À la Dankertier

I love, love, love asiatic inspired meals. They are easy to prepare, easy to modify, loaded with vegetables and flavour they are awesome! This recipe is adapted from one recipe I found on the "SOSCuisine" website . For 4 people, heat 2 tablespoons of canola oil and a splash of sesame oil in a pan on medium-high heat. Add 400g of chicken (or tofu) and fry 5-6 minutes or until golden. Add 2-3 cloves of garlic , finely chopped and chopped vegetables . Here, you do what you want! I like: brocoli cut in small pieces, sliced pepper, zucchini, carrot, sweet peas, bean sprouts... If using vegetables with widely different cooking time, adjust the moment you are adding them to prevent over cooking*. Keep the heat high-ish so the vegetables will be fried and not poached. When they are al dente (after 5-7 minutes), add 2-3 green onions, finely chopped. While the vegetables are frying, prepare 250g of Chinese egg-noodles (or rice) according to the instructions on the package: do...

I know that it seems to be a bit late in the season for burger, but I think that there is just no wrong time for burger. After all, are we burger lovers or what!? This one was adapted from a Québec magazine ("Coup de pouce") and is good for 4 patties. Mix: 500g of finely chopped salmon (without skin and bones)* 1 small onion, grated 50ml of mayonnaise 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs  1 tablespoon of chopped parsley a big pinch of salt and pepper a big splash of lemon juice a splash of Tabasco Split in 4 and form the patties. Cook over medium heat, 5-7 minutes on each side. Enjoy with your choice of garnish. Here we had salad, blue cheese and tomato and it was sublime! * You can use a food processor for this, of course

A month ago, André and I started to watch How I Met Your Mother again and couldn't help but laugh when one of our friend asked us if we wanted to have a "wine and cheese tasting": we are soooo grown up! ;) It was a wonderful evening and not exactly what I expected. In Quebec, when one says "wine and cheese tasting", it means: choosing the wine, making sure the cheese are going to fit with said wine and there is a special order to drink and eat. Bottom line: it is complicated and very well organized. What we had was a very nice, simple evening with wine and cheese: and we love those! Then I thought about another wonderful recipe that my step mom made from time to time as an appetizer and would go great on a cheese plate: it has perfect blend of sweet and salty, like I love. Blend 375mL of old cheddar cheese , 125g of cream cheese* and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup . Shape into 15cm long log using clinging wrap and put in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. Finely c...

This recipe is the perfect +1 for  the sweet and tangy pork recipe , it has the perfect amount of salty and with some greens (broccoli or asparagus), makes a perfect meal. Heat your oven to 180°C (350F). Choose a container that goes in the oven and has a lid. Combine 260g of long grain rice with 2 tablespoons of finely chopped onions , 2 tablespoons of soya sauce , 700mL of boiling chicken bouillon (you can make it with dried powder, of course: just make sure you dissolve it completely in the hot water). Cover and put it in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 15 minutes, or until the liquid has disappeared.

Every time we make this recipe and rewarm it at work, we have to share a bite with our friends because it smells C good. Well, it tastes amazing too! This recipe (as well as many other wonderful recipes) comes from the cookbook of my stepmom's cookbook. We discovered one of the times we went back to Québec and we fell in love with it. Of course, there is maple syrup involved: how do you think I was going through 1 gallon (yes, 4 L) of maple syrup a year!?!?! If you can't find it, use honey or pancake syrup (but it won't taste the same... ;) The recipe is good for 4 people. Mix together: - 80ml of maple syrup - 2tbsp of soy sauce - 2tbsp of ketchup - 1tbsp of strong mustard - 1tbsp of orange juice - 1tsp of curry powder - 1tsp of grounded coriander - 2 cloves of pressed garlic (or half a teaspoon of garlic powder) - 1tsp of Worcestershire sauce Put in a big watertight freezer bag and add a pork filé (500-600g) Let the pork marinate for at least a couple of h...

This is an all time favorite. I have made this cake many, many times and it was always appreciated. Also, one can easily replace the flour with gluten free flour and it will be just as good! This recipe is actually a family recipe. I remember the first time I tasted it, I was 8 or 9, my step mom made if for either my birthday or my sister's birthday. That time, she had some plastic figurines on top. She made this every year and was always putting money (coins) in the cake: she knew where she put the bigger coins and always manage that the "birthday girl" would have the coin with the most value in her piece of cake... Bref, a good cake: a perfect cake!  Initially, the cake is meant to be prepared in a torus/donut form but I also prepared it in a regular spring form, cut it and iced in between the 2 pieces. For André's dissertation, I prepared it in a 38cm x 34cm pan. It was not extremely thick, so you might want to prepare it in a smaller pan, but then you will have ...

Last week was André's thesis defence. It (of course!) went very well and we celebrated afterwards by cooking for 45 people. Of course, we bought waaaaaay to much food and now we eat "Sauerkraut" every other day, but who cares! It happened, and it went well. I was on desert duty, I made 2 different things, one of which is this one that I found on the internet. I was looking for a brownie recipe, that I found here , and I also use this icing recipe . The original recipe for the brownies is calling for a 9in x 9in form. Since it was "cake central", I triple the recipe and put it in a form that was 38cm x 34cm, which is more or less 2.5 times the surface. I have to say that the brownie was maybe not as thick as I would have liked. I think one could put the following the recipe in a 9in x 9in (25cm x 25cm) form and it would be perfect. Keep in mind that it will be very sweet so you will want to cut the pieces small! I also modified the recipe so the sugar in the ba...