From the category archives:

Dairy-free

Honey and Cumin Braised Carrots

March 4, 2010

Me: How much broccoli should I cook?
Andrew: How much Cheez Whiz do we have?
Me: How long to you want to remain married?
Andrew: [...]
Okay, moving onto safer territory — carrots.
I got the idea for these after dining in a restaurant when the accompanying vegetables outshone the forgettable duck confit. While the poultry disappointed, I was so [...]

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Dried Apple Breakfast Bars

February 24, 2010

Winter in Ontario. It either comes in cloudy grey lined with depressing slush or dazzling blue edged with blinding white snow.
But there’s a new colour this season. Red.Very fitting for a Canadian-grown fruit.
These Red Prince apples are a new variety grown just a couple hours away from me — in ski country no less. Here [...]

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Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 19, 2010

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Huh? What is that gobbledy-gook in the previous line? Apparently, it’s the high-tech way one “claims” their blog on Technorati. For some reason it refuses to recognize my new location or update my feed.
Huh? Technorati. It’s is a search engine for blogs. According to Wikipedia, the name Technorati is “a blend of the words technology [...]

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Swiss Chard with Raisins and Pine Nuts

February 18, 2010

I fall easily into a vegetable rut. If it weren’t for this blog I’d happily get my daily quota of greens from string beans, broccoli and mesclun mix salad. I once ate Basil and Walnut Green Beans every night for a week. When I stopped I swear, the stock for California walnuts plummeted.
But I have [...]

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How to Roast Vegetables

February 4, 2010

I got a bit carried away. I was experimenting with roasted vegetables for today’s CTV appearance and ended up making five variations. I just couldn’t make up my mind which version I liked best, so I made them all. Well, almost all. Having recently posted about Herb-Roasted Potatoes I felt I could skip this one [...]

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Vegetable Tagine

January 28, 2010

In the comment section recently, Leslie asked about eggplant. She’s tired of it drowned in tomato sauce or swimming in oil. Joe Girard of Rouxbe Online Cooking School provided some great answers, but even his professional advice didn’t get me off the hook. I’d promised Leslie I’d look into other ways of cooking it, and [...]

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Slow-Cooked Beef with Red Wine

January 22, 2010

I sat beside Ricardo, Canada’s most popular culinary celebrity, at the Canadian Culinary Book Awards a few months ago. He’s got his own Food Network show, Ricardo and Friends, three cookbooks and a self-titled magazine — all in two languages. When he was seated beside me I was simultaneously thrilled and panicky. What would I [...]

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Leftover Apple Roasted Chicken Soup

January 14, 2010

Here. Sit down. Put your feet up and enjoy a bowl of soup.
While I encourage you to admire the bowl from my sister (another Christmas present) I defy you to remain polite as you sip this soup. You’ll want to shovel it into your mouth quickly so you won’t have to share. But don’t. There’s [...]

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Readers Question: Herb-Roasted Potatoes

December 4, 2009

This is another of James Ingram’s photos, snatched from the pages of Michael Smith’s The Best of Chef at Home because I was too hungry to take a shot. In my defense, these potatoes were cooked alongside the Apple Roast Chicken so it was one monumental act of gluttony on my behalf, not two.
When I [...]

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Michael Smith’s Apple Roasted Chicken

December 2, 2009

This is another photo I didn’t take. And not because my chicken didn’t turn out beautifully. It did. I just didn’t have the time or patience to do a photo shoot.
I give full credit to James Ingram, not only for his camera skills but his super-human will power while photographing this dish. I don’t know [...]