https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/categories/cooking/Recent content in Cooking on The Half-Assed HobbyistHugoen-CAAndrea GaudetTue, 28 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/coconut-coriander-stew/Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/coconut-coriander-stew/There is something about stew that, no matter the time of year, is really terribly comforting. I know that it’s summer, and hot out, and the last thing anyone wants to think about…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/lazy-thai-pizza/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/lazy-thai-pizza/Every week, mostly, I follow a meal plan. Simply put, it’s a list of what meals I want to make that week. It’s a pretty simple idea but it helps save money and cut down on food…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/adventure-in-spiceland/Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/adventure-in-spiceland/One of my ‘New Year To Dos’ last year was to make three different meals that I’ve never made before from different cultures around the world. Since it didn’t happen last year…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/spring-hasnt-rolled-by-yet/Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/spring-hasnt-rolled-by-yet/(Ok. Here goes the Second time I’ve written this post, because Safari sucks balls.) When I started writing this post a sense of déja vu came over me. I was pretty sure that…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/friedchicken/Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/friedchicken/Fall is the best season for cooking, in my opinion. When it gets cold and gross outside all I want is a warm hearty dinner. This usually means I whip out the slowcooker and get…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/applesauce2015/Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/applesauce2015/After three pies and 2 batches of apple butter I still had about 15lbs of apples left. Yah. Next time I won’t pick so many…. (But it could be argued that it worked out for the…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/apples-apples-everywhere/Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/apples-apples-everywhere/Since my lovely trip to the apple orchard, I had 40 pounds of apples to deal with. There were literally apples Everywhere. When I worked for the test kitchen in Alberta, one of my…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/breakfasting/Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/breakfasting/I love breakfast. Oatmeal, eggs, waffles, cold cuts, toast and jam, all yummy things that when made for dinner give that grin worthy I’m doing it so wrong it’s right again…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/myfavouriteholiday/Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/myfavouriteholiday/Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. A giant roasted turkey; bread stuffing poultry spiced out the wa zoo; a hot mashed potato and gravy volcanos; pumpkin pie with a literal…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/marketsofmushrooms/Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/marketsofmushrooms/Settling into the kitchen now. I went to the weekday market (held on Thursdays) and bought all the things! (And for cheap, double score!) There were these radishes that were…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/porkrouladenfriends/Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/porkrouladenfriends/It’s been a while since a dinner party has been had but this past May we had an epicly meat filled one. It started with an idea. Stuffing. So, with the help of my Co Dinner…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/homemadechinese/Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/homemadechinese/Every now and then I crave good old fashioned “Chinese” food (more like North American Chinese than Real Chinese, but hey!). But every time we order it, we order way to much, and…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/winestew/Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/winestew/The BF and I are going on a food adventure this year. It started with making homemade Massaman curry (thai beef stew) and then a cousin’s BF gave us the low down on making Ginger…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/springrollin/Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/springrollin/Spring has sprung, or so to speak. Edmonton just got a healthy dusting of snow on March 20th, the supposed first day of spring Mother Nature is laughing her ass off at the irony…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/my-german-roots/Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/my-german-roots/As previously mentioned, I have had much more experience cooking German fare than French. Rouladen and red cabbage are two foods that my Oma used to make when I was a little kid…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/adventuretocalzoneland/Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/adventuretocalzoneland/Pizza is one of those dinners that I enjoy immensely, especially if it’s homemade. Yeasty dough, fresh sautéed veg, more pizza sauce than strictly necessary and real cheese. I’ve…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/twistedtradition/Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/twistedtradition/I don’t often make family heritage inspired dinners. My Father’s side of the family is from Germany and I’ve been able to make goose for Christmas dinner and rouladen, but I’ve…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/cookingaged11andup/Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/cookingaged11andup/I started cooking for a family of four when I was a kid. This is probably the reason why I love cooking so much. From a young age I got to basically do as I pleased when it came…