Holy slippery summer! I cannot believe we are approaching mid-August already and, while I am sad that the daylight is waning ever-faster, I am loving all the fresh, local produce spilling forth into my shopping bags. Berries, tree fruit, eggplant and summer squash galore–this week alone I’ve concocted 5 varieties of freezer jam, chocolate zucchini [...]
Simple Vegan Feta
On March - 28 - 2011
I was never a big fan of funky smelling cheeses in my cheese eating days. In fact, I think the only time anyone ever talked me into trying feta, I ended up spitting it back out onto his pizza slice (if you know me well, you know stuff like that happens a lot and probably [...]
Shitake Soup With Wild Wakame
On March - 25 - 2011
Who knew local food could taste so exotic? This simple soup is delicately flavoured with winged sea kelp, an ingredient that is abundant in our area of the world and needlessly feared by wimpy palates everywhere. Yes, we all learned quickly to avoid getting tangled in the stuff whilst frolicking in the waves as wee [...]
St. Patty’s Day Ravioli
On March - 22 - 2011
Oh St. Patty’s Day, or, as I used to call it in my youth-ier days, Night-Before-Me-Throwing-Up-and-Weeping-Most-of-the-Next-Day Day. Now that I am oodles more mature (read: saddled with three children), I thought why not make a Irish-type recipe in lieu of making a fool of myself in a public, jig-attempting forum? (Did I mention I’m not [...]
Grilled Sriracha Vegan Tips
On January - 31 - 2011
I do NOT like people cooking for me. People are notoriously gross and sneaky and always trying to slip me stuff I don’t want to eat. So, in retrospect, buying my husband a cookbook for X-mas this year was an odd choice. But Sriracha sauce (or “cock sauce” hee! hee!) is his absolute fave and [...]
Vegan Sundried Tomato Super Spread
On January - 22 - 2011
I want it all. This recipe is inspired by the Sundried Tomato Spread created by Isa and Terry in Veganomicon. But I’m greedy. I want it more hummus-y, more garlicky and I also want it a little tapenade-y. So, since I’m an only child and, therefore, get whatever I want all the time (it’s just [...]
Vegan Chilli Garlic Pasta
On January - 17 - 2011
Oh Man. Do I ever have a lot of kitchen gadgets. A. Lot. Although a part of me understands the beauty of being able to prepare delicious and visually appealing food with minimal mechanical intervention, a bigger part of me would rather be painting my son’s toenails different colours to see if my husband notices [...]
