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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

Chicken à la Kiev, step by step

Chicken à la Kiev is prepared with chicken breasts stuffed with butter ( in Russia) or garlic butter ( in

Beef Meatballs and Vegetables Stew

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

Salade de crevettes nordiques aux tomates

Tomato shrimp salad

To learn more about tomatoes, Read: Cooking with tomato When fresh local or my garden tomatoes are in abundance

Instant Pot

Instant Pot Pigs feet and Meatballs Quebec Ragout

Serve this delicious Quebec pork stew with boiled potatoes, beets or lettuce salad.

Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo

A delicious pasta dish prepared in less than 1 hour and only one pot to wash!

Instant Pot Asparagus Frittata

This Frittata is delicious prepared with asparagus or spinach.

Desserts

Quebec cooking: Small cakes Jos Louis Style

Leftover icing can be used for another cake; it can be frozen and brought to room temperature before using. For

Date Squares

These Date Squares have a perfect texture that is not too dry.

Wheat Bran Muffins

Enjoy these bran muffins with a glass of milk or filtered coffee. We also love them to accompany a dish of baked beans.

Foods

How to Cook Asparagus

Asparagus Few vegetables generate as much enthusiasm as asparagus. On a trip to Europe in the spring of 1991, we

Mushrooms Guide, at the market, exotic and wild

By writing this mushroom guide I wish to share with you my experiences and culinary discoveries with several varieties of mushrooms.

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/]

Hi, I'm Micheline

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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.