This is ANOTHER excellent recipe from Smitten Kitchen. I made a gluten-free version for New Year’s Day and it was well loved and totally devoured. I was attracted to this recipe because I am addicted to caramelized onions…
Apple Cider Brined Chicken with Star Anise and Cinnamon
I am always looking for tasty, healthy dishes to make for my husband’s family during the holidays. They are very conscious of their fat and cholesterol intake and as a result they are very fit and healthy people.
Happy New Year!
I wish you a joyful new year! I also wanted to show off the little gluten-free sticky toffee pudding that I made.
Ricotta Tart with Drunken Spiced Figs (Gluten-Free)
I made this tart to use up the the figs marinated in spiced wine that I had made for my Christmas eve salad.
Quinoa, Fennel and Pomegranate Salad
I found a recipe that I am super inspired by. It’s by Yotam Ottolenghi, published in this month’s issue of Bon Appetit magazine. Yotam is an Israeli-born chef who is renowned for his treatment of vegetables.
Myrtle Berry Citrus Sauce
I am a lover of discovering new and bizarre produce. Part of it is my fascination with plants: the way they grow, the forms they take on. To me it is miraculous.
Brussel Sprout Pakora
This is a recipe from The Patterned Plate which is a food blog that I have recently fallen in love with. I highly recommend that you check it out for excellent recipes, stories and advice…
Butter Tarts for Boxing Day (Gluten-Free)
I have always thought of the butter tart as the finest example of Canadian cuisine. You can get butter tarts everywhere in Canada from the gas station convenience store to a fancy bakery. I have never encountered a butter tart anywhere outside of Canada, not even on the border states. Not even in Maine, which…
Christmas Salad with Figs Marinated in Spiced Wine, Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnuts
I know that everyone is busy, but I would love to hear about your Christmas dinners past or present. I’ll start. I have been thinking about my Estonian grandmother’s Christmas dinners, which happened late in the evening on Christmas Eve. The funny thing is that I can only remember my favourite and my least favourite…
Quarante Quatre Home-made Liqueur
I can’t remember how this conversation started. I suspect it was October when Rachel told us about the Quarante Quatre. It looks funny to type those words. When you say it as an Anglophone it sounds more like “Care Aunt Cat,” where aunt is pronounced in that British sort of way that sounds like you’re…
Big Sis Little Dish 