Is this an *official* Hoilday yet? If anyone's counting, it should be judging by the celebrations around this house. There were stuffed crêpes for breakfast, multigrain blueberry pancakes for lunch and our favourite, savoury pancakes will be headlining dinner. Packed with ...
JANUARY The citrus obsessed that I am decided away with diets and and that pink grapefruits were way underused: Red Grapefruit Curd Filled Donuts Every winter likes the cold and every winter I battle it with something extra warm:...
Even on vacation bananas go brown. Not like I didn't think it wouldn't happen, it's warmer here plus we've been too busy playing to eat them right away. Needless to say, I couldn't store them in the freezer for another time and I certainly ...
Ok, so nothing was really left over. Having had been lucky enough to serve up two Thanksgiving dinners, I was still looking for more. One scoopful of my butternut squash & spinach casserole wasn't enough, but not having another lucky table of thirteen ...
Oh, fancy me deciding to make a fashionable entrance? No, but with my regular posting gone south with a bit of back problems, I've been away from my desk (& my kitchen). While they say it's not a fractured spine per se, bending has been ...
Something wonderful about summer and forgetting about dinner. An abundance of fresh food everywhere, leftovers from the weekend BBQ and a handful of herbs can create a quick, satisfying and remarkable dinner. After grilling corn and attempting a sweet chili lime glaze recipe to serve up, ...
Have a kid who won't eat crusts? I do. So instead of having it continuously irritate me, I've decided to please both parties. I was inspired after reading this New York Times article about wasted food. Where I'm really happy I live in an ...
Cedar planks, not just for salmon anymore. Really. Our last guest came with the spring and with that, sparks the BBQ. It might still be a bit early to eat outside, but who can resist the flame that is the official call of nicer weather? Having grilled ...
Simple as it is delicious, this quick dinner offers aromas of the East with it's ginger and sesame combination. Sesame always fills my house with the most terrific scent. You can't help but notice what you're about to experience when you smell it and blissully it, almost always, sends diners salivating. Pair that with a wonderfully huge bag of Fall Sugar Snap Peas and thank you, my lunch is served. Brown rice in a pressure cooker is a put it in and forget it for 25 minutes kind of easy, so fixing up an extra Sesame Bok Choy side dish was not a problem.
I'm currently tearing off the layers as I write this. It's tough to believe that it's Thanksgiving, here in Canada, that is. You see, it's 90ºF and I'm really thankful I cooked our "Appreciate The Turkey Day" feast yesterday when it was cloudy and chilly enough for a cozy fire. I went outside to try to find any scratch of this great Holiday going on. Any cars gathering for visits, the scent of roasting goodness traveling through a window screen, a football cheer, or the screech of a fork on a plate, but nothing. Nothing but cyclists, lawn mowers buzzing, the summer smell of the backyard grill, fans blowing and kids giggling with their dad on his day off. I made soup last night, with feast leftovers, two kinds! This time of year, mind floods to comforting, feel good, stick to your ribs meals. But today, as I'm about down to my skivvies, I just can't imagine any more hot and sticky. Together with a little roasted pumpkin and grilled tofu, left over from yesterday, I whipped up a creamy spinach pesto to go over some quick, brown rice fettuccine. It was perfectly satisfying and didn't add heat to the house. Oh well, shouldn't complain, it could have been snowing.
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