I am posting today so that I secretly have an excuse to share this super exciting food discovery: a farm on Vancouver Island (in fact, right here on the Saanich peninsula) grows lentils!!! I know, right? WAY more exciting than all this local wheat taking up the headlines. Until now, there have been very limited
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March 7, 2013
Simple Moroccan Lentils
October 3, 2012
Warm Farro Salad with Winter Greens
I admit that I am a traditionalist when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner. But still I like to add a new dish to the menu every few years. Last Thanksgiving I made a popular recipe, Warm Farro Salad, from my Great Grains cooking class. I thought the combination of nutty whole grain farro, roasted hazelnuts, and wilted winter greens would
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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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May 30, 2012
A Reuben for my Ruben
My oldest son is named Ruben. We spell it the Spanish way to be all trendy and alternative, although we prefer to tell people that Ruben is named after a Cuban musician. But here’s a secret: I really named him after my one of my favourite sandwiches, the Reuben. Trust me to name my child after a menu item. So… I
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June 21, 2011
New Potato YUM Salad
It’s the first day of summer and so I’m sending out a favourite warm-weather recipe of mine. I adore new potatoes, but when they are bathed in a smoky-spicy-sweet-limey dressing, I want to marry them. That’s what this recipe is: the salad I want to marry. I learned how to make the original recipe when I first started cooking
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September 29, 2010
Fresh Corn Salad
A few days ago, I posted a detailed lesson on how to make frozen niblets out of fresh delicious corn on the cob. It got me thinking of all the yummy ways that a cook can use fresh or frozen corn niblets, and so I’ve decided to post my recipe for Fresh Corn Salad. This salad
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