Our newest obsession has been to experience ‘escape rooms’ – Vancouver has had an explosion of these businesses pop up, each completely different from one another. We’ve probably gone to two dozen of them, and have no plans of slowing down! What does this have to do with okonomiyaki? Absolutely nothing! 🙂 I’ve always loved…
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Roasted Corn on the Cob – Jax style
I came up with this method of cooking corn one summer when we bought over 12 ears of corn and got tired of eating them boiled or on the bbq. You can use any combination of spices or salts, our favourites being Cajun and Roasted Garlic and if you want to keep the salt intake down,…
Mushrooms Roasted Japanese Style
I love mushrooms!! I order this dish at our local Japanese restaurant every time we go there, so when I saw this on a tv cooking show and realized how easy it was I had to make it. We ate it as a side dish to CS’ Blazing Cast Iron Steak and it was soo yummy! All you…
Jax’s Salmon Wellington – A Secret Family Classic
This dish had it’s beginnings in my uncle’s restaurant in the 80s. The place was called Jonathan’s (named after my cousin) and you could find it on Granville Island back in the day. My mom and dad LOVED this dish and we would go there every Sunday to have it for brunch. Since the restaurant closed down we have never found a place that…
Can’t Eat Pasta? Have Spaghetti Squash!
So as most of you know by now, CS has a white flour allergy which has led to some interesting food substitutions. The most significant one I’ve been on a search for is pasta, which I loooove. We’ve tried quinoa spaghetti, brown rice lasagna, 100% whole wheat linguine and, surprisingly, the list goes on….
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