Cauliflower Wings – Must Try!

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So Pure Kitchen just opened up in Kanata and now I eat, sleep and dream about their cauliflower wings.

And as much as I would love to eat there every single day, I needed to come up with my own recipe for making cauliflower wings in the oven.

These were pretty delicious I must admit they will curb my craving for the PK version. They are great as a appetizer, on tacos, in a wrap instead of meat or on top of a salad.

Here’s what you need:

(Preheat your oven to 425 degrees)

• 1 Head cauliflower cut into bite sized “wings”
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tsp garlic and onion powder
• 1/4 tsp chipotle powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup water
• A good squeeze of sriracha
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 tablespoon sriracha
• 2 tablespoons Mirin or 1 tablespoon maple syrup

Steps:

1. Cut up the cauliflower
2. Make batter with the flour, garlic and onion powder, water and sriracha
3. Toss wings in batter with your hands. Make sure they are all covered
4. Lay out on a parchment paper covered baking sheet
5. Bake in oven for 25 mins
6. Remove from oven and toss wings with melted butter, mirin and sriracha mix
7. Put back in oven for 15 mins
8. Devoir
9. As much as I would like to say this is 1 serving, it is not. It is 4 servings. But you don’t need to share with anyone. 😉

Drop me a note and let me know how you liked them!

Enjoy

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Simple and Delicious Salsa

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easy cooking, fast, food, fresh, garden, salsa, summer, tomatoes

Nothing beats a fresh homemade salsa served with hot and salty tortilla chips.

But did you know that you could make a fresh salsa in about 90 seconds?

Here is how:

You need approx 8-10 smaller tomatoes (I used Campari tomatoes)
1 jalapeño pepper deserved
1 red onion
1 garlic clove
Handful of cilantro
Pinch of salt

Half or quarter your tomatoes, quarter your onion, slice your pepper and garlic. In two batches toss your tomatoes into your food processor and pulse. You want to break them down but you don’t want them to be puréed. Pour into a bowl.
Next batch put in your garlic, onions, jalapeño, and cilantro and pulse until finely chopped. Put that into a bowl and mix together. Season with salt and taste.

Done and done! Enjoy your fresh salsa.

I love me some basil

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basil, cooking, garden, summer

Summer is coming and summer to me means fresh herbs from my garden.

Every year I plant a few planters full of herbs. The standard herbs – Italian parsley, chives, sweet basil, rosemary, cilantro, thyme.. But this year I added a few new ones.

Thai Basil – one of my favorite basil’s so I knew I needed to plant it this year. I use it in my fresh spring rolls, Thai curries, and stir fries. It tastes more exotic than my regular sweet basil and looks a bit different too. Thai basil has smaller leaves and purple stems and it is delicious!

Tuscan Basil – this stuff is awesome. It is a cross between basil and fennel and it rocks! It is funky looking too, it looks like a lettuce leaf. I went to a local farm in Kanata and the lady introduced me to it. I tried it and I was hooked. So far I have used in it a steak
salad as a lettuce element, and on top
of my bolognese sauce.

My advice, don’t be afraid to experiment with new herbs and flavors. Plant some herbs and add a few knew ones to the mix. A little experimenting is always fun.