Beef Squares

This is one of my favourites. But I'm not the only one - this is one meal that I very rarely have leftovers.

Sauté approx 1 lb of beef and put in a bowl.

In the same pan sauté 1 chopped onion, 2 cloves of garlic (minced) in 1 tbsp of oil. Once the onion is transparent, return the meat and add 1 cup of water, 4 tbsp of lemon (I like to add a little more than this, but it's up to you), 1/2 tsp each of allspice, nutmeg and pepper.

Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 min.

After, cool in a bowl, add egg yolk and 1/4 cup of parsley.

Place beef mix on spring roll wrapper. Whisk the egg white and use it to brush the edges of the spring roll wrapper. Fry in oil until light brown. Serve with lemon.

Pork Chops

I made pork chops for dinner tonight. It was really easy, I just threw it together!

Heat your pan ( cast iron works for me) on med- high heat ( closer to high). Add oil once the pan is hot, not before. Gently lay chops in the oil with tongs. Careful! It will splatter! Cook until it 'unsticks' itself from the pan ( the edges will curl a bit) and then flip.

Oh, season the meat how you like... I just used sea salt and pepper.

Once both sides are done, remove chops and pour in some wine. Once it stops bubbling and has evaporated some, throw in some butter to make some sauce in the bottom of the pan. Add the chops back for approx a minute on each side.

Through the process, try to cook the meat the least amount possible so it doesn't dry out.

Salsa Chicken

This is my husband's favourite meal. It helps that it's so easy to throw together. I got this recipe from an amazing book I got for Christmas called "Dinner Survival".

Heat a frying pan on med- high heat and brown 1/2 cup pine nuts (or I use almonds). Set aside.

In same pan heat 1 tsp of olive oil and brown approx 1 1/2 lbs. of chicken cut into pieces.

Add 1 tbsp fresh garlic to the pan.

Add 1 3/4 cups salsa, 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 2 tbsp honey, 2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp cinnamon. Mix into chicken and then reduce heat and simmer for 30 min.

Before serving, sprinkle pine nuts (almonds) over chicken.