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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!

Sep. 20, 2020

Recipes

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad

Fresh herbs, garlic-lemon vinaigrette and crunchy summer vegetables mixed into fluffy protein-rich quinoa, and makes for a satisfying warm weather meal.

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.

Aug. 7, 2019

Cooking In Season

Gazpacho Andaluz

A cold, refreshing, and delicious bowl authentic Spanish Gazpacho Andaluz is exactly the kind of meal we need on a sweltering August afternoon.

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.

May 17, 2018

Cooking In Season

Savoury Oatmeal with Spring Vegetables

Savoury oatmeal is a delicious twist on a breakfast classic. Creamy oats topped with any combination of lightly cooked vegetables, fresh herbs, cheese, or toasted nuts: this a t...

Jul. 26, 2017

Cooking In Season

Freekeh Tabbouleh with Harissa-Roasted Chickpeas

Nutty, chewy freekeh makes a delicious tabbouleh salad. Complete with spicy roasted chickpeas, this is a perfect warm-weather (and plant-based!) meal.

Nov. 22, 2016

Baking

Quince Slab Pie

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

Jul. 5, 2016

Cooking In Season

Garlic Scape Pesto

Garlic scape pesto is all the rage right now, at least for me. I love pesto, and this is my favourite kind. It tastes so delicious, with a different edge to it that standard pesto.

Jun. 12, 2016

Cooking In Season

Strawberry Pavlova with Meyer Lemon Cream

This is the kind of recipe that needs no written introduction. Fresh strawberry season is here, and the words ‘lemon’ and ‘cream’ appear in the title. Nothing can top that parti...

Nov. 13, 2015

Cooking In Season

The Brussels Sprouts Recipe-Off

On Canadian Thanksgiving, I was invited to a radio interview with Bruce Williams on CFAX to discuss gravy-making, the best potatoes for mashing, my personal pie-threshold, and o...

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