1 July 2011
Strawberry Cake
Happy Canada Day! Before I go out and join in the festivities, I thought I’d share a decadent strawberry cake with you. What do you do when you have more (...)
20 August 2011
Slow Cooked Black Beans
This weekend I’m planning on making a huge batch of slow cooked black beans with smoked salmon. This is a filling, fibre-packed, healthy meal I make every once (...)
25 January 2014
Almond Chickpea Flour Cookies
I really like these cookies! I think about them sometimes in the most inopportune times – like while walking through the fog this morning. We were awoken by (...)
9 May 2015
Custard Cake with Whipped Coconut Cream
This is a wonderful little cake, modest and excellent on its own, but the whipped coconut frosting makes it a delightful dessert.
26 January 2019
Instant Pot Black-Eyed Pea Soup
I learned about the Southern (US) tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s for luck, a long time ago...
4 September 2018
Mango Coconut Milk Ice Cream
We’ve had quite the summer here in our little end of the world. It’s been long hot smoky bittersweet days...
9 August 2012
Toasted Coconut Cake
My mom looked on horrified when I cut into this cake one morning, “What are you doing?” she asked with a hint of panic in her voice. “Breakfast…” I said (...)
2 May 2015
Pearl couscous and chickpeas with vegetables
I particularly love the texture of nutty chickpeas and tender couscous together in this dish, – its hearty and toothsome.
5 May 2018
Matcha Swirl Loaf
The making of this matcha swirl loaf is definitely a project for a Sunday afternoon, preferably a gloomy drizzly one...
31 August 2011
Smarties Cookies
I know what you’re thinking… Didn’t I just write about making smarties cookies a few months ago? Yes, I did. But these cookies are different; they’ll beat all (...)
28 April 2011
Almond butter cookies
There are some food items you should never buy in bulk, unless it’s for the foodservice industry Almond butter would be a good example of what not to buy in (...)
15 September 2012
Almond Flour Cookies with Almond Butter and Pistachios
I’m going on vacation in a week, and while I’m looking forward to getting away and the anticipated fun, I’m dreading the ‘getting there’ part. Time at the (...)
18 April 2019
Tortellini and Vegetable Soup
Thanks to this allergy-induced haze that is now my life, we’ve had to extend soup season through spring. Is there...
18 July 2011
Jollof rice with lentils
Ah… Jollof, the quintessential West African dish, if you’re from any of the West African countries you probably claim it originated from your part of West (...)
2 December 2013
Lemon Cornmeal Waffles
So this summer I bought a little waffle maker intent on making a ton of waffles. You see, I owned a waffle maker previously; it just sat there taking up space, (...)
19 January 2019
Blood orange olive oil cake
This cake combines two of my one-time obsessions – blood orange and olive oil cake I don’t know if this...
27 July 2018
Smashed Lentils with Grilled Vegetables
We’re in the deep haze of summer now. This is it. The sunshiny days we wistfully longed for during those...
15 June 2018
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Pistachio Oat Crisp
I love pairing strawberry with rhubarb. It creates a wonderfully delicious harmony of sweet and tanginess, and this strawberry rhubarb...
8 August 2010
Couscous recipe: quick and versatile dish with vegetables and dried fruits
Couscous has surpassed rice and pasta to become my favourite carb of choice. It’s versatile, fast, easy to cook, and always turns out delicious. I love that I (...)
15 December 2018
Gingerbread Waffles with Cinnamon Baked Pears
It’s beginning to look like the most wonderful time of the year! (See what I did there?) We put up...
2 February 2019
Smoky Roasted Chickpea Hummus
When you’ve made as many variations of hummus as I have, it’s hard to imagine that I can still get...
