Pickled Cherries With Brown Sugar And Chilies
Pickled cherries are a fun addition to a cheese plate or served with any sort of grilled meats or fish.
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Blueberry Crumble
It’s finally fruit season and there have been tons of blueberries in the farm stands and grocery stores. A simple crumble…
Green bean fritters
Served hot or at room temperature, these fritters are great with lots of cold wine (and consume both while sitting in the sun!).
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Kimchi and Cheddar Quesadilla
Kimchi and cheese are truly a magical combination of both flavour and texture. Crunchy, spicy, fermented, with gooey and rich…
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Picnic Macaroni Salad
Make this salad the day before you want to serve it, to let everything mellow and come together. If you’re looking for something…
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Spatchcock Chicken
Spatchcocking your bird will help you get a really moist final product. Essentially, by making your meat all roughly the same…
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Fried Rice With Garlic, Tofu And Scallions
Easy on the wallet; and easy. in general. Feel free to add more vegetables and top with a soft egg, if you’re feeling fancy.
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Onion Jam
Onion jam is sweet, tangy and savoury. Serve it as a condiment, with grilled meats or on a cheese plate.
Mushroom And Sesame Pancake
The texture of shimeji mushrooms really lends itself to a sort of pancake. But you could really use just about any mushroom…
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grilled ham and cheese
It’s a classic for a reason. Toasted ham and cheese is good at any time of day. From first thing in the morning to late night snack…
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Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
Set the oven at 425 F. Toss the cherry tomatoes with the olive oil and place in the oven. Roast until the tomatoes begin…
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Chicken Liver Toasts With Brandy And Arugula
Halfway between your Granny’s chopped liver and some sort of pâté, these simple toasts come together quickly and feel a bit fancy.
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Fruit And Oat Crumble
Fruit and oats and whole-wheat flour will all help you towards the goal of producing a perfect poop. Use any sort of frozen fruit…
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Chicken Thighs With Tangerine, Shallots and Garlic
Roasted citrus fruit (alongside savoury ingredients) are great in the winter. Citrus is in all the groceries and is lovely and juicy…
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Ranch Water
There’s something about the name of this super-simple cocktail that conjures up the romance of cowboys and the Wild West.
Olive Oil Poached Garlic Pasta
A simple seasoned oil is a homemade way to make your life simpler and yummier. Experiment with different ingredients, lemon a day…
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Avocado And Surimi Salad Rolls
Surimi is another name for imitation crab, and it’s a fantastic low-cost ingredient that belongs in everyone’s fridge.
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Peanut Butter Fudge
Four ingredients: one-pot peanut butter fudge (chances are you’ve got everything you need to make this already in your cupboards)…
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Austrian-Style Frankfurter And Bacon Dumplings
Traditionally, these would not be filled with hot dogs, but something more like kielbasa. Honestly, this little change really ups the flavour…
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Garlic-Roasted Cauliflower
Low-effort vegetables are essential at this time of year. When all you want is rich, comforting food that’s easy…
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Mushroom Pasta Risottata
Holidays are wonderful and special, but also very expensive! Cooking a short-style pasta, using the same technique as risotto…
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Mile-High Donut Breakfast Sandwich
There’s something about this time of year that really brings out the excess, and that is what this sandwich is about. It’s salty, it’s sweet.
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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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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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Old-Fashioned Clementine Marmalade
Clementines always come in bundles, and while I always want to eat the whole thing, there are inevitably some that end up sitting…
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Hot dog, Red Onion and Russet-potato Hash
I miss summer already, and to me summer means endless hot dogs. Here’s a quick and cheap hash that has some flavours of summer.
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Sausages and Lentils
Healthy, fast and cheap. Lentils and sausages are an easy-to-prepare meal that you can serve with a simple green salad and some crusty bread.
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Sour cream And Onion Egg Tacos
An easy breakfast play on a classic potato chip. When you’re chopping the green onions, try to keep the white bits…
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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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Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Gnocchi are easy to make with pantry ingredients and are just enough of a project for a lazy weekend afternoon. Try them served with…
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Hunting Casserole
Sometimes a hunting trip goes well, and sometimes it doesn’t. This recipe works for this time of year because whether…
Pasta With Garlic-Toasted Bread, Chillies And Eggs
Cooking torn bread in garlic-and-chili-infused butter gives the final dish little pockets of flavour and texture…
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Fried Fish Sandwich With Arugula And Tartar Sauce
If you’d like to scale up (or down), for this recipe, the batter is equal parts beer and flour, which makes it easy to serve one person…
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Eggplant Bits With Comeback Sauce
Eggplant is controversial, but even the most skeptical can appreciate these juicy little bits. Especially when dipped in comeback sauce…
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Toasted Garlic-Fried Eggs
Once you get good at these eggs, the butter will be browned and nutty, and the garlic will take on that perfect sweetness…
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Fried Eggplant
A recipe for Fried Eggplant by our Seasonal Recipes Columnist Sydney Keddy. The trick to really great fried eggplant is flouring it twice.
Chicken Cutlets With Lemon And Greens
Simple fried chicken served on greens with a light lemon dressing. This whole meal comes together in 20 minutes and feels light and fresh.
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Rice Sticks With Chili Oil And Cucumber
A well-stocked pantry can be everything when you lead a busy life, and this recipe is mostly a lesson in what can be done…
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Sloppy Carbonar-ish
Firstly, there is always a risk of food poisoning when consuming raw or undercooked eggs, so please don’t try this recipe…
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Fried SPAM and Surimi Salad Sandwiches
Surf and turf at its finest.
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Taco Smash Burger
Burger meets taco. It’s the best of both weeknight staples. Try seasoning the beef with taco seasoning if you’re feeling more taco…
Tuna Rice Balls
Tuna rice balls wrapped in roasted seaweed sheets is a wordy way of saying Tuna Onigiri. You can fill these rice balls…
Gin And Dill Gravlax
This recipe works well with a fish from the store or a fish from the river. Adding a couple bags of tea to the cure adds a bit of tannic…
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Toasted Ham, Cream Cheese And Strawberry Preserve
AKA Elena Ruz Sandwich, this is the lesser known version of the classic Cuban sandwich. The true version is made with sliced turkey…
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Chicken and Green Bean Rice Vermicelli
Lemongrass and ginger are the all-stars to this fast dinner. If you are a person who meal preps, the chicken and green bean portion….
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Fennel, Green Beans and Quinoa
Fennel, Green Beans and Quinoa – Warm or cold, this simple selection of ingredients tastes fresh and perfect for a simple spring meal.
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Roasted Beet and Carrot Salad
When I was asked to write a recipe for this issue of What’s Up Yukon, I decided to call in a real expert and asked local dietician…
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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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Preserved Clementines
Preserving citrus is a great way to make the most of the best part of winter produce. Salt-preserved clementines can be mixed…
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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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Fried Okra With Spicy Mayo
Okra can be polarizing. Some people are really turned off by the texture, which can tend towards slimy. But if you embrace the slime…
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Turkey Salad with avocado
These types of Thai-inspired salads are also called larb or laap. They pair intensely-seasoned ground meat, with bright herbs…
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Honey-Roasted Kabocha Squash
Kabocha squash has a dense texture and a subtle, almost nutty flavour. When roasted, you can eat the exterior…
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Fried Zucchini And Alfalfa Sandwich
Eating this sandwich feels hopeful for spring, and since winter just started, we need all the hope we can muster.
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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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Roasted Eggplant Sandwiches
Eggplant is often relegated to classic parmigiana, or baba ganoush. But it can be so much more! Take the time to salt and season it…
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Apple Brown Sugar Grunt
Chances are you know someone from Atlantic Canada, you’re related to someone from Atlantic Canada, or you are from Atlantic Canada.
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Rice Paper Omelet
You may have seen this on TikTok, and while, in many cases, it is absolutely justified to roll your eyes at internet cooking.
Chorizo, Paprika and Chickpeas
Chorizo and chickpeas—simmered in a paprika, spiked, and olive-oil hearty sauce—makes for a fantastic dinner.
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Tofu And Pork Ragu
This dish mashes together mapo tofu and classic ragu, and what you get is a spicy and savoury sauce worthy of any weeknight supper table.
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Texas Tartine With Spinach, Poached Eggs and Lemony Yogurt Sauce
A tartine is a posh French open-faced sandwich; a Texas tartine is a tartine on Texas toast. If you’re looking for a more, double the recipe.
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Crepes With Camembert And Fried Salami
Savoury, cheesy crepes: You can fully make this recipe a day ahead, then extend baking time to thoroughly melt the cheese.
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Single For The Weekend Rice And Eggs
Honestly, when left on my own it is more often packet Ramen and microwave Lean Cuisine than anything as flashy as rice and eggs.
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Sausage And Apple Breakfast Stuffing
Stuffing is the best part of cold weather; some people think it’s soup. Or stew. Or crumble. But they’re wrong.
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Steak Tartare
If you have a sweetie and your sweetie eats meat, try making them a plate of steak tartare on your next evening in.
Stewed Okra Rice
Okra is gooey (just accept that gooey is a nice quality and embrace it). This rice dish stews okra and rice, with bacon, and uses the goo to make a rich filling side that would go well with braised meats and any sort of spicy barbecue sauce.
Summer Pea And Bacon Toast
In this Summer Pea and Bacon Toast dish, it’s freshly shelled peas that are the star.
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Seared Onglet Steaks With Roasted Potatoes
Onglet is the French description of a hanger steak, a lovely little tab of meat that comes from around the lower belly of a cow.
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Oxtails With Star Anise, Soy and Vinegar
Oxtails are so, so good. All of those tough, long simmer cuts of meat can become a meal you can have on a weeknight with a pressure cooker.
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Rabbit Ragu With Bucatini
Rabbit (Ragu) has mild white meat but it has a bit more of a robust and meaty flavour than average grocery-store chicken.
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Potato Chip Spanish Tortilla
Spanish tortilla (or Spanish omelet) is made with eggs and sliced potatoes served at room temperature. This simple recipe uses potato chips.
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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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Beef Cheek Hash
Slowly cooking a beef cheek for a simple hash like this is a set it and forget it scenario. Get your beef cheek at Tum Tum’s Black Gilt Meats
Twice-Cooked Lamb Heart Tacos
Twice-Cooked Lamb Heart Tacos, Cooking the lamb hearts twice gives the final product a satisfying texture.
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Corn Pancakes
Corn pancakes walk that perfect line between sweet and savoury, This recipe makes an equally satisfying meal and side dish.
Whole-wheat Vegetable Pancakes with Arugula and Greek Yogurt
Whole-wheat Vegetable Pancakes with Arugula and Greek Yogurt. A breeze to put together & works well with any sort of pre-shredded kale salad.
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Breakfast rice and eggs
This Breakfast rice recipe is cheap, and filling, and will take the edge off whatever you may have gotten into the night before.
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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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Bucatini with walnuts, green olives and lemon
Bucatini, like a really long Kraft Dinner noodle. It can soak up all sorts of seasoning that a spaghetti noodle might lose.
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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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Seasonal Recipes: Rice with chinese sausage, corn, and eggs
This super simple steamed preparation can be served as a fast dinner alongside some pickles or sauteed green or a hearty breakfast
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Buttermilk, black pepper crepes with bacon and birch syrup
Buttermilk gives the crepes a lovely, fresh, slightly sour taste that plays off the salty bacon and the slightly bitter birch syrup.
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Spaghetti squash and turmeric fritters
Spaghetti squash and turmeric fritters. Change up the spices! Garam masala would be delicious, or even some freshly grated ginger and garlic.
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Bucatini with sardines and olives
Bucatini with sardines and olives is vaguely puttanesca-ish, but somehow even more simple. Try this recipe yourself.
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Potato gnocchi with crab, scallions & grapefruit
These gnocchi with crab, scallions & grapefruit gnocchi are paired with crab and grapefruit and make a filling meal without any heavy meat.
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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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Creamed broccoli and macaroni
Creamed broccoli is simple and satisfying, as well as easy on the stomach and the wallet.
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Bologna Pockets
Please make these adorable round sandwiches and fry them until they’re golden and gooey, then dip them in yellow mustard and ketchup.
Cucumber, feta, mint, and red onion salad
Crispy cucumber salads are ideal alongside any sort of grilled meat.
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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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Broccoli pancakes with garlic, oregano and chili flakes
This vegetable pancake recipe is a perfect side dish for grilled meat and fish, and can make a nice change from roasted veg or salad.
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Garlic roasted broccoli with lemon
Broccoli can feel drab. Roasting it won’t magically turn broccoli into a perfect gooey, cheesy, pizza it will give it some extra pizzazz.
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Pineapple coconut spoon cake
Spoon cake is somewhere between a crumble and an upside down cake.
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Brussel trout spring rolls
This trout and sprout filled spring roll recipe uses liberally brushed with oil then baked to achieve a crunchy result without the mess.
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Fried klik and sweet pickled cucumbers
Klik is basically SPAM from Ontario. Emulsified, salty, fatty, canned meat. If it’s something you’re into, you’re really into it. If you’re not, or if you’ve never tried it, this is a good first kick at the klik can.
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Linguine with parmesan, black pepper, breakfast sausage and eggs
While this recipe came from an empty fridge, but it is perfect for brunch or dinner. It’s inspired by cacio pepe and carbonara.
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