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Tilapia en Papillote – Fast, light, flavorful fish dish

Tilapia en Papillote – Fast, light, flavorful fish dish

Papillote is a french word that means “wrapped in”, here, the fish is wrapped in foil. You can add a lot of things, along with the fish, to enhance the flavors. I personally love to wrap it with onions, tomatoes and parsley. The options are endless! Basically, because the fish is totally sealed in foil, it will cook by steam from its own juice that are trapped in the sealed foil. So you virtually need no fat at all to cook it, it just won’t stick, and will still be extra tender. Continue reading »

The cabbage soup diet: the wrap up!

The cabbage soup diet: the wrap up!

SO? Well, I’m happy, I fit in my skinnies again! That’s just what I wanted! Plus forcing myself into eating so much veggies really helped me rediscover how good and simple it can be. I am ready to re-introduce more fresh food in my diet. Also ready all together to eat healthier. I did a run to the natural store this week-end and stocked up on healthy snacks, so no reason to cave again! Continue reading »

The cabbage soup diet, 3 days in!

The cabbage soup diet, 3 days in!

Not sure if it is actually true, but some say surgeons used to give this diet to patient before heart surgery, because it is supposed to unclog your system from bad fats and all that stuff. Honestly, the whole month of December, all the way until yesterday morning (had my work holiday party last night, and had way too much to drink, so perfect timing to clean up the alcohol too remaining in my system), I have made no concessions!!! Continue reading »

Tomato Gazpacho, get that summer in a soup!!!

Tomato Gazpacho, get that summer in a soup!!!

Let’s enjoy those wonderful products of summer, like fresh ripped tomatoes! if you are one of those lucky ones and have had so many tomatoes in your garden, that you just don’t know what to do with them (and I envy you, I had NOTHING growing this year …), this is the perfect recipe for using them all! Continue reading »

Hibiscus Tea, or Agua de Jamaica

Hibiscus Tea, or Agua de Jamaica

Hibiscus Tea, or Agua de Jamaica Well, I am not enjoying those beautiful sunny days… I have been battling a nasty ear infection and therefore I’m stuck at home… Although, when leaving the pharmacy for my antibiotics prescription, I couldn’t resist visiting my favorite speciality food store; Galloway’s. And as usual, starting to browse through … Continue reading »

Slow cooker cilantro lime chicken

Slow cooker cilantro lime chicken

This time I would love to share with you guys a recipe that I tried this past week-end, from this great blog I started following: Pip & Ebby. I found their recipe for the slow cooker cilantro lime chicken on Pinterest. I love Pinterest, I created so many boards of food that I want to try! The … Continue reading »