My favorite salads
Spinach and bacon Salad
The creamy salad dressing pairs perfectly with the spinach, bacon and croutons.
Orange, onion and black olives Salad
This Morrocan salad is surprising, refreshing and absolutely delicious.
Mushroom and olives Salad
This salad can be served as an entrée or accompaniment. It can be stored for 5 days in the refrigerator.
Maple Duck Confit Salad
This Maple duck confit salad with rich flavors is ideal for an elegant lunch.
Chicken Couscous Salad
A salad that can be prepared one to two days before serving and it is the perfect salad for the lunch box.
Californian Corn and Avocado Salad
This Corn and Avocado is the perfect side dish for grilled pork and chicken.
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How to smoke trout
Save money and delight yourself by smoking your trouts or those of the supermarket.
Strawberry shortcake
The classic dessert par excellence to prepare during the local strawberry season.
Tonkenese Soup (Pho Bo)
A nutritious and comforting soup that’s easy to make at home.
Tomato Zucchini Casserole
This is a colourful casserole and it is very simple to prepare. Is is also delicious when reheated.
Cooking on the barbecue
Learn how to cook well on the barbecue. This cooking technique is popular to celebrate, cook low-fat dishes and appreciated for the speed of preparation as well.
Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
This classic of French cuisine can be made ahead and reheated just before serving.
Instant Pot Cretons (Quebec pork pâté)
You will love these Cretons spread on your morning toasts or country bread at lunch time.
Instant Pot Barbecue Pork Ribs
Cooking the ribs in the multi cooker produces a very very tender flesh ready to baste with a delicious barbecue sauce before grilling in the oven or on the barbecue.
Instant Pot Carrot Orange Soup
The aroma of orange pleasantly enhances the taste of this soup.
Sugar Shack Meal at home
Celebrate the sugaring season by preparing a Sugar Shack meal with my traditional menu or my menu of current cuisine.
Chocolate Chips Bars
These soft and chewy chocolate chip bars takes 15 minutes to prepare.
Shoofly Pie
This pie is a classic and one of the favorite pie in the Amish Community
Blueberry: History, Cooking and Picking
Picking berries and mushrooms in the wild is one of my passions. I can’t wait for the blueberries to ripen
Zucchini on the Menu
There are so many delicious recipes one can make with fresh zucchini and here I share with pleasure 3 of my favorites zucchini recipes.
Cooking with black garlic
Its taste, very different from fresh garlic, is slightly acidic reminiscent of the flavor of balsamic vinegar with aromas of molasses, mushroom, candied fruit and chocolate.
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
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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2022 Hall of Fame Inductees
“Micheline Mongrain-Dontigny’s cookbooks celebrate traditional and contemporary recipes as they are actually prepared in Quebec today in both home and professional kitchens. We are pleased to recognize her lifetime achievement in culinary writing.”
– Taste Canada Awards
