Who’s got 87 pounds of zucchini? Tis the season! Well, gardeners…and friends and neighbours of gardeners…and distant acquaintances of gardeners…and coworkers of acquaintances of gardeners. And anyone one else bogged down with more zukes than they know what to do with. We’ve had zucchini up the wazoo before, too. Like when we made: Zucchini Fritters…
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Four-Ingredient Cheesy Zucchini Bites
How’s your summer going? They seem to go by faster every year don’t you think? It’s already been two weeks since my daughter turned two and I’m seeing so many changes in her. It’s like she’s turned into to a full-on toddler over night. One of the biggest changes I’ve noticed is her acceptance of food. I can’t…
How To: Quickie Meal – Oven Baked Sweet Chili Chicken with Eggplant & Zucchini
Erin and I have been having a moment with sweet chilli sauce. We’ve been putting that red and sweet sauce on pretty much everything. Have you tried it? It’s addictive. I had never thought to make my own before. I mean, why would I when the store bought variety is so darn delicious. But then I…
How to: Make your own – Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This is an adapted recipe and I’ll be honest with you, I only chose to make it in the first place because 1. I was really craving chocolate cake batter. 2. I had a wilty zucchini that needed using up. The end game, a chocolate cake, was pure bonus. A really super surprisingly delicious bonus….
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: Quickie Meal – Spicy Tilapia Linguine
Yesterday I ran the Goodlife Fitness Toronto half marathon. I really had no big aspirations for this race. It was my first post-baby race and I really was just happy to be able to run it. Running down Yonge St. I felt amazing (although today my quads feel not so amazing). And I think I…
How To: Big Batch – Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
It’s only the first week of January and I am already sick of winter. It is just so cold out there lately that it is getting very hard to leave the warmth of my apartment and brave the snowy and icy streets. There is one good thing about this weather though – it’s soup season!…