Vegetables

Recipe: Jade Soup

October 8, 2011

I’m feeling rather ornery. It’s Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend but the weather is downright balmy and I can’t face the thought of autumn, let alone winter. I don’t care that the leaves are turning glorious colours or the nights are perfect sleeping-weather-cool. I don’t want to make the obligatory pumpkin pie — even if it’s [...]

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Recipe: Green Beans with Smoked Paprika and Marcona Almonds

September 13, 2011

I’ve created a monster. Or half a dozen monsters to be precise. Seems I’ve become the unofficial pastry chef for potlucks. In the past month alone I’ve made three fruit galettes, two rounds of pavlova, a gigantic chocolate-orange torte, a double batch of ginger cookies, champagne sorbet, and a couple of ask-for-seconds bundt cakes. I’m [...]

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Recipe: Roasted Radishes

September 5, 2011

To observe my mother eating radishes is to understand that over-used phrase “living in the moment.” They are not munched like baby carrots or popped into her mouth like grapes. They are consumed with quiet, focused deliberation. To begin, she sets a small bowl of radishes on the table beside her. They are scrubbed and [...]

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Recipe: Fried Avocado with Lime-Cilantro Dipping Sauce

May 2, 2011

Wanting to redeem myself from the monumental failure of my salted caramel candy apples — which devolved into sliced apples and a dip — I accepted the task of creating an avocado recipe for MissAvaCado‘s Cinco de Mayo Blogger Challenge. The results have me wondering if I’m cut out for challenges. While the goal was [...]

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Recipe: Potato Latkes

April 19, 2011

I was going to make you guess what’s in the photo above, but the post’s headline gives it away. Darn you, Google, and your search engine demands. As you can tell, these golden fritters are latkes. I made a big batch after the recent potato-fueled food fight. I’d like to tell you this was culinary [...]

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Recipe: Fennel Salad

April 1, 2011

Update: Deadline extended to Friday, April 8th. There’s still time to share your stories! As one of the world’s most gullible people, I hate April Fool’s Day. Apparently watching me scramble for the binoculars is a hoot. And my reaction when I discover the rare bird at my feeder is actually stuffed? Priceless. But [...]

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Recipe: Spicy Green Beans

March 17, 2011

You know you’re getting old when St. Patrick’s Day arrives and instead of wondering where you put your green belt and shamrock earrings, you make a mental note not to drive anywhere after 6 PM and place bets on how many drunks are going to stagger by at 3 AM singing Danny Boy at the [...]

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Recipe: Zucchini Fritters with Dill Tzatziki

March 8, 2011

It’s not unusual for me to get excited over a cookbook. But every once in a while one resonates with me on so many levels that I just want to curl up on the couch, cradle it in my arms and stroke its pages. And The Kitchen Garden Cookbook is my latest crush. It’s as [...]

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Recipe: Moroccan Roast Chicken

February 21, 2011

Yesterday was Family Day here in Ontario when everyone gets the day off to hang out with their loved ones. With yet another forecast snow storm threatening to turn what should be a laid back provincial holiday into a muscle-abusing Shovel Day, I decided to have family time Sunday night instead. Being the ever-considerate charm [...]

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Recipe: Potato and Cauliflower Curry (Aloo Gobi)

February 17, 2011

If you look at my recipes index it’s hard to believe I used to do a lot of health writing. While I was supposed to be promoting a healthy lifestyle in others, opposing stats and studies nearly made me sick. One day I’d file an article declaring 7 cups of black coffee a day would [...]

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Recipe: Accordion Potatoes

February 11, 2011

It has been brought to my attention that I have been writing a bit too much about chocolate. As if there’s such a thing. However, I don’t want to give you a false impression of my eating habits, so I will change the topic (briefly) to non-chocolate things. Since woman cannot live by chocolate alone, [...]

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