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 25, 2012
Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
March 7, 2012
Chile con Carne del Congelador*
*Title Translation: “beef chili made from freezer finds” I came home from work last Thursday with a burning determination to continue my New Year’s resolution. With hardly a hello to my family, I began ruthlessly pulling stuff out of the freezer to thaw. “Use it or lose it!” I told myself, even when the pile became
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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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May 10, 2011
Mango Salsa
Last week, I treated the participants of my Taco Party cooking class to a little Chef Heidi Special – a recipe that I was trying out for the first time, perhaps for inclusion in a new class. The pros: participants get to try a new recipe, eat an extra dish in the class, and are privy to my
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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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