin’ Canuck, I have built a mental list of my favorite recipes. As I was scrolling through my blog statistics the other day (something many bloggers do with an obsessive kind of regularity…you know who you are…I’m right there with you), [...]

How to: Roast Garlic

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:01:59 +0000

How many of you made New Year’s resolutions to work on your cooking skills or at least branch out in your recipe repertoire, such as cooking with roasted garlic? When I started my “How to” series a year ago, it was with the intention of providing tips for some much-used cooking techniques, such as chopping [...]

Sauteed Mushrooms with Marsala Wine & Thyme Recipe

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:01:06 +0000

Okay, this story has nothing to do with sauteed mushrooms or marsala wine, but it’s a Valentine’s story that must be told. The other day I told you a Valentine’s tale about my husband and me, but this one is about my eldest son (I’m calling him M). He’s 10 years old. He’s cute, he’s [...]

Puff Pastry “Ravioli” Recipe with Gingersnap Mascarpone & Marionberry Sauce

Dara (Cookin' Canuck) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:01:14 +0000

I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for Valentine’s Day trappings. Well, except for Cupid. There’s something about that naked, winged, quiver-carrying boy that creeps me out. Yeah, yeah – I get that he’s the son of Venus, the Roman god of desire and affection and an iconic symbol of Valentine’s Day. But I’ll stick with [...]