Send us a text In this week’s episode, Erin takes home cooks on a flavourful peek into the Falastin cookbook (by Tamimi and Wigley), highlighting two delicious variations of the popular Middle Eastern dish, shakshuka. Whether you’re new to cooking or an experienced home chef, these recipes are perfect for adding to your cooking repertoire. First, E…

Send us a text This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, Heather is trying something new - Dulce de Manzana is described as a classic Spanish apple paste. It just might be your new favourite addition to happy hour - add it to your tapas spread, brunch table or charcuterie boards. We enjoyed it on a slice of baguette with cheese and prosciutto. It is ser…

Send us a text In this episode of the podcast, we discuss connections between food and mental health with guest Che Burnett, a counsellor with The Calgary Counselling Centre. Some of the things we chat about are: Slowing down and being being mindful when we eat can help reduce the stress and anxiety caused by our hectic busy lives. The dopamine aff…

Send us a text Regular listeners know we love a cooking or baking challenge, and we've been known to bring home something totally new to us to experiment cooking with. On this episode Erin dives into an exploration of cassava root, also known as a yuca. This is a new one for us both, never having cooked with it before. Fair warning, results are mix…

Send us a text Welcome to the 200th episode of Three Kitchens Podcast! In this episode, Heather finds many uses for the abundant harvest from her Romeo Cherry tree. Here's a rundown of recipes we're sharing in this episode: Chocolate Cherry Upside Down Cake - simply toss cherries in a little sugar and cornstarch, layer them in the bottom of the cak…

Send us a text Join us in welcoming our first guest co-host, Megan Gaul from Partake Meal Planning and Wellness! Megan shares with us her mom's delicious Banana Chocolate Chunk Coffee Muffins, but this episode is so much more than a recipe. We chat about where our attitudes about food stem from, and how we can shift our thinking so we can enjoy the…

Send us a text In our final episode of Season 4 of the podcast, we do a quick review of the past season and give a sneak peek into some of our plans for Season 5. Season 4 highlights: 11 months 13 guests 46 episodes at least as many recipes as episodes (some episodes features more than one) Erin chooses pickled peaches and grilled chicken thighs as…

Send us a text Ever wondered how to get that perfect, golden-brown crust and chewy texture on a soft pretzel? The secret lies in using food grade lye. Join us as we explore the process step-by-step, share tips for handling lye safely, and guide you through creating the most delicious pretzels you've ever tasted. A few safety tips for using lye: - B…

Send us a text This week, Erin takes on a recipe for Scotch Eggs using quail eggs. It's a bite-sized version of this classic British pub fare and we are here for it! After soft-boiling, Erin had to carefully peel the tiny quail eggs, which was a job in itself! Then they're wrapped in sausage meat, rolled in bread crumbs and then fried. Rather than …

Send us a text Welcome to another zesty and refreshing episode of Three Kitchens Podcast! This week, we're diving into the sunny flavors of Italy as Heather makes limoncello from scratch and then uses it to make the most delicious lemon tiramisu. Follow along with us as we transform fresh lemons into this classic Italian liqueur. It's so easy and j…

Send us a text Welcome back to Three Kitchens Podcast as we inch closer to the end of Season 4! In this episode we dive into the wonderful world of food trends. Who better to guide us through this delicious journey than Wanda Baker, the Digital Editor & Marketing Communications Manager at Savour Calgary Food Magazine? Savour Calgary is a source of …

Send us a text The star of this eisode is Norwegian brown cheese (Brunost as it is called in Norway). Leftover whey from the cheesemaking process is cooked down until is carmelized and turns this beautiful brown colour. The flavour is hard to describe. It's a bit caramelly, like butterscotch but with the subtle tang of goat cheese. You really have …

Send us a text Yes, you read that title right. Let us explain! This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, Heather tells us about an article she read wherein the author states they prefer chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips. Sounds a little too plain for our tastes. Let's discuss what to add to these cookies as a chocolate chip alternative.…

Send us a text This week's podcast guest is Julia Kraemer from the Leftovers Foundation, a Canadian non-profit on a vital mission to reduce food waste and enhance food access. The foundation rescues perfectly edible food destined for landfills, thereby preventing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering this food to those in need through the work of…

Send us a text In today's delicious Three Kitchens Podcast episode, Erin is rolling up her sleeves and getting her hands floury as she learns to make a sumptuous Fig and Goat Cheese Tart from scratch. As we all know, an open-faced tart is perfect for impressing guests at a dinner party or indulging in a gourmet treat at home. Full disclosure: we'd …

Send us a text This week on the podcast, we're making dinner as easy as possible - and the clean-up, too - with a sheet pan dinner. Sheet pan dinners are one of the easiest ways to cook a meal. Think busy weeknights or feeding a small crowd. By putting veggies and protein on the same pan and roasting it all at once, you're making dinner a breeze. H…

Send us a text This week on the podcast we welcome Andy De Santis, a Registered Dietician specializing in fatty liver disease. If you're not familiar with this health concern, you're not alone, but Andy tells us it is extremely common among adults. And there's no medication to treat it. Thankfully, we can improve our liver health, and avoid or even…

Send us a text This week on the podcast, Erin is taking us along down a rabbit hole called Matrimonial Cake. She found a variety of recipes in an old recipe box that had belonged to her great grandmother. Some of these recipes originated during the great depression early in the 20th century. Depression-era recipes are often modified to suit food ra…

Send us a text This week we're talking about making use of every bit of produce, from potato peels and mushy bananas, to wilted herbs and dairy on the verge of its best-before date. This episode of Three Kitchens Podcast will help you stretch your dollar by suggesting ways of tossing less out into the compost or trash bin and getting more from the …

Send us a text On this episode of Three Kitchens Podcast, Erin is again baking bread. This time it's the Italian sandwich bread, ciabatta. This is her first time trying this recipe and she's got some great tips for you if this is also your first time baking ciabatta. Ciabatta bread was first baked in 1982 by Arnaldo Cavallari in response to a conce…

Send us a text In this Three Kitchens Podcast episode, we take on the fresh artichoke, and the results are, well, you'll see. It may be that the artichokes imported to our corner of the Canadian Prairies are sub-par. Perhaps they're harvested too soon or they're actually old. We're not sure, but we do know that the ones Heather attempted to roast f…

Send us a text Get ready to learn a whole lot from this episode's guest, Debra McLennan from the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission. Pulses are the dry edible seeds of pod plants in the legume family. Pulses include field peas, dry beans, lentils and chickpeas and are high in protein and fibre and low in fat. The Alberta Pulse Growers is an organizat…

Send us a text This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, Erin makes a great soup and sandwich for lunch. This Yellow Dahl Soup has a broth base (she used beef but you could do a veg broth or even just water) and is seasoned with cumin, turmeric, garlic, chilli, ginger and shallots. It's a great budget-friendly soup packed with protein from the lentils a…

Send us a text This episode takes us back to one of our favourite fruits, the mighty lemon. We adore lemons in so many ways, both sweet and savoury. Oleo-Saccharum is a syrup made from lemon peels. This is great if you are making a recipe using lemon juice and then don't quite know what to do with the peels. Here is a solution that keeps the peels …

Send us a text In this episode we’re learning about growing microgreens and herbs in a hydroponic vertical farm. Andrey Salazar and Guillermo Borges from ALLPA Vertical Farms in Calgary, Alberta, share the story of how they became urban farmers. As they explain, it takes a lot of hard work, some trial and error, specialized technical expertise and …

Send us a text We're tackling that most divisive food trend, the jellied salad, on the podcast this week. While we draw the line at anything containing meat products, we do enjoy a pretty fruit or vegetable jell-o mold, and we have a few recipes that may turn those haters into jellied salad lovers. If you're new to making them, it may be helpful to…

Send us a text In this podcast episode we revisit the empanada - a dish we first made a couple of years back. Erin made a filling inspired by an Icelandic lamb soup she loves to make. It made a delicious empanada filling. Even the people in your life who claim to not love lamb will like this, we're sure of it. Not to mention rutabaga. That's in the…

Send us a text This week on the podcast, Heather shares two recipes using low-energy countertop appliances. You don't always need to heat a whole oven to make delicious recipes. First up is a Pork Tenderloin using the Zero Minute Pressure Cooker Method. This cut of meat can be tricky to prepare. It's easy to over-do it and dry it out. This method f…

Send us a text In this Three Kitchens episode, we welcome Sarah Morgan, historian, researcher and recipe tester behind the Cooking with the First Ladies Instagram account. When she happened upon a cookbook of recipes attributed to First Ladies of the United States, Sarah began her journey of learning about the wives of American Presidents through t…

Send us a text This episode of Three Kitchens Podcast came about when Erin decided it was time to figure out how to cook with inside round, outside round and sirloin cuts of beef. These cuts are lean and tender, and there's a real possibility of overcooking these cuts. A Philly cheesesteak sandwich is made from thinly sliced pieces of steak and mel…

Send us a text This Three Kitchens Podcast episode is released the day before Valentine's Day. If you need a last-minute dessert idea, guaranteed to impress your Valentine, or anyone else for that matter, we've got a recipe for you. It's an easy no-bake chocolate tart that also happens to tick a bunch of other boxes - gluten-free, dairy-free, eggle…

Send us a text This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, we welcome our first guest of 2024, Deborah Johnson, author of On Rising: Recipes and Rituals for Joyful Mornings. Deborah realized a life-long dream when she published this gorgeous book full of breakfast and brunch recipes, and guidance for creating a happier more fulfilling life. She includes p…

Send us a text This is a home cooking podcast, hosted by a couple of friends trying out recipes in our own regular home kitchens. We're sharing our experiences with other home cooks and bakers just like us. This week, Erin dives into a Norweigan cook book, North Wild Kitchen, to make sweet buns rolled with two types of sugar - juniper berry and ros…

Send us a text This week on the podcast, Heather takes on a classic French recipe, Coq au Vin, chicken braised in wine. This dish usually includes pearl onions, but Heather was unable to find them for this episode. Mushrooms and carrots joined bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and legs and a whole bottle of burgundy wine. One trick is to marinate the…

Send us a text This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, Erin decides to celebrate Australia Day with an Australian recipe for Lamingtons, a sponge cake dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut. There's some fun debate about how this recipe was first developed. Was it when a dinner guest accidentally dropped a piece of cake in gravy, which inspired the…

Send us a text This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, we try an American comfort food classic, a tamale pie. Think of a tamale - a variety of fillings, wrapped in a cornbread and steamed in a corn husk. Deconstruct that by putting those fillings into a skillet, top with cornbread and bake in the oven. So maybe it's not the real deal, but it is a grea…

Send us a text On this episode of Three Kitchens, Erin makes a Dutch pannenkoek (plural pannenkoeken ). It's a pancake that is much thinner than a traditional American pancake (but not quite as thin as a French crepe). Pannenkoeken are made from a simple batter of eggs, milk, flour, and a bit of salt. They can be enjoyed plain, with syrup or a spri…

Send us a text This week we're having fun with smoke in our kitchens with guests, Brandon Miller and Meredith McNamara, two of the co-founders of Spirits with Smoke. They share their passion for elevating cocktails and mocktails using smoking techniques and give us some fun ideas for smoking snacks as well. Spirits with Smoke is a Calgary company o…

Send us a text This Three Kitchens Podcast episode is dedicated to learning a little bit about portobello mushrooms and how to cook them. Heather has found a method she likes and guarantees it's easy and nearly fool-proof. So if you're also kind of new to cooking these mushrooms, keep reading (and listening!). First we do a little surface research …

Send us a text On this episode we get into the holiday spirit with our guest, Lisa Baril - a house party hostess who has really fine-tuned the art of throwing a party! Lisa shares all her secrets for planning, grocery shopping, food prep, set up and decor. Just a few of Lisa's tips: 1. Decide who you're inviting - Lisa is big on curating, and that …

Send us a text This week on the podcast, Erin works on cleaning up some old castiron from the fleamarket, and then uses them to bake up something yummy. Cast iron pans can last a really long time, even handed down through generations, but they require a little regular maintenance. If you happen to find cast iron that looks rough and rusted, don't w…

Send us a text This week on Three Kitchens Podcast we're happy to welcome our guest, Gloria Molist, the founder of Olivo Amigo. We're talking all things olive oil and how to introduce a little bit of the Mediterranean into our cooking. What's the difference between olive oil and extra virgin olive oil? What does cold-pressed mean? Can you cook with…

Send us a text This episode is all about a good sandwich, piled high with flavourful marinated and grilled pork, fresh veggies, a quick pickle and peppers.* It's a bánh mì - a Vietnamese sub sandwich. *Cilantro is optional, if you're a Princess like Erin. A Bánh Mì Sandwich is a fusion of Vietnamese and French cuisine that apparently originated in …

Send us a text We're excited to welcome Chris De La Rosa to the podcast! Chris is the home cook behind the popular blog and YouTube channel, Caribbean Pot. He is on a mission to share the culture and food of the Caribbean with the world. We're happy to have him share with us some of the history of the cuisine of the Caribbean islands, and how he le…

Send us a text It's that spooky season around here and Erin is cooking up some beans to ward off evil. That's according to some world folklore, anyway, so we're going with it. She made two recipes for this episode - Black-eyed Peas with Bacon and Pork, and Japanese Pancakes with Sweet Red Bean Filling (Dorayaki). The savoury black-eyed peas dish is…

Send us a text Erin is cooking with corn on Three Kitchens Podcast this week! She grew a pretty decent little crop of corn in her backyard garden and wanted to explore different ways to cook with it. If you love corn flavour like we do, you'll love these recipes. First up, we've got fried corn polenta. Polenta is a northern Italian dish made of yel…

Send us a text It's pumpkin season around here and we're looking for yummy recipes featuring this delicious squash. Enter the Italian rice dish, risotto. On this episode of Three Kitchens Podcast, Heather walks us through the whole process, from fresh garden pumpkin to delicious pumpkin risotto with bacon and parmesan cheese. Begin by roasting your…

Send us a text In this week's episode we are talking about warm, fall foods. It's peak fall where we are right now; the weather is cool and fresh and it's a great time to be outside enjoying the beautiful days. We are embracing the cooler temperatures with a warm, comforting dip, called musabacha, along with a skillet bread that can be cooked on th…

Send us a text In this Three Kitchens episode, we're recognizing Oktoberfest with a traditional Bavarian dish - jägerspätzle! Oktoberfest is the world's largest folk festival featuring a beer gardens and a travelling carnival. It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, running from mid- or late-September to around the first Sunday in October. Beer and…

Send us a text Fall is typically a time to celebrate the harvest, and what better way to showcase the wonderful veggies you've worked so hard to grow but in a soup? Don't worry, you don't need to be a gardener to be inspired by the soup recipes we've got for you in this episode! In our last episode, we talked with Highfield Regenerative Farm to lea…