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Heidi’s How-To

Jun. 28, 2021

Cooking In Season

Salad Meals to Beat the Heat

In this recipe round up, I have gathered my best and most delicious summer salad meal recipes in one post, for days when it’s too hot to cook!

Oct. 25, 2020

Cooking In Season

Quince: Easy Peeling and Cutting Tips

Quince have a wonderful flavour, but an almost impossibly hard texture. Read on for a quick kitchen tip that makes quince easy to peel and cut!

Jun. 7, 2020

Cooking In Season

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream, with its creamy tangy cheesecake base and fruity strawberry swirl, has become my new favourite spring dessert.

May 31, 2020

Recipes

South Indian Coconut Seafood Curry

This coconut seafood curry is a fragrant, flavourful and distinctive dish from South India. One of my favourite curries of all time.

May 26, 2020

Recipes

South Indian Spice Mix | Kerala Masala

Complex, nutty, fragrant, earthy – this Kerala masala (South Indian spice mix) has a depth of flavour that reminds me instantly of my time in South India.

May 15, 2020

Recipes

Banana Ginger Chutney

Banana ginger chutney is unexpectedly divine; the perfect sweet-sour accompaniment to creamy coconut curries. And it uses up three ripe bananas!

Jul. 29, 2019

Baking

Blueberry Cobbler with Buttermilk-Brown Sugar Biscuits

Blueberry cobbler, bubbling with dark berry juices, topped with craggy buttermilk biscuits sweetened with brown sugar, is an excellent way to use some fresh local BC blueberries.

Feb. 12, 2017

Foodgasm!

What are Curry Leaves? | South Indian Dhal Recipe

Curry leaves are a must-have: their pungent musky citrusy flavour is positively addicting. They are what separates authentic Indian food from the rest.

Nov. 22, 2016

Baking

Quince Slab Pie

A large slab pie bursting with the fragrance of fresh quince.

Sep. 27, 2016

Cooking In Season

Methi Murgh | Chicken in Fenugreek Curry

This is a divine chicken fenygreek curry: rich, sophisticated, flavourful, with a delicate complexity from the proper cooking of Indian spices and herbs.

Sep. 9, 2016

Cooking In Season

Mapo Tofu | Best Beef Stirfry | Chinese Cookbook Giveaway

Two excellent Chinese recipes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, these full-flavoured yet accessible dishes will surely make it into your regular rotation.

Jul. 11, 2016

Essential Thai

Thai Sweet Rice & Coconut Pudding with Golden Fruit

Today we are going to revisit one of my favourite summer fruits: the golden kiwi.

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