INGREDIENTS
1 package chicken thighs, boneless skinless
4 cardamom seeds
2 tbsp fresh garlic
4 tbsp fresh ginger
1 tbsp sesame oil
cracked black pepper and salt
4 tbsp curry powder
1/2 tbsp dried basil
1 white onion, chopped
1/4 green cabbage, chopped
2 stems of celery, chopped
2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
1 white potato, roughly chopped
1 cup mushrooms, sliced in half
1/2 tin coconut water, with pulp
1 container chick broth
Corn flour + water, for thickening
DIRECTIONS
Preheat pot at medium heat until water beads.
Mix chicken thighs with cardamom seeds, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, cracked black pepper and salt. Put the chicken into the pot without oil, searing on one side for 8-10 minutes with the lid ajar.
Flip the chicken after 10 minutes, keeping pot on medium heat. After flipping chicken, add in the curry powder, dried basil, and then the vegetables, excluding the mushrooms. Put the lid on, wait for moisture to come out of the vent as vegetables will start to sweat. Mix together.
Add coconut water and cover the mix with chicken broth. Once bubbling rapidly, add mushrooms and allow to cook for 10 minutes on medium high heat with the lid ajar.
After another 10 minutes, add corn flour slurry to thicken.
Pull up heat a bit and cook for 12-15 mins.
Readjust seasonings if necessary.
– Chef Warren at chefwarren.ca
Delicious and nutritious homemade meat sauce, all made in Kitchen Charm™ cookware!
INGREDIENTS
1/2 white onion, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
2 cloves fresh garlic
few sprigs of fresh thyme
1.5 lbs extra lean ground beef
1 tsp dry oregano
1 tsp dry basil
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tbsp tomato paste (heaping)
1 tin crushed tomatoes
1 tin diced tomatoes
1 tin black beans, drained and rinsed
2 bay leaves
DIRECTIONS
In the 8″ skillet, turn the heat to low and sweat the chopped onion, carrot and garlic together by adding the lid and stirring every so often- the moisture from the onions create steam to hydrate the skillet so nothing sticks. Add the thyme and stir again.
After a few minutes, add the ground beef and turn the heat up to medium. Stir every so often and then press meat down, put lid on and let cook for 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir.
Add spices (oregano, basil, chili powder) and tomato paste. Stir again.
Add tin of crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and tin of black beans plus a couple of bay leaves. Stir.
Put lid on and cook until whistle goes off. Keep lid ajar to avoid splattering and turn heat down or turn off stove until ready to eat.
– Chef Warren at chefwarren.ca
The weather is getting consistently warmer, and in Canada, this means one important
thing – the start of BBQ season. Now all you really need to have a great barbecue is good weather, good people and good food. That being said, here are some of Kitchen Charm’s favourite food and drink ideas to make your next barbecue the best one yet! 
Good Protein
Whatever you choose to throw on the grill for the day, whether it be hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, ribs or any vegetarian options, just make sure to choose good quality products! The “good stuff” is what smells great on the barbecue and gets everyone’s appetites ready! Try making hamburger patties from scratch, and use these tips HERE.
Good Sides
Any BBQ is not complete with a few good side dishes! Think salads (pasta salad, potato salad, or the healthy kind – lettuce salad), rice dishes, french fries, etc. Whatever your guests’ hearts desire!
Good Snacks
Snacks are probably the easiest and most fun part of the BBQ to prepare! Chips of any variety, nachos and guacamole are just some of our favourites! A bag of Nacho chips with a bowl of salsa can go A LONG way for a group of your guests!
Good Drinks
After all that strenuous eating, there needs to be something cold and refreshing (and non-alcoholic!) to wash down all the delicious food! Try making some homemade lemonade and adding fresh raspberries for a cool twist, or brew some homemade black iced tea with lemon! Even adding mint leaves to a large jug of water can be a ultra sophisticated.
Check out more fun drink ideas on our Pinterest!
Ingredients
1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
Zest and juice of ½ lemon
1 tsp chopped ginger
3 tbl brown sugar
2 tbl unsalted butter
1 can pineapple rings
Maraschino cherries
1 large egg
Directions
Take the ginger, lemon zest and a couple TBL of the pineapple juice. Microwave it for 30 sec.
In a bowl mix cake mix, egg, ginger lemon mixture and pineapple juice from the can of pineapple rings. Mix them together to give it the consistency of a thick pancake batter.
In the Kitchen Charm 8” skillet melt the butter at a med low heat, sprinkle the sugar eavenly around.
Add the pineapple rings, put a maraschino cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring.
Add cake mixture, cover with redo vent open. Wait for steam to come out of the vent. It doesn’t have to whistle. Aprox 12 min. sometimes the cake may rise enough and block the vent. You should not need to cook more than 15min.
After the steam has started to come out of the vent, or after the time, take the pot of the burner if you are cooking on electric turn the stove off. Try to not open the lid to look this will release the heat inside the pan and the cake may not finish cooking. Let sit for ten minutes with the vent closed.
Take the lid off, run a knife around the side of the pot and invert onto a plate.
If you would like to make a quick caramel sauce, turn the pan on to a med heat add 1 cup heavy cream reduce till nice consistency. Aprox 3-5 min. the sugar and bits will mix the reduction to make a nice cream to pour over the slice of cake.
With the start of the nice weather, Kitchen Charm has been all over Pinterest this week looking at the most beautiful bouquets! Here are our top 10…
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Photo Credit : Stay Forever Photography, on WeddingChicks.com
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Photo Credit: YourFashionStyle.net
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Photo Credit: RuffledBlog.com
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Photo Credit: Elizabeth Stuenzi
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Photo Credit: Arisha Abdullah
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Photo Credit: ThatsLove01.Blogspot.com
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Photo Credit: ColinCowieWeddings.com
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Photo Credit: ColinCowieWeddings.com
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Photo Credit: Karman Lee Photography on ColinCowieWeddings.com
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Photo Credit: GreyLikesWeddings.com
