I’ve got Delia’s Classic Christmas special playing on T.V. Christmas cooking is taken seriously in the U.K. Hers and Nigella are my favourite Holiday cooking specials to watch. It’s been grey and rainy all day. Today is Saturday, my husband woke at 4:15 am and went fishing at a river 1 hour and 1/2 hours…
Tag: easy recipes
Vegan “Sushi” Nourish Bowls
Last week we watched the documentary The Game Changers, a film about how consuming a plant based diet has helped enhance the performance of elite athletes from the NFL to MMA. It reminded me how important it is to feed our bodies fuel for optimal health & stamina. Food that won’t weigh us down but…
Thai Peanut Curry Chicken
Tonight I thought I’d share an old recipe I found in a binder where I used to keep all of my menu plans and dishes. This was before Pinterest where, at the click of a mouse you have any recipe at your disposal. It’s been really windy and rainy yesterday and today. Remnants I’ve heard,…
Autumn Equinox Salad With Homemade Candied Pecans.
Yesterday was sunny all day and still warm at 6pm. I set the table on the patio and we enjoyed dinner Al Fresco with a bottle of organic apple cider made by a friend’s family on Saltspring Island. Tomorrow is the Autumn Equinox, first day of Fall. I will be hosting 6 of our closest friends for…
Cooking From Scratch: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup & Organizing The Pantry
Whenever the season changes here on the coast, we get a few weeks where Mother Nature just can’t seem to decide; Is it Summer? Is it Autumn?. Sunny one day, blustery and rainy the next. Then things settle down after the Equinox and the weather takes it’s normal course: rainy with a side of gloom,…
An Afternoon At The Farmers Market + My Recipe For The Tastiest Onion Patties.
You know that scene from You’ve Got Mail when Joe (Tom Hanks) and his aunt and brother spend the afternoon at the Fall Fair? They’re dressed in cozy sweaters as they stroll past tables draped in gingham cloth topped with pumpkins and sweet treats. Face painting, fishbowl carnival games and cotton candy. Every time I watch…
Fall Is In The Air & My Quinoa Stuffed Cabbage Roll Recipe
August 26th, a sunny Monday morning. I stepped outside and immediately felt it; Fall is coming. Summer was relatively short this year on the coast. We got a few days of heat-wave like weather then days of rain and sunshine. Today though, it’s evident. The winds have switched, there’s a bite in the air and…
My Attempt At Persian Chelo-Kebab
One winter evening many years ago my sister called me and asked if I’d like to join her and a friend for Chelo-Kebab. I had no idea what it was but she assured me it was delicious and that I had to try it. They picked me up and we drove to the WestEnd of…
Easy Peach Galette
Every Summer my husband’s uncle graciously gifts us a crate of peaches from his organic orchard. Nothing says summer like sweet juicy peaches. We usually have way too many so we share them with family or freeze them for breakfast smoothies in the winter. I cooked a large meal last night and didn’t need to…
A Lazy Persons Guide To The Best Truffle Lasagna (ever).
Cooking Is Like Love. It Should Be Entered Into with Abandon or Not At All I got a gift certificate to Williams Sonoma for my birthday and stopped in Sunday afternoon http://www.williams-sonoma.com/ . There’s a restaurant in Florence Italy that we’ve visited each time we’ve been there. The tables are set with mismatched hand painted…
