We needed a treat for race day. The rhubarb in my fridge has been calling to me lately, anyway. It’s been telling me that I should make Rhubarb Custard Bars, but I was feeling more pie-ish today. (Pies are my favourite dessert.) Also, I found a bag of 2010-picked strawberries in the back of my freezer (oo-oops!),
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April 28, 2013
Rhubarb-Strawberry Galette
November 28, 2012
Cranberry Custard Bars with Orange
You want a lip smacking dish to take to a Christmas party? A recipe that’s seasonal, creative, delicious, but still simple? Please allow me to introduce my latest creation, Cranberry-Orange Custard Bars! My most popular blog post to date has been the Rhubarb Custard Bars that I posted Spring 2011. Those bars are most definitely worthy –
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September 25, 2012
Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
One of my favourite September rituals is making a big batch of Salsa Verde. Salsa Verde is obscenely easy to make and yet it has so much wow-factor – it’s bright green, it’s delicious and tangy, it’s very ‘authentic Mexican,’ and it’s made with one the coolest fruit/vegetables I know of : tomatillos. You’ve probably
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September 13, 2012
Chinese Style Eggplant with Roasted Tofu
I am posting this recipe for two reasons: 1) It’s eggplant season right now and people, I’ve noticed, need help with eggplant ideas. 2) People also need help with tofu. And this post includes the hassle-free, the non-stick, the delicious, and I mean delicious, recipe for Crispy Roasted Tofu. My roasted tofu recipe might be
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September 9, 2012
Train Museum Pie
By “Train Museum”, I mean the BC Forest Discovery Centre. By “Pie”, I mean, well, pie. Many years ago, when my oh-so-cool Middle Schooler was a train-obsessed toddler, we would have to, have to, stop at the ‘Twain Museum’ on our way up and down the Island. Old-fashioned vehicles and machinery, and a steam train ride
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August 30, 2012
The Simple Recipe that my Family Thinks is All Gourmet
Since I have started documenting my simple summer meals, I realize that I make Crispy Broiled Chicken quite frequently. It’s so common around here and so well-loved that I’ve even posted about it once before. I make Crispy Broiled Chicken because it guarantees super-crispy skin and moist meat on the very same piece of bird. It’s my favourite method for
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August 27, 2012
Simple Summer Meals and the Kid Rating
Thank you for the positive feedback I’ve received so far on my first simple meal post. I’m thrilled to know that I’m in good company while I suffer from a love of cooking/eating with not-enough-time-to-make-it-happen. Wait, let me rephrase. I did know I am not alone in this, but I’m thrilled to know that some of you want to read
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August 16, 2012
Camping Food, Post Three: Huckleberry Pancakes
By the time you read this post, I will be away camping on beautiful Cortes Island with my children and their cousins. I will, without a doubt, be making a giant batch of these pancakes on the trip, possibly on this very day. Apparently, a camping trip without Auntie Heidi’s huckleberry pancakes is
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July 28, 2012
Spiced Gooseberry Chutney
If you have been wanting to buy some of those gorgeous green gooseberries but are not sure what to do with them, let me help you out. First of all, make yourself some gooseberry jam. Hands down my favourite jam in the universe! But definitely, definitely make sure you save some berries to make a jar (or
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July 23, 2012
Sour Cherry Cobbler with Almond
This is how much I love sour cherries: 1. When my parents’ sour cherry tree died of a horrible tree disease several years ago, I cried and held a private tree funeral service in my head. 2. I kept my last jar of frozen sour cherries from that tree for four years because I didn’t
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