It’s cherry season, and I am absolutely gorging myself this year. Kudos cherries growers, your harvest is seriously top notch. I’ve been perusing cherry recipes in search of inspiration all week. I found loads of intriguing recipes for baked desserts but I haven’t been keen on turning my oven on in this first little heat…
Seasonal Cooking
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Grilled Pineapple, Two Ways
GRILLING SEASON!!!! (all caps totally necessary) Grilled pineapple needs to be on to your list of ‘things to grill’ this summer. NEEDS TO BE. (once again, legit all cap use) To convince you I’m posting two recipes, and both are blow-your-hair-back good. First up is grilled pineapple salsa. The photo below pretty much sums up…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Mushroom & Pepper Tacos with Quick Pickled Onions
So I’m a little behind on the Cinco de Mayo theme. No one gets sick of tacos though, right? For the record if you answered ‘no, I get sick of tacos’, we can’t be friends. It’s almost as bad as saying ‘I get sick of pizza’, which would make us mortal enemies. So team taco,…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Roasted Asparagus Soup
After such a long winter, Ontario’s spring bounty is really taking its sweet time showing itself. And I’m an impatient person. So I caved and bought American asparagus. (GASP! i know). The treachery of it tore me up a little. Until it hit my lips. This soup is so damn good. And so damn simple….
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Strawberry Rhubarb Pavlova
The moment the spring weather hit last year I was all up in rhubarb’s grill. It’s one of those truly seasonal foods I wait for all year. So, I’m at it again. Exactly one day after our final snow fall of the year no less. And I swear to god if it’s not the…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Kale, Beet and Goat Cheese Pizza
Hard to believe seasonal cooking would include fresh veg. But no word of a lie, these beets hail from Bradford, Ontario. They’ve been cellared since their harvest in the fall and have maintained all their beet-y goodness. I’m in the midst of a beet kick. I’ve got a big ass bag to work my way…
Baked Apples – a perfect seasonal treat
We’ve got apples folks. After an early frost devastated the 2012 Ontario apple crop in which some orchards lost up to 90% of their harvest, 2013 is back…with a bumper crop! So get out there and get pickin’. Either that or look for a ‘product of Ontario/ Canada’ when you’re shopping ‘k? Then, rush home…