Family Dinner Favourites
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Beef Stroganoff
Sometimes a dish becomes a family favourite because I happened to stumble on the ingredients while looking for inspiration and an old classic is brought to mind. This is what happened with Beef Stroganoff. I used to go to a morning yoga class near an M&S Food Hall. If I hadn’t already bought stuff for
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Spaghetti Showdown
This post is inspired by our summer holidays in Montenegro. In Sv. Stepan we go to a little ‘caffe’ each year – we love their family kitchen vibe, and Masha and I always have the local seafood platter for two. Like many tourist spots, they also have a variety of Mediterranean favourites, i.e. pizzas, salads,
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‘Dippin’ Strips and Caesar
This family favourite is inspired by one of my student days lunches: White Spot’s ‘Dippin’ Strips and Caeser’ bought at the Triple O’s concession in SFU’s quadrangle. I see this is no longer on the menu so I guess it’s now a heritage recipe. Just like the dish itself is ‘inspired’ by White Spot, my
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“Perogie” night
Tonight’s dinner was pierogi ruskie, or “perogies” as we called them growing up. They’re a favourite around here and the musings about ‘not having had perogies in a while’, turned to requests to ‘have perogies soon’, to ‘you’re making perogies right? I just bought some…’ I don’t mind taking requests, and perogies are a hometown