Archive for the Tina's Cucina Category
Seven Layer Salad
During a recent potluck, somebody brought a seven layer salad, very imaginatively arranged. I have made seven layer salad before, but never had the wits to arrange the ingredients so artfully. So, I thought I would share the recipe and the different images of how they can look. Here is the easy to make seven [...]
Foolproof Yorkshire Pudding Recipe
This Christmas holiday, we have decided to have yorkshire pudding and prime rib instead of the obligatory annual Turkey dinner. The reason was forwarded by our turkey carver - it takes too much time and effort to dress and carve the turkey. A prime rib roast is just as good and takes less effort.
So, once [...]
Baptist Church Ladies Peanut Butter Squares
It’s Christmas time soon, and our church is having a Christmas Craft and Bake Sale to raise funds for our Youth Mission to South Africa.
So, I used a recipe from my Aunt who used to run the Black Cat Ranch in Hinton, Alberta. She got this recipe from the Canadian Baptist Church Ladies who always [...]
Canadian Yam Salad with Craisins
For Canadians pressed for time, this Yam Salad with Craisins is easily a favorite for three reasons: (1) It is healthy and tasty. (2) It is easy to make, there is very little cooking. (3) You can have many variations which keep the recipe fresh and exciting.
Ingredients list is simple:
- Yam or Sweet Potato
- Green [...]
Dancing Chicken - a beer chicken recipe
(Contribution by PingPong)
It was my parents anniversary and my mother asked me to prepare two beer chickens for the anniversary party. Just a small party for the family, and two beer chickens should do the job.
It is a very easy recipe to cook, and can be done indoors or outdoors. In the summer time when [...]
Magic in the Lemonade
My niece phoned me last week for a recipe of my lemonade. She was planning a summer party for a group of 35 and she wanted my magic lemonade recipe. According to her, there’s something very special about my lemonade, and she’s not quite sure what it was.
The magic in my lemonade is very simple. [...]
Grace Harbour Apple Cobbler
This is a truly Canadian recipe made with hand picked crabapples, plums and berries from an abandoned homestead at Grace Harbour in Desolation Sound Marine Park made to an apple-berry cobbler. Crab apples are sour when eaten fresh, yet when baked, gives a sweet tangy taste. Easy to make, healthy and full of nutrients. Can be served warm with ice cream topping. This recipe was inspired during the summer of 2008 while cruising the BC Inside Passage to Alaska.
Tortang Giniling - Ground Pork Omelette
This is a Canadian-Filipino variation of an omelette. Torta means omelette or pie and Giniling means ground. Tortang Giniling in this case is a pork omelette. A good variation from the usual North American Ham and Cheese omelette and hash browns. If you like eggplant, try the Tortang Talong Giniling (Eggplant and Pork Omelette), another variation using the long Asian eggplant.
Do you have a Favourite Recipe to Share?
Being a country of diversity, Canada’s major cities enjoy the abundance of ethnic restaurants and food choices at very affordable prices. In addition, the supermarkets import and sell dizzying kinds of food products and produce.
A Canadian potluck event always feature interesting recipes from all nations. Do you have a recipe to share? Please email us [...]
