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Baked Cod With Roasted Pepper Risotto And Creamy Coleslaw

  This Wednesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Cod Vegetable: Cabbage Side: Rice   Dairy Free “Buttered” Baked Cod With Sauteed Scallions Fresh off the heels of a successful sole meuniere on Tuesday, my craving for buttery fish was somehow just not completely satisfied. Opting to bake the lightly seasoned cod […]

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Sole Meuniere With Leek & Potato Hash

  This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Sole Vegetable: Leeks Side: Doesn’t matter … has to be potatoes when leeks are involved!   Gluten Free Sole Meuniere When I first discovered sole meuniere, it felt like a gap on my culinary life had finally been resolved. Sole had always seemed […]

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Chana Masala On Basmati With Toasted Cumin Seeds

  Sometimes the weekly menu plan is unceremoniously pushed aside to accomodate a very serious craving. This Wednesday the craving was chana masala served over my favourite rice on the planet.   The Many Flavours Of Chana Masala   There are many subtle differences in everyone’s preparation of Indian cuisine, but some basic ingredients are […]

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Braised Beef & Braised Mushrooms With Zucchini Salad & Baked Sweet Potatoes

  This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Organic beef Vegetable: Zucchini Side: Sweet potatoes   Organic Braised Beef In Red Wine Sauce   To be fair, when beef is on the menu I almost always try to find a nice piece of un-frozen organic steak that can be stretched to […]

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Baked Salmon With Breaded Eggplant And Spinach Salad

  This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Salmon Vegetable: Spinach Side: Eggplant More and more I find myself trying to sneak in a second vegetable as the second side dish, and the breaded eggplant slices on this menu easily become that second veg; a delicious comfort food addition that everyone […]

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Shrimp Etouffee With White Rice

  Every once in a while our weekly menu plan calls for one dish only rather than a protein, veggie and side. The purpose of course is to allow time to concentrate on something really special that takes a lot of time to prepare. The shrimp étouffée pictured above may not look particuly complicated, but […]

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Baked Breaded Cod With Cucumber Salad And Wild Rice

This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Cod Vegetable: Cucumber Side: Wild rice To be honest, haddock or cod both work well depending on price and availability, but be sure to buy fresh fish always!   Gluten Free Baked Breaded Cod   Fresh cod fillets from my local fishmonger are always […]

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Glazed Ham & Breaded Shrimp With Roasted Beets And Mashed Parsnips

This Sunday our menu plan called for the following: Protein: Ham Vegetable: Beets Side: Parsnips   Organic Maple Glazed Ham When the winter holidays are long gone and there’s little else but just winter left to tolerate for a few more weeks, that’s the best time to bust out some maple syrup and roast a […]

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Ground Pork Burgers with Home Fries and Creamy Fennel Salad

  This Tuesday our menu plan called for the following Protein: Ground Pork Vegetable: Fennel Side: Potatoes   Ground Pork Burgers With Bacon Very rarely do we ever eat ground beef anymore. Buying organic meat & poultry sometimes becomes cost prohibitive when supply is low, but to be perfectly honest ground red meat is simply […]

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Baked Trout With Cauliflower Rice And Spinach Salad

  Our menu plan for this Monday called for the following. Protein: Trout Vegetable: Spinach Side: Cauliflower … two vegetables you say? Ah yes indeed, but cauliflower has magic properties, more details about my recent discovery of cauliflower rice below!   Baked Trout In Herbed Lemon Butter Many years ago when salmon was the only […]