Grilled chicken in an al pastor style pineapple and chili sauce served in tacos with juicy pineapple, fresh onions and cilantro along with a hit of lime! Al pastor is a Mexican pork that is marinated in chilies and pineapple, layered and roasted on a vertical rotisserie similar to shawarma and this recipe takes those...

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Chicken sandwiches in a tasty ranch and BBQ sauce done BLT style with bacon, lettuce and tomato! This sandwich contains some of my favourite ingredients! Bacon, BBQ chicken, cheese, ranch, yum! The chicken is seasoned with ranch seasoning before it’s cooked and BBQ sauce is added and cheddar cheese is melted on top. The chicken...

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All of the flavours of buffalo chicken done cheesesteak style with onions, peppers and cheese! These sandwiches are easy to make and packed with flavour! It’s pretty much a chicken cheesesteak recipe with buffalo hot sauce added. Peppers and onions are seared and set aside before cooking the thinly sliced chicken, which is seasoned with...

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A light and tasty chili with beans, lentils, and quinoa. Beef and bean chili is one of my favourites and this is a lighter take on it with lentils, beans and quinoa. The recipe is one-pot and super easy. It starts out by cooking onions and peppers before adding seasonings. The sauce is built up...

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Juicy slow cooker Italian style beef sandwiches with provolone and a tasty dipping sauce! This is a super simple and tasty slow cooker beef recipe with Italian style flavours, including spicy pepperoncini peppers, that’s perfect in sandwiches with provolone cheese! It’s as easy to make as throwing everything into a slow cooker and turning it...

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A healthy and hearty lentil, chickpea and quinoa soup seasoned with curry flavours. 2026/05/03: This has been one of my all time favourite recipes! I find myself making it all the time and I thought that I would take the opportunity to update it with some new photos! Recently I have been enjoying exploring lentils...

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Mexican style simmered beans with chorizo sausage and bacon! Frijoles charros, aka charro beans, is a super simple dish where dried beans are slowly simmered with bacon, chorizo sausage, chillies, tomatoes and seasonings. The recipe is as easy as soaking beans overnight, cooking bacon, sausage, onions, chilies, garlic, and cumin, adding the beans, broth, and...

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A creamy chicken and rice soup with chipotle chilies, beans, tomatoes, and corn. This is a simple one pan chicken and rice soup with Mexican style flavours and ingredients! The soup starts out with onions and bell peppers before adding garlic, chipotle chili peppers in adobo sauce, cumin and paprika. Broth, beans, tomatoes, chicken, rice,...

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A simple and tasty creamy bean and pasta soup with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach! This is a tasty vegetarian take on pasta e fagioli soup using the tuscan flavours of sun-dried tomatoes, cream and spinach! The recipe starts out with onion, carrot, and celery that are cooked in olive oil before adding garlic, rosemary, and...

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A chicken noodle soup inspired by BBQ chicken pizza! BBQ chicken pizza is one of my favourites and I enjoy using its flavour in other dishes, like in this BBQ chicken noodle soup! This recipe starts out as a pretty simple chicken noodle soup recipe, replacing the celery with bell peppers, and adding BBQ sauce,...

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