Can you believe it? I have an ACTUAL meal to share with you. Not a snack, not granola, but a real live dinner MEAL! After watching my daughter eat one too many bowls of mac and cheese (and it wasn’t the homemade kind), I finally got the kick in the butt I needed to get…
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How to: Seasonal Cooking – Crispy Goat Cheese and Cherry Salad
We’re getting to a point in the growing season when I hit the farmers’ market hard and pretty much overdo it every time. This week, cherry overload. Actually…scratch that. No such thing. I’M IN LOVE WITH CHERRIES AND I DON’T EVEN CARE WHO KNOWS IT! (…jumping on couch) Uh. Sorry. HaHa. That may have been a bit…
How to: Make your own – Spanakopita (Greek Spinach and Cheese Pie)
Well hello, savoury delicious pie. Please get in my belly. I looove this recipe. Spanakopita is one of the most recognizable greek dishes. I’ve always assumed the recipe would be too involved to make at home. I’ve been dead wrong. The list of ingredients is easily accessibly and assembly is a snap. You. Yup, all…
How To: Quickie Meal – Penne with Tomatoes, Kale and Hazelnuts
You know those weekends where they come to an end and you feel like you need ANOTHER weekend just to recuperate from the previous one? Well, this was one of those weekends. Non stop rain meant trying to find non stop activities for my almost two year old daughter to keep her busy. Summer is…
Mujadara (Lebanese Lentils, Rice and Caramelized Onions)
You’re probably thinking ‘Lentils and rice? NBD’. But you must listen to me when I say this dish is an unassuming showstopper. Like, everyone loves it. The layering of toasted and caramelized flavours really make it crazy good. I mean, caralmelized onions ramp up any recipe on their own. Adding some heavy duty aromatics takes…
How To: Seasonal Cooking – Savoury Zucchini and Ricotta Pie
I’ve had this recipe for a savoury zucchini pie bookmarked for quite sometime. The torn magazine page has been sitting in a pile of “recipes to be tried soon” for so long that this pile should now be called “recipes to be tried in a very long time.” The thing is I’ve been afraid, very…
How To: Make Your Own Veggie Burgers – White Bean and Quinoa Burgers
I have a problem with throwing things away – Clothes I haven’t worn in two years, “you never know when you will want to wear them again“, shoes that have been gathering dust at the back of my closet, “it’s always good to have an extra pair of flats hanging around,” and old cooking magazines….