A rustic Italian classic, this Chicken Cacciatore is rich, hearty, and full of flavour. Tender chicken is simmered in a savoury tomato and herb sauce with pancetta, making it perfect for an easy weeknight dinner or satisfying leftovers.
Category: One-dish meal
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Flambéed shrimp with homemade fettuccine in lemon sauce
Fresh pasta is well worth the effort, and the process is not that difficult—especially if you have a KitchenAid pasta attachment or similar equipment. Making it all by hand is equally soulful, if not more so. This dish uses a David Rocco recipe, a Canadian chef with Italian roots who has fed and entertained us…
Easy ham, cheese, and egg casserole
Looking for an easy dish to serve for breakfast or brunch? Heck, you can also make this casserole for dinner or on Christmas Day for Santa’s Breakfast. The beauty about this recipe is you can prep it the night before so its ready to pop in the oven the next morning. Leaving you extra time…
Layered Ground Beef Cheesy Pie with Rice Paper
A comforting layered pie with spiced ground beef, tender potatoes, creamy sour cream, and crispy rice paper—perfect for family dinners.
Hearty Cold-Weather Cabbage Rolls
We woke up one morning to an instant winter wonderland, although technically it’s still fall. With a chill in the air, it was the perfect weather to heat up the kitchen with a hearty meal. Years ago when we still lived in Aachen I bought a meal of cabbage rolls from a local deli and…
Oma Marion’s Chicken Sloppy Joes on Croissants
Sloppy Joes is a popular American dish, traditionally made with ground beef. This version of Sloopy Joes is made with chicken, turkey, or duck, and was handed down by Ralph’s mother Marion. It’s simple yet bursting with comfort-food flavour—a perfect weeknight dinner and a great way to use up leftover roast chicken or turkey and…
Willi con Carne (Wiener Stew)
A kid-friendly comfort stew, quick and easy to prepare for lunch or dinner.
Grilled Chicken Quesadillas with Papaya (or Peaches)
My brother is the inspiration behind this recipe, who made us grilled chicken quesadillas with papaya many, many years ago. We are not big fans of combining fruit with dinner entrees, but the sweetness of the papaya goes brilliantly with the charred chicken and peppers! We couldn’t find papaya at our market, but as it’s…
Tomato Auflauf on the BBQ
There is a lady at our local farmer’s market who sells these colourful heirloom tomatoes that she grows herself. Ralph saw a similar recipe in our Italian Cooking Encyclopedia for plum tomatoes using other herbs and modified it for this tomato Auflauf (casserole) recipe. We make it regularly during the summer and early fall. Ralph…