
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
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Welcome to my Canadian recipe blog. I am dedicating this blog to Carl Busby, my husband, my friend, my sous chef...you are missed.
To all my foody friends, both Canadian and International, who share my passion and love for cooking delicious, nutritious, and easy meals.
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
4M ago
1 large onion & oil
1 butternut squash roasted first - don't bother to peel because in the end it all purees beautifully
9 carrots pealed and chopped
slivers of fresh ginger ( to be removed before pureeing)
8 cups of chicken or veg stock or water (if using water I add 2 tbsp.+ of "Better than Bouillion" beef base.
1 large potato - cut up into chucks (this is an added thickening for this soup
3/4 cup of basmati rice
Salt & pepper to taste.
Method:
oil to a large soup pot.
Add diced onion - any size or shape will do.
Add 2 tsp. ginger powder
Add fresh ginger - keep these slic ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
4M ago
I cannot take full credit for these recipes as the originals are my Mom's recipes that she has used ever since coming to Canada as a war bride. I have tweaked the recipes slightly but the essence remains the same. Thank you Eileen Little for these. To go to my original pumpkin pie YouTube video please click here.
Pastry for Pumpkin Pies
Ingredients : full recipe (can be cut in half if it is too much pastry at one time)
1 Lb. vegetable shortening - cold
5 Cups all- purpose Flour
1 Tsp. Baking powder
2 Tsp. Salt
1&nbs ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
8M ago
My friend Susan really wants me to post this recipe...it is a winner for sure and so easy. So here it is. Enjoy!
Serves 6-8
1 large baking dish - spray baking dish with non stick spray
1 block cream cheese - any kind
cherry tomatoes - 2 small baskets - washed and left whole
1/2 red onion - sliced thin
herbs & spices of choice ( I use salt and pepper, fresh thyme if available, Italian seasoning, garlic)
olive oil - 1/2 cup
whole garlic bulb
1 cup chicken or vegetable broth.
pasta of choice - 3/4 lb. around 300G. - boil ahead to 3/4 done, drain and set aside. I have used bowtie ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
11M ago
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tsp. cinnamon
dash of nutmeg (1/16 of a teaspoon)
1/2 cup milk (almond milk works well too )
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup veg. oil
1 1/2 cups cooked mashed potatoes
1 apple crated
Bake or steam sweet potatoes first. Peel when cooled and then mash the sweet potatoes.
Grate one apple (no need to peel).
Add dry ingredients into a bowl. Stir well.
In a separate bowl add all the wet ingredients including the mashed sweet potatoes and grated apple. Stir well until well combined.
A ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
1y ago
Bake at 375 for 35- 45 minutes
1 cup cake flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ginger
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups egg whites
1 tsp vanilla
1 1⁄2 cups sugar divided
2 tsp orange peel grated fine
Sift together 3⁄4 cup sugar with flour, cream of tartar, cinnamon, ginger and allspice
Beat whites until frothy, Beat until light and opaque. Slowly add 3⁄4 cup sugar, add vanilla and orange peel and beat until very light Gently fold flour mixture into egg whites in 3 additions. Careful to not overfold (don’t want to deflate the egg whites)
Delicately spoon mixture into ungreased 10” tube ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
2y ago
Aunty Angie (Auntie Baba as wee Eileen calls her) is one of the best cooks around and this is an adaptation from her cook book she compiled and gave to members of the family. Her cook book is safe in Vancouver but because I am in Calgary I am doing my best to remember how her recipe goes. Thanks Auntie Angie for the best recipes ever! Lots of love!
3 tbsp. olive oil
All vegetables are always rinsed, peeled and diced before using.
2 small onions - diced
4 stocks celery - diced
2 carrots - peeled and diced
3 Yukon gold potatoes - not peeled and diced
8 cups fresh beets pee ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
2y ago
Derek's Christmas morning pancakes
2 lemons
2 cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 eggs
3 tbsp. melted butter
2 cups fresh blueberries - wash and set aside as these go on top of the pancakes on the griddle.
Zest lemon into a bowl and add the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix well
Add all the wet ingredients to another bowl including the juice of 2 lemons. Beat well.
Add wet ingredients to the dry and mix well. Set aside while the griddle or pan is heating up.
Ladle 1/4 cup of the batter onto the hot griddle for each pa ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
2y ago
This is a winner recipe to serve when you have a crowd. Easy to make and very easy to serve Thanks to the 'Best of Bridge'
20 frozen dough rolls
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vanilla instant pudding
2-3 tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 - 1/2 melted butter
options: raisins, pecans, apple chunks
Grease a 10" bundt pan and add the frozen bread rolls.
Sprinkle with brown sugar, pudding, cinnamon.
Pour melted butter over all.
Cover with a clean damp cloth and leave on the counter to proof at room temperature.
In the morning, pre4heat the oven to 350° and bake for 25 mintues.
Let sit for 5 minu ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
2y ago
serves 6 for breakfast
left over bread of any kind
10 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 tbsp. vanilla
1-2 tbsp. cinnamon (our family loves cinnamon so I tend to use the 2 tbsp.)
1/4 cup maple syrup
Grease a 8 X 13 glass baking dish and line the bottom with the leftover bread that has been sliced.
Beat eggs, milk, vanilla, and syrup well.
Sprinkle cinnamon onto bread first and then pour egg mixture on top of the bread.
Cover well and hold in fridge overnight. In the morning remove from the fridge and let stand on the counter for 1/2 an hour.
Bake at 375° for 30 minutes until the eggs are not run ..read more
Cooking Uncovered with Chef Miriam
2y ago
Today I am baking with a treasure that Aunty Andrea found on the top shelf of her downstairs cold room. Anne Borys (Baba), my kids grandma, kept her original 'Sunbeam Mixmaster' in mint condition and I have the pleasure of using it today to mix up a batch of these cookies for Aunty Angie who is recovering in the University hospital.
Baba's Sunbeam Mixmaster
Yield: 80 small cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. butter (1 cup) - room temperature (I use salted or non salted, which ever one I have in the house at the time)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar  ..read more