Clementine Tea Loaf - Recipe by Fabulous Faith

I know it's the holiday season when I spot crates of delicious clementines in the grocery store.  Besides being the perfect portable snack, clementines take bake goods to a mouth-watering higher level.

This sweet buttery cake's flavor is enhanced by pungent and slightly acid rich clementine zest and juice.

Clementine Tea Loaf - Recipe by Fabulous Faith

 Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk

1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
Juice of half a ripe clementine
Zest of one clementine (put aside a few strands for the glaze)
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder

Glaze:
Juice of half a ripe clementine
A few strands of clementine zest
1/8 cup water
1/2 cup sugar 


Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease two mini loaf pans
 
In a large bowl, cream sugar, butter & egg until smooth

Add the vanilla, clementine juice, zest, salt and baking powder, whisk until smooth

Pour in the flour in half cup intervals alternating with the milk, stir until combined

Spoon half the batter into each prepared pan and bake for 30 - 45 minutes or until golden brown and doubled in size

Remove the cakes from the oven and set aside

In a small saucepan, combine glaze ingredients and bring to a boil

Continue to boil for 2-3 minutes and then remove from heat

Take a long skewers and poke a bunch of holes into the warm cake

Using a pastry brush, brush the cake with the syrup pushing into the holes

Allow to sit 30 minutes to one hour before serving

Recipe yields 12 generous servings

Recipe - Easy Balsamic Chicken Bake

Balsamic Chicken Bake

Ingredients:

2 large (or 4 small) frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts (I used frozen Italian pre-seasoned)
4 baking potatoes, washed and cut into wedges
4 tbsp. Calorie-Wise Kraft Balsamic
2 tsp. oregano
2 tsp. crushed chilies
2 tbsp. olive oil

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

In a large baking dish arrange the chicken breasts and potato wedges

Combine remaining ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine

Slowly pour over the chicken and potatoes

Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown

Recipe yields 4 generous servings

Check out Fabulous Faith on The Local View

Watch Fabulous Faith chat with the cast of The Local View while preparing her recipe for Gluten-Free Chicken Fettuccine!

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Fabulous Faith at The Gourmet Food & Wine Expo

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Gourmet Food & Wine Expo 2015

This weekend the MCC will be hosting The Gourmet Food & Wine Expo.  Come out and sample over 1,500 wines and spirits from around the globe!

This year Fabulous Faith will be whipping up her brand new gluten-free pasta recipe live on the Gastropost Chef Stage!  Be sure to come check out your favorite Chef in action, of course there will be free samples :)

Check out Fabulous Faith at the 2015 Gourmet Food & Wine Show

Easy Homemade Mac & Cheese Recipe by Fabulous Faith

Easy Homemade Mac & Cheese Recipe by Fabulous Faith

Ingredients:

1 - 450 g. package Cut Macaroni
2 tbsp. Butter
2 tbsp. Flour
Pinch Salt & Cayenne
1 1/2 cups Milk
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

Instructions:

Boil water and cook the macaroni as per package instructions.

In a non-stick pan, melt butter completely.

Sprinkle the flour, salt and cayenne over the butter and whisk until combined and thickened.

Add the milk slowly while continuing to whisk.  

Once the milk is completely combined add the cheese and whisk until smooth and melted. 

Pour the cooked macaroni into the sauce and stir gently until completely coated.

Recipe yields four generous portions.

*Note:

If the sauce is too thick save a little of the water from the pasta and thin it out. The sauce should be the same consistency as tomato sauce.

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Fabulous Faith in Matik Magazine

Check out this article on Fabulous Faith in Matik Magazine!

Lentil Couscous Pilaf - Vegan Recipe by Fabulous Faith

Lentil Couscous Pilaf

Ingredients:

1 cup dried green lentils
1 cup couscous
1 sweet potato
1/2 small onion
2 tbsp olive oil plus drizzle
2 tbsp of fresh chopped parsley, dried cranberries & almonds 
1 tbsp curry powder


Instructions:

Fill your kettle with water and bring to a boil

Pour the lentils into a small saucepan and cover with water, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer the lentils for 10 minutes or until they are fully cooked.

Peel the sweet potato and slice into bite-sized pieces place into a non-stick pan and heat over medium high heat.

Once the pan is hot add the onions and olive oil and toss to coat, leave the onions and sweet potatoes to brown for 2 minutes on each side and then add the curry powder and toss to coat.

Pour the couscous into a small bowl and drizzle with a few drops of olive oil, once the kettle is boiling pour boiling water over the couscous until completely covered and then cover the bowl with a plate and allow to sit for 10 minutes covered.  Once ready fluff gently with a fork.

Once the lentils are cooked drain and combine with the remaining ingredients in the pan with the onions and sweet potatoes, toss gently and serve.

Recipe yields 6 side dish size servings or 3 entree portions.

Wine-on-tap? Don't mind if I do! I tried freshTAP and here's my review

Wine bottles, the gift and the curse. Filled with the magical elixir that has been cherished since basically the beginning of time and yet always issues.  Although we are basically done with the pesky cork, there are still so many to choose from: the tragedy of wasted leftover wine, the storage space required, the yucky alcoholic like smell that lingers in the air and then of course the environmental impact of producing and recycling.

What to do, what to do. Well it’s 2015 and now that we are officially back to the future there is revolutionary news in the wine world.  Ok I’ll get to the point,  freshTAP has created premium wine-on-tap (pause and take a minute to allow your mind to enjoy childish thought’s like laying down and drinking from a magical wine fountain.)

I saw this fountain and drank from it so now obviously I have daily fantasies of kitchen reno’s and returning home after a long day to my own spout of love-juice.  Unfortunately, we live in a world where the powers that be have yet to grant us the gift of luxurious wine fountains at home, although they will soon as I plan on pleading them with the incentive that my creativity will be increased ten-fold there granting me the opportunity to make tons of taxable income for us to mutually enjoy.

So what do we want?  freshTAP!  When do we want it?  Now!  Why?  Because we Canadians want smarter, fresher and friendlier wine!

In the interim, you can try freshTAP right away, there are tons of restaurants with freshTAP systems installed all over the country and delicious food available by me which I can ship to you to enjoy after!

Fabulous Faith at the freshTAP wine tasting

Vegan Warm Couscous Salad recipe by Fabulous Faith