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Easy Bearnaise sauce, how to prepare it, refrigerate, reheat and even freeze it!

Bearnaise sauce is exquisite with grilled beef or chicken as well as Quebec Chinese fondue.

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Easy Hollandaise sauce, how to prepare it, refrigerate, reheat and even freeze it!

Queen of the sauces, how to prepare it, refrigerate, reheat and even freeze it!

Fresh organic garden salad with creamy ranch dressing

Cooking with buttermilk

Buttermilk is one of my favorite ingredients. I love it’s pleasant buttery taste and the slight acidity it gives to baked goods and salad dressings.

Main Dishes

Beef Meatballs and Vegetables Stew

It’s the perfect dish for days of heavy chores and teleworkers.

Instant Pot Asian Shrimp and Rice Noodle Soup

This savory Asian Soup is ready in less than on hour.

Tomato Zucchini Casserole

This is a colourful casserole and it is very simple to prepare. Is is also delicious when reheated.

Instant Pot

Cooking Lobster in Instant Pot

Cooking lobster in the Instant Pot is quick and as tasty as when it is boiled.

Instant Pot Carbonara Pasta

This Spaghetti Carbonara dish is quick to prepare with few ingredients and only one pan to clean!

Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

This classic of French cuisine can be made ahead and reheated just before serving.

Desserts

Chocolate Cream Cheese Bars

Here is a pastry to serve for the Holidays or to offer as a host gift. You can bake them 4 to 5 days before Christmas.

Frozen Wild Strawberries

These little strawberries are delicious on toast or drizzled with cream.

Chocolate Poke Cake

This chocolate poke cake is topped with a chocolate sauce that permeates the cake and forms a creamy frosting at the same time.

Foods

Cooking with cranberry

What a beautiful sight to see the thousands of cranberries floating on the fields filled with water ready to harvest.

Italian Tuna White Beans Salad

This Italian classic can be prepared in no time with a can of tuna and a can of white beans.

Handy

Cooking temperatures guide

It is since I placed my digital instant thermometer in clear view close to my stove (chefs keep it permanently

Ingredients volume-weight chart

This is a volume-weitght chart I worked on for many years. It will be handy as a reference to add

Tableau équivalence volume-poids pour pâtisserie

Ingredients weights chart for pastry

This weights charts for pastry is handy and fast to consult to prepare desserts and pastries. [table id=14/]

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The holidays are a good time to cook the typical dishes of families. If you've lost Grandma's roll cake recipe for the yule log or you're not sure how to prepare baked beans, "Les grands classiques de la cuisine d’ici", recently published by Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur, come to your rescue.

Traditional Quebec Cooking: a treasure of heirloom recipes: "Simple,warming dishes collected from trusted family cooks are clearly written"

This next book, Micheline Mongrain-Dontigny will dedicate it to the kitchen of the Mauricie. The author will spend the next few months travelling the road of this region in search of traditional recipes.

By publishing "La Cuisine Traditionnelle de Charlevoix", Micheline Mongrain-Dontigny believes she has touched a lead that will interest cooks in search of unique dishes to simmer.