A la Scott

I'm not vegetarian but I think we eat too much meat.  I make peace with my love for animals and my love for meat by cooking more and more plant based proteins and my husband enjoys most of them too. Lentil is one of them and is a good substitute for ground meat.  I make loaf with them and burgers.  Here's a successful new flavor I tried out.   Lentil burger with blue cheese  Ingredients  2 cups                                                                   Lentils  About 4 cups                                                      Vegetable stock 2                              ...

This is a regular in summer for us, so convenient for the boat, picnics and to bring to work.  When I see the minth in my garden growing, I start to make it. Quinoa salad Ingredients  2 cups                                                               Vegetable stock  1 cup                                                                 Quinoa 3 cups                                                               Cut string beans 4 tablespoons               ...

Sometimes I wonder why we cook and I think we are just children playing with our food.   I also think we have a need to be creative and it seems to me that the industry understands that all too well. They exploit it and encourage people to make recipes with their processed product(s).  I prefer using ingredients.  When I went to the farm to buy strawberries there was a angel cake evidently in display. Instead I made one of my mom's every day desserts when I was growing up, and I suspect it is the ancestor of the strawberry shortcake.  It is almost too simple to talk about it but too good to not to.   Strawberry Shortcake Ancestor  Ingredients  1                                                                 Slice of bread  1 cup          ...

We don't want to turn the oven on these days, so here's a delicious no cooking marinara sauce recipe, so easy and so tasty. It is inspired from (Easy Keto Marinara Sauce - Low Carb, by I BREATH I'm hungry) Quick, no cook Marinara Sauce Ingredients  28 oz.                                                                    San Marzano tomatoes 1/8 cup                                                                 Olive oil  1 teaspoon                                                          Balsamic vinegar...

I love this recipe and I didn't think it could be any better, but grilled... oh! My! oh! My!  You have to try them. I used this grate that I bought years ago and forgot about it till now. Grilled turkey meatballs Ingredients  3 lbs.                                                                  Ground turkey 2 tablespoons                                                  Montréal seasoning                                                               ( Which is not called that way in Montréal )  6  cloves     ...

When I was young this gin was our cold medicine, it still is... I know I'm old.  I hated it but it was effective.  We drink it with hot water, lemon juice and honey or maple syrup.  When I moved to United States and couldn't get any, I missed it.  Now I do get some each time I cross the border, coming back from visiting my family in Quebec, Canada. Sometimes I don't want it hot so here's a cool recipe Gin à l'orange Ingredients 1 oz.                                                                          Floral gin ( I use De Kuyper) 1                                                                        ...

Those are boneless and baked but they are equally good bone-in and grilled.  The secret is in the marinate and only one hour required.  Tender, tasty and good for you, with no sugar added. Orange pork chop Ingredients  1/2 cup                                                                Orange juice 2 tablespoons                                                    Mustard  1 tablespoon                                                      Turmeric  1 tablespoon                        ...

Cabbage is so convenient to have in the fridge, it has a long life, it's good boiled, raw, in a stir fry and roasted.  I'm sure it's good grilled too. Roasted cabbage Ingredients 1                                                                           Big cabbage, cut in 8 1/2 teaspoon                                                      Salt 1 teaspoon                                                          Chives A zigzag                          ...

Gazpacho is a Spanish cold soup and there are plenty of versions of it.  This is mine. Gazpacho soup recipe Ingredients  14.5 oz.                                                               Fire roasted tomatoes (or fresh ones) 2                                                                           Pickling cucumbers, peeled 1/2                                                                        Small onion 1          ...

Many quebecer have their own way to eat it, but it all involves fresh green leaf lettuce and heavy cream.  This is my version. Salade du jardin ( Garden salad) Ingredients  1 cup                                   Torn green leaf lettuce 1                                          Pickling cucumber 2 or 3                                  Radishes 1 small                               Native tomato  1 tablespoon                     Heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon                    Chives and/or onion powder and garlic powder...

I don't know why we put a cheesy crouton only on top of French onion soup, I think most soup deserves one. Lentil pasta soup Ingredients  4                                                                            Diced carrots 3 cups                                                                  Cut string beans  2                                                                            Scallions  1 cloves      ...

Scott's only salad dressing.  I used it a lot for three bean or quinoa salad but it's good with any salad. Olive oil and lemon salad dressing Ingredients  2 cloves                                                   Garlic 1 tablespoon                                          Greek seasoning (Italian works well too) 1/2 cup                                                    Olive oil 5 squirts                                                  Mustard Zest and juice of one lemon Directions  Mix ...

The hardest part of the quarantine for me is having no reason to get up in the morning.  Well last night I dreamed of that cake so today I woke up on the mission of making it. Strawberry, GrandMarnier chocolate cake Or my mission cake 1 3/4 cups                                                   Sugar 2                                                                   Eggs 1 cup                                                           Milk of choice 1/2 cup                        ...

You might not think so but my husband is independent and doesn't want to rely on me to be fed.  He is a routine guy and cooks himself this chili every week.  Off course he always tells me I'm welcome to have some but with his pickyness he's so limited so I try not to.  But who can resist a fresh made bowl of chili... not me. So today Scott is treating me.  Low carb turkey chili Ingredients  1 tablespoon                                                     Oil 3 lbs.                                                                   Ground turkey 3 cloves                                ...

That's my favorite lunch for work.  I make it all the time. Hummus salad Ingredients  1                                                                          Cubed pickling  cucumber  2 tablespoons                                                   Sliced olives A bunch                                                             Chives About 1/3 cup                                            ...