Quick and easy lemongrass chicken banh mi sandwiches with plenty of pickled carrots, cucumbers and chilies! A banh mi is Vietnamese sandwich typically made in a Vietnamese style baguette with meat, pickled vegetables, chilies, cilantro, mayo and pâté; I am a huge fan of banh mi and I enjoy making my own! You can make…
Lemongrass Grilled Chicken
A quick, easy and tasty Vietnamese style lemongrass marinated chicken, grilled to perfection. Vietnamese style lemongrass chicken is a favourite, especially when grilled to perfection! The chicken is marinated in a simple and yet tasty mixture highlighting lemongrass along with turmeric, cumin, coriander, garlic, ginger, onion, lime, chilies, coconut sugar and fish sauce. You can…
Reina Pepiada Arepa (Chicken and Avocado Sandwich)
Reina pepiada arepa, aka Venezuelan chicken and avocado sandwiches where crispy, light and fluffy cornmeal buns are stuffed with a tasty avocado chicken salad! Arepas are buns (or cakes) made from a dough consisting of pre-cooked white cornmeal and water that is formed into patties and grilled, baked, fried, boiled or steamed. They are great…
Chimichurri Grilled Steak
A quick and easy marinated flank steak that is perfectly grilled, sliced thinly and served topped with a tasty chimichurri! I am a huge fan of summer grilling and grilled steaks are the best! There is just something that is so magical about cooking outside, with fire, not to mention the smokiness that infuses everything…
Featured Recipes
Grilled Meat on a Stick
The best recipes for grilled meat on a stick! Summer grilling at it’s best! Seasoned/marinated and skewered up beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, kebab/kebob that’s grilled to perfection! There’s nothing quite like grilled meat on a stick in the summer! I guess it’s the being on a stick part that gets me, it reminds me of…
Zucchini Recipes
A collection of the best zucchini and summer squash recipes that are easy to make! Zucchini, aka courgette, a summer squash, has to be one of my favourite summer vegetables (technically a fruit) and that’s good because when you grow it you get a ton of it! Although it’s nice and easy to steam or…
30 Summer Salads
The best salad recipes for summer! Quick and easy salad recipe ideas for cool and refreshing salads that are great for sides or a light meal! We’re in the middle of summer right now and summer is definitely the salad season! Salads are amazingly versatile in that they can contain so many different things from…
Summer Recipes
The best recipes for summer! Quick and easy recipes to enjoy summer produce, outdoor eating and recipes to help you keep cool! Summer is here and I have thinking about all of my favourite summer recipes! Summer has to be the best time of the year as it’s just packed full of fresh produce and…
Get Your Grill On!
The best grilling recipes of all time! Sizzling hot and tasty recipes for the grill that are quick and super easy to make! It’s officially Summer and that means that grilling season is here! (Well, for those of us that were not willing to bundle up, get out and fire up the grill all winter…
Low-carb Recipes
The best low-carb recipes on Closet Cooking! Everything from, light and healthy to quick and easy with breakfasts, snacks, dinners, sides, etc. Update (Jan 13 2018): The beginning of the year is the perfect time to update this collection of Low-carb recipes with all of the amazing new ones since it was originally published a…
