Simmering nicely
Joel sautes the chicken
On this Easter episode of "Cooking with Andrew & Friends", my best friend Jordan Murray teaches me some baking skills. No-Bake Chocolate Mini Egg Cheesecake. Yum!
The consistency of the cookie crust was suggested to be "lumpy sand"
Whipping the whipping cream!
Add in and mix lots of chocolate mini eggs. Yum
Et voila - the no-bake cheesecake comes out of the spring-form mould
Here's the finished cake. It's pretty and delicious and perfect for Easter. Recipe: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/448882287853603850/
"Cooking with Andrew & Friends" solo edition - tonight Andrew makes a healthy and delicious meal for himself. Caprese Chicken with fresh mozzarella. Start with roasting the tomatoes
Fresh italian-inspired ingredients: chopped basil and fresh mozzarella
30 minutes in the oven at 400degrees and a few extra minutes on boil... roasted tomatoes
Et voila: chicken breast, mozzarella, roasted tomato, balsamic reduction and basil
This episode of "Cooking with Andrew & Friends" is a birthday tribute to my dear friend Rita Mennill Cochrane! The cooking adventure was led by Jordan Murray! Two friends over for dinner - yay!
Jordan led our cooking adventure - "Honey mustard chicken, avocado + bacon salad" (recipe: https://cafedelites.com/honey-mustard-chicken-avocado-bacon-salad/)
That salad is looking so colourful!
Two wonderful friends in my kitchen!
Rita expertly sliced the avocado
Yum!
Honey mustard chicken, avocado + bacon salad
Happy birthday Rita!
On this episode of "Cooking with Andrew & Friends" special guest Emerson and I do dinner and baking!
For dinner - Black Bean and Lentil Vegetable Salad. Mmmm
The recipe is from my new favourite cookbook "Yum & Yummer"
Lots of fresh veggies chopped up
Emerson, from Pride Men's Chorus London
It's our "Pride Rainbow Salad!"
Mix mix mix
Secret ingredient for the dressing - Emerson and his family actually make the maple syrup!
How good does this look?
The world's smallest whisk
Next up, Emerson teaches me how to make maple butter tarts
Preparing the pastry
Preparing the pastry
Preparing the pastry
Forming the tarts
Secret ingredient - Emerson's family's own maple syrup for the butter tart filling
World's best rolling pin
Perfection!
Letting them cool was hard - I wanted to eat them right away!
After watching Emerson's expertise, I decided to try making some of the pastry myself!
That rolling pin, though!
Cooking with Andrew & Friends returns with a special family episode: introducing my cousin Katherine Kriwez as my special guest cooking a delicious pasta dish with chicken and sundried tomato pesto as the sauce
Yummy veggies
Simmering nicely
Everything together: wilted spinach, red pepper, red onion, chicken and sundried tomato pesto.
Until next time... keep eating well :)
On tonight's special Valentines Day episode of "Cooking with Andrew & Friends" our special guest is Joel Slade! Tonight's dish is a simple but delicious chicken and vegetable pasta sauce dish with brown rice noodles.
Prep work
Coming together nicely!
Brown rice spaghetti - perfectly al dente. Note Joel's stiring spoon with the dolphin at the end! Neato!
Sprinkle generously with parmsean. Simple and delicious
Cooking goes better with wine. This medium-bodied red is one of my all-time favourite inexpensive wines: Liccarelli Primitivo.
Sante!
Joel and I enjoyed the meal very much!
“Cooking With Andrew & Friends” family edition: knocked it out of the park with a creamy chicken marsala pasta. Delish!
Cooking with Andrew & Friends episode 3 - this time Andrew takes the lead and teaches Joell from ep. 1 the super-easy recipe for Avocado Pesto Pasta. Into the mixer everything goes... so fresh and tasty!
Presto - it's pesto!
Mix the avocado pesto with the pasta
Garnish with sundried tomatoes and parmesan. A delicious, super easy recipe: http://chefchloe.com/recipes/entrees/avocado-pesto-pasta.html for directions from Chef Chloe
Featured regular guest Katy Boychuk returns for another episode! Today we make a delicious and simple linner (late lunch/early dinner)... here Katy attacks the chicken breast! Coming up: thin crust pizza done two ways, and a caprese salad
Beautiful ripe tomatoes
Basil smells so good!
A simple and delicious treat: two different pizzas and caprese salad
Linner was so good, special guest Peter Fragiskatos joined us! Cheers!
BBQ chicken pizza
Look at the size of the basil!
Fresh mozzarella makes for a delicious margherita pizza!
This was a terrific BBQ sauce Katy picked up in Kelowna - Thirsty Beaver.
BBQ chicken pizza - yum!
Katy has a very nice stove!
Cooking up the chicken for one of the pizzas
Two different pizzas: one margherita and one BBQ chicken.
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Tonight I made dinner for my Wujek (uncle) and Ciocia (aunt... also my fairy godmother)... shrimp with aspargus, and Mexican street corn
Tonight I made dinner for my Wujek (uncle) and Ciocia (aunt... also my fairy godmother)... shrimp with aspargus, and Mexican street corn
Only the best mayonnaise - Polish-style :)
Tonight I made dinner for my Wujek (uncle) and Ciocia (aunt... also my fairy godmother)... shrimp with aspargus, and Mexican street corn
Tonight I made dinner for my Wujek (uncle) and Ciocia (aunt... also my fairy godmother)... shrimp with aspargus, and Mexican street corn
Tonight I made dinner for my Wujek (uncle) and Ciocia (aunt... also my fairy godmother)... shrimp with aspargus, and Mexican street corn
Cooking with my fairy godmother Ciocia Wanda
Mexican Street Corn
This turned out great - Mexican Street Corn
I love asparagus
Shrimp and asparagus
Dinner is served!
Yum. Thanks so much for the fun evening, Anna!
Et voila - Taco Pizza!
Topping the pizzas
Also meanwhile, Anna mixes the cream cheese and sour cream (aka Polish ketchup)
Meanwhile, browning the ground beef and mixing with taco seasoning. Yum
Fresh out of the oven!
The base of the Taco Pizza is crescent roll dough. The recipe said ungreased cookie sheet... we disagree - it stuck to the sheet. Maybe parchment paper or lightly greased next time?
Anna is the best person at chopping lettuce I've ever seen! Perfection
On tonight's episode, special guest Anna Tavener teaches me how to make Taco Pizza. Two great things together (besides Anna and I, that is): taco + pizza = yum! Recipe: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/448882287850845502/
Pumpkin French Toast with Whipped Pumpkin Butter
Et voila - brunch is served
Coating the Texas toast in the French toast batter
Rita expertly dips and cooks the French toast
Et voila - whipped pumpkin butter ready to go
Whipping up the pumpkin butter
Pumpkin puree and maple syrup and butter and spices. Yum!
Preparing the Whipped Pumpkin Butter
Whisking the batter into a perfect consistency. Rita brought homemade pumpkin puree which we used.
First step: preparing the french toast dipping batter
Ingredients all ready to go.
A friend who brings you cooking fuel is a great friend, indeed!
Good morning! On this brunch edition of "Cooking with Andrew & Friends" special guest Rita Mennill Cochrane and I cook up Pumpkin French Toast with Whipped Pumpkin Butter. Recipe: http://pin.it/kAxuJ8Q
Et voila! A perfect summer dessert!
Missing: photos of the BBQ. Oops! Anyway, here's the ideal amount of grilling. Approximately 5-7 minutes on medium heat on the grill... until the peaches are warm and there's a bit of grill marks
Pour some granular sugar (raw/plantation is best) in another bowl and dip each half of the peach in the sugar. The sugar will stick to the oil. Be generous with the sugar.
Pour a small amount of olive oil into a bowl and dip each half of the peach in the oil. The oil is essential for the grilling and to make the sugar in the next step stick.
On this end-of-summer episode, I instruct you how to make the most of those delicious ripe peaches and your BBQ before it gets too cold out! Presenting grilled peaches! Super duper easy. Step 1: cut the peaches in half and remove the stone
A perfect Indian-inspired meal: butter chicken, fruited curried rice and naan bread. Yum!
Then combine the two sauces... mix and ready!
Sauce goes on the chicken and into the oven the chicken goes
Mixing the other part of the butter chicken sauce
Cooking the butter chicken sauce
Cooking the butter chicken sauce
Step 2: preparing the butter chicken.
Et voila - fruited curried rice
Shake shake shake!
Boiling the rice mixture
The rice mix can be stored in jars until ready to cook...
Mixed the rice and dry ingredients together
Step 1: Fruited Curried Rice mix.
Today's cottage-country edition of "Cooking with Andrew and Friends" - we go Indian and make: curried rice and butter chicken!
Dinner is served!
Nothing says summer like corn on the cob
Dinner view - is this gorgeous or what? Overlooking Christian Island on Nottawasaga Bay
Wujek Pierre grills up delicious sausages
Et voila - delicious, summer Avocado Pasta Salad
Mix mix mix
Add the delicious, fresh dressing
Add the pasta and mix mix mix
Salad ingredients all mix together - a perfect summer salad
Love this retro General Electric blender!
Ciocia Wanda blends the avocado-lime-cilantro-cumin dressing
Made this recipe before, but it's a keeper: "Avocado Pasta Salad" - link: http://pin.it/dAEMEoO
Cool cool - boiling water with induction!
"Cooking with Andrew & Friends" is in the most beautiful kitchen it's ever been in tonight! Just wow!
#cottagetime cooking team - me and my fairy godmother Ciocia Wanda
Top with dried coconut and crushed peanuts. Here's the recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/thai-coconut-chicken-509298
Dinner is served!
Almost ready!
In goes the coconut milk
Adding the fresh veggies
Yum!
Katy taught me how to buterfly the chicken
We couldn't find "Thai seasoning" - so Katy concocted her own special blend! It worked out very well
On today's episode, special guest Katy Boychuk and I cook up Thai Coconut Chicken. First stop: groceries - so much more fun to shop with a friend!
Katy taught me how to pick the juciest lemons and limes
