Fried Kabocha Squash
Kabocha is a favourite squash because you don’t have to peel it, just give it a good clean, take out the seeds and you’re good to go!
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Appetizers
Bacon-wrapped Meatballs With Smoked Paprika And Brown Sugar
Whenever we’re lucky enough to have game in the freezer, there’s always a good amount of ground, which is fantastic and versatile…
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Brown-Sugar-and-Sesame Roasted Carrots
Long-stable, cellar root vegetables make me think of the Yukon. Hearty and easy-to-prepare vegetables are a historic…
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Cabbage And Ginger Egg Rolls
Egg rolls may seem like a lot of work, but you’ll be impressed with what a big difference making your own can make in the final product.
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Weeknight Sesame Peanut Noodles
These cold noodles can do no wrong—they’re a great light dinner and a great way to use up leftover pasta. They can also sit a few days…
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Sweet Potato Fries With Fancy Mayo
Sweet potato fries are fast and easy and feel vaguely healthy, which checks all the boxes for something you want to eat…
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Jammy Eggs, Anchovies and Bagel Toast
There isn’t a bad time for a soft, jammy egg. In a soup, on a salad, a bowl of steamy rice or on a bowl of cheesy noodles.
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Bacon-Wrapped Blue Cheese Stuffed Dates
These sweet, savoury bacon-wrapped bundles “Devils on Horseback” are a perfect snack to serve with almost any boozy beverage
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Pyrizhky (or piroshky) is a Much Beloved Dish in Eastern Europe
I found comfort in honouring the people of Ukraine by making pyrizhky (or piroshky), a hand pie beloved in both countries.
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Deviled eggs with crisp salami
Deviled eggs are classic. Topping them with crispy salami adds some lovely texture and fatty flavor that pairs perfectly with a classic egg.
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Seasonal Recipes: Kale and crisp tofu fresh rolls
Knowing how to cook tofu is a great tool in the kitchen. This crisp baked tofu can be used all over the kitchen
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Trout sandwiches with pickled jalapeno tartar sauce
Trout filets are perfect for sandwiches, they’re lovely and thin so they cook quickly and the skin is easy to crisp in a hot pan
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Healthy homemade guacamole: Get those good fats into you
A classic guacamole recipe made with fresh, colourful and nutrient-dense ingredients that can be enjoyed with corn chips, tacos, or even on salads or sandwiches.
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Blackened sweet pepper with chilis and eggs
Cooking red bell peppers and onions until they’re soft and just beginning to blacken makes them sweet with a bit of char flavor. Tuck them
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Feel Good Foods: Deconstructed egg roll
Make good food choices that improve your health. This recipe can help you make this process easier and less stressful.
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Birthday Pairings, Campground Treats
Jennifer’s (Free Pour Jenny) cocktail and an appetizer. The cocktail’s bright, sharp and tart. Something cheesy immediately suggested itself.
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Mango avocado salsa
A blend of both salsa and guacamole with fresh diced mango. Perfect with fish or beef tacos, or just with corn chips.
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Dandelion season
Don’t hate them! Not only are dandelions beautiful, the bees love them and we should too! They are delicious.
Roasted brussel sprouts and aioli
Roasted vegetables may seem a bit of a cold weather food, but if you serve them at room temperature with a garlicky aioli they are perfect alongside grilled meat, or added as an element of a charcuterie board.
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Broccoli and bacon salad
It’s picnic, BBQ and eating outdoor season – FINALLY. The dressing for this family favorite is based on donair sauce, so sweet and sticky with just a hint of garlic.
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Adaptive strategies
During this bizarre year of COVID constraints, home cooks have had to develop adaptive culinary behaviours to increase our success in the kitchen. Sometimes key ingredients for a recipe simply weren’t available, so we acquired new competencies. We became masters of substitution.
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Brussel trout spring rolls
Deep frying is fun, but takes a lot of effort, follow-through, and clean up. These trout and sprout filled spring rolls are liberally brushed with oil and baked and achieve a super satisfying crunchy result without any of the mess.
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Bacon-wrapped rice
Bacon-wrapped bundles of sticky, glutinous rice are a great substitute for your weekend brunch plate when toast or potatoes start to feel a bit monotonous.
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Five Spice rubbed Gravlax
Gravlax is one of the simplest, kinda luxurious foods you can make at home. Just a few ingredients and some patience and you’ve got a beautiful cured salmon that will impress any guest.
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Chipotle sauce
Chipotle peppers canned in adobo are the base for this simple sauce. These peppers are hot, and smokey and puree to a lovely thick sauce.
Braised goat and mandarin orange on toasted baguette
We have a local farm that raises goats with lovely meat, which makes cooking it well a very simple task.
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Eggy bacon rice wrap
Eggs cooked two ways folded into gooey cheesy rice studded with soft onions and jalapenos then folded into a toasted flour tortilla.
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Simple pork belly for sandwiches
Pork belly is rich and fatty and a real joy to serve. Many shy away from it due to its reputation of being a hard ingredient to execute, thankfully that reputation is greatly exaggerated.
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Quick pickled jicama
Jicama is a funny looking root vegetable. They are commonly eaten raw and have a lovely crunchy texture and mild flavor. This quick refrigerator pickle is an easy introduction to this unusual vegetable.
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Vegetable pancakes with sesame seeds
Almost like a fritter, these pancakes can really be a mix of any gently sautéed vegetables brought together in a batter. They make a great light lunch or a side for grilled meat or fish.
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Bacon wrapped mushrooms with maple garlic glaze
This super-fast bacon-wrapped mushroom can be executed with seasonal beverage in hand, giving you and your favourite people even more time to spend enjoying each other’s company.
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Mushroom galette
Galettes are a cross between a pie and a pizza. They come together super fast and have a lovely, rustic appearance that’s perfect for a
Roasted carrots with maple and garlic
Holidays are coming, and having a few simple crowd-pleasing recipes ready to roll will help out anyone who is in charge of feeding the crowd.
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Marbled tea eggs
Tea eggs are a bit like a pickled eggs in that they are a hard-boiled egg soaked in seasoning, so that they take on the
Chicken out on the wing
One thing about chicken … just about anywhere you travel, you can bet you will find a thousand different recipes to match just about any taste.
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Bacon-wrapped grilled asparagus bundles with balsamic glaze
These are a great, quick side for camping. The balsamic and olive oil mix does double duty as a salad dressing—and bacon cooked on a campfire is one of the best parts of summer.
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Pull-apart salami and anchovy bread
This sandwich/pizza hybrid, stuffed with anchovy and salami, is a perfect riverside snack when you’re feeling a bit famished and the fish haven’t been biting.
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Campfire hot spinach dip
Frozen blocks of spinach are ideal for camping: they’re basically an ice pack for your cooler, but you can eat them! Really ideal. Especially when
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Wood-fired, bacon-wrapped shrimp
Summer is coming! For the next few weeks all the recipes you’ll be seeing will be in preparation for the long summer days spent outside
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Roasted oysters with garlic toasted breadcrumbs, bacon and parmesan
Whitehorse has a solid selection of oysters pretty consistently; these particular oysters shown in the photos were from the Haines Packing Company, but a couple
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Tuna Mayo Onigiri
Try these instead of a sandwich in a packed lunch, or bring them along on your next outdoor adventure. Onigiri taste best at room temperature
Cheeseburger eggrolls
These egg rolls would make great party food, and if you have the time to make a double batch, freeze a few for a day when you don’t feel like cooking.
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Deep Fried Pickles
Bar snacks are the best. Any sort of deep fried appy always gets my attention. And deep fried pickles catch my gaze more so than
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Coctel de Camarones
Having recently spent some time in Latin America to attend a friend’s wedding (congrats again Mr. and Mrs. Spinks!) my head is full of vibrant
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Potato Chip Tortilla Española with Lemon Garlic Aioli
Tortilla española, tortilla de patatas, Spanish omelette – it has many names but this simple dish made of eggs and potatoes is considered one of
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Homemade Food for the Trail
Finally, it’s here! The season I’ve been waiting for, the season when each day invites a further excursion to extend the trail beyond yesterday’s stopping
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Caribou, Water Chestnut and Sweet Corn Egg Rolls
Caribou is one of my favorite Yukon treats, and if you happened to get one during hunting season (or have generous friends) then you’re going
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Chunky Chipotle Salsa
What do robots dip in salsa? Microchips! Salsa is the Spanish and Italian word for ‘sauce’, and besides being incredibly easy to prepare (chop stuff
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Sake!
Yukon Spirits launched two whiskies while I was skiing in Japan. I have not tried either yet (one of them is sold out, I hear)
Feelin’ Hot, Hot, Hot
It’s easy to distinguish what the latest food trends are when you see the latest creative potato chip flavours. I realize this sounds a little
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Pizza, Ribs and Lasagna
Mini Biscuit Pizzas 1 lb ground beef ½ lb lasagna noodles two 6 oz. cans of tomato paste 1½ cups hot water
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The Green Rush
Right on schedule, my sprout craving has arisen from where it lay quietly dormant since the fall, nestled snug beneath the desire for stews and
Nourishing The Heart
As the days lengthen and I embark on ever-longer forays out into the world, I remember wistfully the easy goal of foraging. Foraging itself is not effortless, but during the snowless seasons
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And a Grouse, in a Pine Tree
Midwinter is rife with tradition. Celebrating, tolerating, or avoiding family gatherings and their associated rituals is part of many people’s December, whether they ascribe to
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With Sage Advice
Along with the crocuses, up come new buds on ‘artemisia frigida’, better known as wild sage. Aromatic, especially when crushed, sage is a silver-grey-green member
Dipping into that Festive Flavour
The festive season is upon us and so too is food for entertaining. Here is a trio of dips, ones that can be made ahead,
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