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,…

Pea Shoot, Sunflower Sprout and Roasted Squash Salad

I have been missing tender and flavourful little salad greens.  I eat pre-washed baby spinach and arugula, which can be acquired year round.  I find pre-washed baby greens so damn convenient that I cannot resist using them, but the truth is that they don’t have as much flavour as nice local salad greens that were…

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…

All The Cool Kids Are Eating This Kale Salad

“All the cool kids are eating this kale salad”, I told my husband. He poked at the kale and said “It looks great, but why is the kale raw?” “Because, it’s a salad,” I replied…

Valentine’s Menus for Every Stage of Romance

It is time to cook dinner for your sweetheart.  It should be easy.   Stress is not romantic.  It should make your house smell good.  It should be delicious, but not something that inspires gluttony.

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.