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Mushroom Triangles
I remember how my mother used to make mushroom toast. She loves mushrooms and that was an easy meal to make. I can’t remember a time I didn’t like mushrooms, or a time I didn’t like toast – so this...
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Summer Quinoa Salad
This is my favourite side this summer. A simple Quinoa salad – easy to make, perfect for a BBQ or lunch at work. I make my Quinoa in our rice cooker following the package instructions. I then let it...
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Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut and Ginger
During this time of extensive baking and lots of comfort food, I was craving some colour and a little healthy zing. I had a generous amount of butternut squash lying around in my fridge, as well as a...
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Mâche – Winter Salad
Sometimes I feel like greens when it’s gray outside and the snow is high. I feel though that many winter salads are topped with heavy things such as grains and candied nuts. Sometimes I want to keep...
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Eggs and Smoked Salmon Toasts
We seem to only eat eggs on the weekend. Sometimes I wonder why I don’t make eggs more often during the week. They are fast and keep you going. But weekday mornings are just crazy – between the kids...
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Mango and Pineapple Salad and dreaming of exotic warm places
In my quest for easy meals and a bit of colour on a dreary day, I opted to try an exotic mango pineapple salad. This bright dish comes together really fast – the biggest job will be cutting and peeling...
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Croque Monsieur – or cheesy goodness on bread
We have bread and then we have cheese and both of those go so well together. Be it a traditional Swiss cheese sandwich, with Emmenthal on dark crusty bread, spread thick with butter. Or a French...
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Spring Greens with Audrey’s and Sister Mag
I jumped at the chance to work with SisterMag. Way back, in the midst of winter, Thea and I were discussing how we could bring my previous collectible colour column to life with food. Spring Greens...
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Asparagus with poached egg, prosciutto and pesto
Spring asparagus – green, fresh and so versatile. We get asparagus all year round, but having them in spring and eating local asparagus makes such a difference! I love the versatility of asparagus –...
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Easy Puff Pastry Circles with Tomato and Sour Cream
Looks like summer finally arrived in time for the longest day of the year. We spent the weekend working on our back deck (which is a sad six foot wide strip of decomposing deck, dated pink pavers and a...
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Kale and Basil Pesto
I never got on the kale bandwagon. I tried to like kale, but failed miserably in the past. Even kale chips didn’t impress me. The other week my fears came true – our CSA share included quite a large...
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Be my Guest with Christelle is Flabbergasting – Lentil “Meatballs” with Lemon...
photo on left: Christelle, photo on right: Giulia Doyle Welcome to the next installment of Be My Guest! Today we have Christelle is Flabbergasting - my first Canadian guest! I met Christelle last year...
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Roasted Beets and Carrots with Tahini Lemon Dressing
I received a huge amount of beets over the past couple of weeks in my CSA, and I’m the only one in the family that likes beets. With this slight dilemma I tried to find a way to use a large amount of...
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Tomato Salad with Corn and Avocado
Along with all the beets – I also have a huge amount of tomatoes hanging out on my counter. It’s that time of year – the bumper crops are rolling in and we quickly need to find ways to use our produce....
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Pumpkin and Portabella Mushroom Pasta
Disclaimer: I received a travel stipend and am paid to write about Pumpkinferno by The Great Waterway. This is one of two articles. The articles will also appear on The Great Waterway blog. I chose and...
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Cheesy Leek Tart
One of my favourite things as a child were little leek tarts that you could buy frozen at the grocery store. They were small individual round tarts that my mom made along with cheese tarts and...
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A Holiday Special with SisterMag
Remember when I worked on a Spring special with SisterMag? Well, once that published we brainstormed the holiday season and a special that would focus on the colours purple and plum with lots of...
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Yellow Curry Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk
It’s still cold around here, lot’s of snow on the ground and below freezing temperatures. Adding a little bit of heat to our soup, seemed like a good idea. This turned out to be a perfect velvety soup...
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Mussels in White Wine
I love mussels, I love the simplicity of them, the drips of broth on my fingers and that they come together easily – really without a recipe. Mussels are versatile – add to the pot what you like and...
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Chickpea, Carrot and Feta Fritters
I first found this recipe in the Donna Hay cookbook. Simple to make and pretty healthy, except for the frying part. Over the years I adapted them slightly and this version works well with my son, who...
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