Happy St Patrick’s day, a few days early! On the actual day, I will be hiding from the festivities in my apartment eating these Irish soda bread inspired scones. I’m not always the most participatory Irish person. I teach at a school where a lot of the teachers are Irish and/or Italian American. The students…
Tag: comforting
Masala Spiced Orange Curd
I recently made Meyer Lemon Curd for the first time using a recipe from the very inspiring blog Food in Jars. It was easy and delicious and I decided that I would make the Creamy Orange Cardamom Curd next time. When I finally got around to looking more closely at the Orange Cardamom Curd recipe,…
The Right Kind of Marmalade- Made with Bitter Seville Oranges
I have a lot to say about marmalade. If you want to read a lot of personal marmalade stories from my childhood, college years and young adulthood read on. If you just want a recipe for marmalade scroll to the bottom! I grew up eating marmalade with butter on the world’s best scones, baked by…
Warming Winter Vegetable Pot Pie (Gluten-free or not)
It’s been a while since I made this. I have a fond memory of making vegetable pot pie for my neighbors on a snowy day many years a go. At the time, there were a bunch of us related by friendship and/or blood, all living in one building. We all ate this pot pie, went…
Quinoa Soup for Adventurers
I have been working all day and this morning I took out books from the library on traveling Europe. I’ve been reading them on the bus and getting excited.
Beautiful Five Bean Stew
This is the patron recipe of working single mothers and students working to put themselves through college. It is simple, healthful, cheap.
Mona’s Gingercake (and a Gluten-Free, Vegan version)
I once made about a dozen gingerbread recipes and invited my friends over to taste all of them. It was an obsessive episode (not unlike my recent situation with cauliflower, only nowhere near as healthy).
Gingery Cauliflower Soup
Exactly one year ago today, I posted my favourite cauliflower soup recipe. I love that recipe because it is easy and creamy (although it has no cream in it).
Egg Lemon Soup
Whenever I make this soup I wonder why I don’t eat it all the time. It is inexpensive, healthful, delicious and quite elegant!
French Onion Soup Stuffed Mushrooms
Mushroom caps are so good stuffed. Whatever culinary heritage I grew up with did not involve stuffed mushroom caps and now as an adult I can enjoy this delightful dish.
Big Sis Little Dish 