I was planning to make split pea soup for tonight’s dinner. It’s almost autumn and it’s been a while since I made one of my weekly soups. At some point this morning it occurred to me that I really ought to make some bread to… Read More
Today I made Blueberry Shortbread bars. As with the scones yesterday, I learned to make these from a video on Food Wishes, which is a great resource. I’m pretty good at cooking but I don’t have so much experience baking so I usually need some… Read More
Our Saskatoon berry bush just keeps on giving. Last night Tuffy P baked a Saskatoon berry – red currant pie. Delicious!
Tuffy P suggested I make a Saskatoon lemon nut loaf. I tried it today. This is like a cranberry lemon nut loaf except with Saskatoons instead of cranberries. it is seriously good. And the great news is that I have enough berries ripening on the… Read More
It seems that most cultures have some kind of super-delicious chicken and rice dish. I enjoy making one-pot dinners and I like braises in general, so from time to time I make some version of chicken and rice. The photo actually shows a day 2… Read More
WARNING: contains ridiculously delicious fried food. I haven’t had fried plantain (tostones) in years, which is crazy because they’re fantastic. Today I was in the No Frills buying cat litter and a few other things, and when I swung by the veggies, they had some… Read More
This super-fantastic omelet tastes best if you’ve foraged the morels and ramps yourself (just sayin’). If you find some morels at a farmer’s market, they’ll be fine too, although you may need to take out a small bank loan to buy some. Please do not… Read More
Squid make an easy and delicious dinner. Let your local fishmonger clean the squid for you….but buy whole squid not those frozen calamari rings. Slice them, rinse them and pat them dry with paper towels. This was a two-pan dish. In one I caramelized some… Read More
I’ve been making a different soup each week over the past few weeks. Today it was split pea, one of my faves. Split pea soup is super-easy to make and it is delicious. Today I did it with just a slight twist. When I was… Read More
Our friend Toni is in town (yay!), and Tuffy P was prepared with tickets to the latest production at the Coal Mine Theatre, called Orphans. It was a very intense play, but very well done and the theatre is charming with its seats set up… Read More
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