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Cat Can Cook From my Famous Banana Muffin Recipe to Casseroles, Cakes, Salads and everything in between, all of my recipes are guaranteed simple and tasty! So stay a while, take a peek at my cookbook and search for recipes! Browse around, and let me know what you think of my site!

10 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Hot off the Press!

Hot off the Press!

Sales of “The Cat Can Cook Book” have been going very well! Daily, I receive orders and ship my book all over the world! It always excites me to send books to Europe and Australia, and of course I love all of my Canadian and American friends too
Faced with a re-print of the [...]

08 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Chai Spice Cake

Thank you Shelly Fisher for entering this recipe in my Cat Can Cook Recipe Contest in January. It’s her own invention!
Chai Spice Cake

18.25oz devils food cake mix
2/3 c vanilla chai spice coffee creamer
1 chai spice tea bag steeped in 2/3 c boiling water for 3 minutes
1/2 c canola oil
3 lg eggs
2 tsp chinese five spice [...]

03 March 2010 ~ 4 Comments

Creamy Oreo Cookies Cheesecake

Creamy Oreo Cookies Cheesecake

A cheesecake a day keeps the doctor away? Oh, how I wish. If there is any one food I love, this is it! This particular one is remarkably simple to make. Just work slowly and patiently, and you’ll have a perfect masterpiece by the time you’re done, though you likely won’t want to stand around [...]

02 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Curry Beef with Coconut Milk

Curry Beef with Coconut Milk

I really like a good curry, but not a super *hot* one. The great thing about making your own curries, is you control the amount of spice and may also customize them to your liking! This delicious recipe is on today’s dinner menu, and goes great with naan bread and chutney.
1 pound stewing beef, patted [...]

01 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Broth versus Stock

I received this e-mail today, and I thought it was a great question!
“Hey Cat. I’ve been experimenting with making things I would usually buy prepared
- such as pasta sauce, hummus, pesto, etc. – myself at home. Many soup recipes
call for some sort of broth, which I  have been buying in cartons at the store.
But I [...]

01 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Cantonese Rice & Shrimp

Cantonese Rice & Shrimp

A terrific dinner was had in the company of great friends last evening – a beautiful meal catered by Lemongrass Thai Catering of Guelph – simply spectacular food! Tom Yum Soup, Pad Thai, chicken, curry potatoes…Yum!
I was so impressed, that I made a trip to the Asian grocery store today to get some special treats. [...]

28 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Easy Avocado Salad

Easy Avocado Salad

This easy to assemble salad is fresh and absolutely delicious – A simple homemade dressing makes it superb!
Avocado Salad

1/3 cup soya sauce
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp brown sugar
2 limes, juiced
3 avocadoes, peeled, and sliced
1/2 red onion, sliced
salad greens
Assemble salad greens in bowl. Top with avocados and red onions. Mix together soya sauce, vinegar, sugar [...]

25 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Sausage Stuffed Mushroom Caps

Sausage Stuffed Mushroom Caps

I adore mushrooms. I’m not sure why, but they are just one of those foods I cannot get enough of. So, coming up with new ways to cook with them is always lots of fun. I think this is probably about the forth different *type* of stuffed mushrooms I’ve come up with. They are slightly [...]

25 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

BT Appearance February 19th

If you weren’t able to tune into Toronto’s Breakfast Television on Friday, here is the link to the segment on YouTube. Enjoy!

23 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Inside Guelph – February 24th

Inside Guelph – February 24th

Catch me on Rogers Cable 20 “Inside Guelph” tomorrow, February 24th at noon, where I’ll be talking to Trish Stevenson about the fine art of food blogging. It’s kind of funny, I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years now, and this evening, I was asking my husband what type of questions he thinks she’ll [...]