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Curried Broccoli Soup with Cashew Cream (vegan)

I have a broccoli soup recipe from the New Vegetarian Epicure which I absolutely adore. I was not on the prowl for a new broccoli soup, but…

Roasted Cauliflower with Gremolata Bread Crumbs (gluten-free)

I have eaten many, many heads of cauliflower in the last month. My husband is out of town, so I ate them all by myself….well, maybe I fed a little bit to my girlfriends who came over for lunch…

Very Simple Sherried Shrimp

I found this recipe on Food52 which the meeting place of excellent home cooks on-line. There are a lot of wonderful recipes to be found here. In fact, the collective wisdom of home cooks on this sight is positively overwhelming.

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!

Cream of Mushroom Soup (past, present and future)

This has turned out to be a strangely epic post. I just want to let you know up front, that buried in all of this storytelling there are actually three recipes for cream of mushroom soup.

Green Salad with Asian Pear, Mint and Almonds

My husband usually leaves town for the month of January. At least, this is the third year in a row that he has done so.

Roasted Cauliflower and Caramelized Onion Tart (Gluten-Free)

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…

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.