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!
It’s time for another recipe roundup on the blog. I see so many great recipes on here that get lost in the archives as time goes by, and I think it’s time to bring them back. Fall recipes, in particular, are so satisfying to make.
Below is a list of my 8 favourite recipes and posts for the fall. Timely for the season: everything from how to peel and chop a winter squash to a delicious maple pecan pie recipe for Thanksgiving.
A delicious recipe for all the super fresh cauliflower that is showing up in the markets right now. Succulent, perfectly spiced, this isn’t your grandmother’s boiled cauliflower!
This post is invaluable to learn an easy way to peel and chop any type of winter squash.
I’ve been making this recipe for years and it’s always a hit. But I took it to a new level when I used new crop locally-grown lentils from Saanichton Farm. Divine.
Based on my mom’s superb pumpkin loaf, this is one recipe that people ask me for without fail.
Everything you wanted to know about quince and how to make a most delicious quince paste. Probably the longest recipe in this roundup, but not difficult at all, and definitely worthwhile.
If you ever wondered how different types of winter squash taste, you should sign up for my Local Harvest cooking class, where you will get a chance to try at least a dozen varieties. Failing that, read through this post, where I sum up the results of several years of squash taste-offs.
The favourite winter breakfast in our house, weekdays and weekends.
This is, hands-down, my favourite Thanksgiving pie. Perfectly set, perfectly sweet, perfectly nutty. This would be an excellent one to try with those uber-fresh Rancho Vignola nuts.
What about you? What are some of your favourite fall recipes? Any recipes from the blog that I missed in my round-up?
Jun. 28, 2021
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
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. 27, 2020
Pumpkin spices scones are a perfect fall treat; not-too-sweet, fragrant with spices, with a full complement of rich pumpkin flavour.
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My favourite recipe this time of year is a West African pumpkin/squash soup. We always make it with our Jack o Lantern. Sauté onion and garlic with curry paste, add lots of peeled and grated squash or pumpkin. Add chopped tomato if you wish. Sauté until the veggies are soft and then stir in a big glop of peanut butter and chicken or vegetable broth until it’s the right broth-y-ness. Cook until it smells so good you can’t stand waiting any more. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and a glop of plain yoghurt if you wish. It’s delicious with cornbread.
Hi Heidi,
My favourite fall recipe of yours is Autumn Harvest Soup. I first tasted it in a ‘Soups’ class you were teaching several years ago at Fairfield Community Centre and have been making it ever since. Not sure whether or not the recipe is on your site or not but it definitely should be.
Thanks for the inspiration!