Banana muffin tops are our favourite way of using up over ripe bananas. Who doesn’t love the crunchy goodness of the top of the muffin? As far as we’re concerned, that’s the best part of a muffin!
Banana Muffin Tops
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Category Archives: The Unknown Chef – Recipes
The Unknown Chef is newest addition to the Birdz of a Feather family; it’s our recipe category. Food is one of life’s greatest pleasures. The recipe for a happy life is the right blend of family and friends to share it with, don’t you think?
‘The Unknown Chef‘ is inspired by Hubs. But does anybody really trust a skinny chef? Find out why you should! Although his ambitions to become a well-known chef didn’t go to plan, the blog at least provides an outlet to help prove the naysayers wrong!
We’re big proponents of healthy eating and prefer our ingredients to be non GMO, organic, where possible, and sugar free.
You’ll find quick and easy recipes that are real timesavers, like our pressure cooker pulled pork. All the recipes are accessible to everyone. Even those with gluten intolerance or celiac disease, there are gluten free substitutes that will work every time. Hubs himself has celiac so every recipe on the site caters to a gluten-free diet like this gluten free mini pizza-a new technique or Gluten Free Cheddar Biscuits.
Enjoy some of our naturally gluten free recipes too:
- Oven Pork Back Ribs
- Brisket Recipe
- Recipe for Kibbeh
- Recipe for Homemade Ketchup
- Organic Carrot Ginger Sauerkraut
- Chaffle Recipe
Enjoy!
Gluten Free Yorkshire Pudding
If you remember Yorkshire Pudding growing up, now you can enjoy gluten free Yorkshire Pudding with this recipe if you can no longer eat gluten. Or, if gluten isn’t an issue, keep this recipe in your back pocket for when you have a guest with a gluten free dietary restriction.
Spice Rub for Pork Tenderloin
Make ahead spice rub for pork tenderloin is a quick and easy way to whip up a delicious meal in under half an hour. Perfect for week nights or on the weekend, pork tenderloin is a versatile meal for any night or occasion. But I especially love to serve this recipe in the Fall because of all the warm spices!
Beef Stew with Wine
With winter hanging, on and new snow on the way, this hearty beef stew with wine is like a warm hug. It tastes like it’s been simmering away for hours on end, but it’s a quick cook in a pressure cooker to achieve comfort in a bowl! Or if you have an Instant Pot, that will work just as well.
To make this an Irish stew for St. Patrick’s day (it won’t be gluten free), add a cup of Guinness (you can still keep the wine, or substitute it if you prefer).
Green Eggs – St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
Did you know that green eggs are possible with the addition of only one natural ingredient? Try this fun food experiment for St. Patrick’s Day. And do it with kids; they’ll get a kick out of it too!
Hubs always ends his emails with “I do not like them in a car”. So, as huge Dr. Seuss fans (below is our copy of Green Eggs and Ham), we set out to discover if we could indeed make green eggs and ham!
Brisket Recipe
Delicious and tender, this brisket recipe is so fast and easy because we use a pressure cooker, but an Instant Pot will do the same thing.
Carrot Cake Muffins – Gluten Free
My husband and I have a birthday pact; every year he buys me ‘flours’ for my birthday and then I make myself carrot cake muffins to celebrate! This year is no exception. Well, except for that fact that I’m turning 60 and setting aside last year’s keto carrot cake muffins recipe in favour of this one (if only just for this special occasion).
Twice Cooked Potato Latke Recipe
Can a potato latke recipe that’s twice cooked be twice as good as a traditional potato latke? No, but in some ways, it can be even better!
Hanukkah starts today and it’s customary to eat foods that are either fried in oil or made with cheese. So is it any wonder that my favourite part of the celebration is eating potato latkes?!
To kick off the celebration, we developed this make ahead recipe.
Oven Pork Back Ribs – In a Pressure Cooker!
Oven pork back ribs are awesome on the grill as a last step, but sometimes that isn’t possible during the winter. So this is the next best thing! And these oven pork back ribs are super fast too because the first step is to use a pressure cooker (or instant pot)! No need to even marinate or let the spice rub sit on the ribs; the pressure cooker does all the work of penetrating flavour into the meat. You can have fall off the bone sweet, caramelized and slightly sticky ribs in just over an hour!
If I’m being honest, we prefer these to just about every rib we’ve had at a rib fest cooked low and slow for hours! They even have that smoky flavour thanks to liquid smoke!
Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
On a snowy blustery day like today, it’s time to perfect our gluten free gingerbread cookie recipe! It’s been ages since we shared a recipe. And that’s because this is the year I was determined to lose weight, so there hasn’t been anything exciting to share.
Recipe for Kibbeh Inspired Beef Patties – Gluten Free
Our recipe for Kibbeh is unconventional and not traditional in the least. Kibbeh is a Lebanese dish that is made with bulgur and ground meat (beef or lamb). For an authentic recipe, a reader has kindly shared this YouTube tutorial in Arabic (the recipe is listed in English in the comments).
While Kibbeh means to form a ball, there are many ways to shape it; balls, patties or football shaped. Traditionally, these have a stuffing in the centre. However, we’ve adapted a Milk Street recipe, which is not stuffed, to make this a totally gluten free preparation. I don’t know how the bulgur would taste, but I can guarantee you won’t miss the wheat if you try our version. It’s delicious.
French Onion Soup Secret Ingredient
In today’s post we’re revealing our French onion soup secret ingredient! Actually, there’s more than one secret ingredient in this Unknown Chef exclusive recipe and we’re divulging them all.
Arepas Recipe
Making an arepas recipe from scratch is the easiest way to whip up a tasty home made sandwich!
Photo by Frederick Medina on Unsplash
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Acqua Pazza Recipe
If you’re a fish lover and haven’t tried an Acqua Pazza recipe, you have to give it a try! It’s simply rustic but delicious.
Belgian Waffle Recipe – Crisp it Up!
We’ve got another Belgian waffle recipe perfect for a weekend morning! These Belgian waffles are not unlike the homemade belgian waffles we posted last year. However, this time we’re aiming for the crisp factor.
Crispy waffles stand up better to stacking, slathering with syrup or even adding a scoop of ice cream. Instead of eating these for breakfast, they’re also great as a dessert waffle.
Easy Mushroom Gravy
We promised you an easy mushroom gravy from scratch when we posted our easy poutine recipe. So the time has come for a delicious and quick mushroom sauce recipe. It really doesn’t take that much more time than using a package so why not make it fresh? And you can pronounce all the ingredients that go into it!
Tomato and Green Bean Salad
The combination of colours in this Tomato and Green Bean Salad remind me of the Italian flag! This mediterranean side dish is a great accompaniment to any meal but I especially enjoy it with these tender ribs.
Tender Ribs
Fall off the bone tender ribs are easy to achieve with baked ribs cooked low and slow. But if you’re not going to slather them in sauce and barbecue them afterwards, then you need a flavourful rub. And this dry rub hits the mark.
