Butter Chicken + Cheese + Nachos…YES! When are nachos NOT a good idea? Nachos with cheese and all the fixings makes for a perfect game time snack, a fun family dinner item or an appetizer. This makes for a versatile dish and therefore always a good idea. In my kitchen, I love playing…
Category: snack
Maggi Noodle Pakoras
Growing up I always enjoyed making and eating Pakora’s. It was a Sunday all day continuous meal where my grandmother and mother would be frying batch after batch for us kids. Pakora’s are a savoury Indian fritter made from a gram flour batter. Usually, the fritters are made with potatoes, onion, spinach and…
Nani’s Tomato Soup
Nani’s tomato soup is the BEST tomato soup ever and it’s completely dairy free! It brings back so many memories. Nani = Grandmother. Mum’s mum. I grew up for 5 short years in Nairobi, Kenya. I lived in a big household with my mother, uncles, aunts, cousins, and nani and nana. It was…
Concord Grape & Rosemary Focaccia
Every since I started Chef training i’ve been doing a lot more baking. I never thought of myself to be a baker or a pastry chef by any means. But there is that “je ne sais quoi” about making your own bread or pastry dough from scratch. I remember the first time we…
Fruit Hunter #1: Horned Melon
In order to be a fruit hunter I decided that I was on a mission to find a fruit that I had never seen or eaten before. I thought that I had tried all the common fruit that would grow on a farm so this could pose some difficulty. Little did I know…
Mushroom, Goat Cheese and Thyme Galette
You may or may not know that I am currently in Chef school at George Brown College in Toronto. My culinary adventure comes with it’s pro’s and con’s. Pro’s: I learn awesome recipes, learn a lot about myself in the kitchen, eat delicious food…all the time. Con’s: Who am I kidding, there are no…
