This is something that I make when I am to stressed out to spend time on cooking (Like the final week before Christmas vacation). It’s fast, comforting, nourishing and can easily be adapted depending upon what I have on hand. This recipe calls for dried greek oregano which is the kind that is in leaves…
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Gumbo Z’herbs and Skillet Cornbread (Gluten-Free)
I got this gumbo recipe from an old copy of The American Heritage Cookbook. Gumbo Z’herbs is an old creole recipe for Lent, when you are not allowed to eat meat. However this recipe includes meat stock and sausage or smoked ham bone for flavouring, so that is confusing to me….. Maybe this is only…
A Menu in Honour of Broccoli Soup (Gluten-free Popovers, Green Salad and Baked Apples)
The New Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas is organized by Menus. Ms. Thomas pairs this brocolli soup with a green salad, popovers and an apple pudding. I recommend this menu with all my heart, although my popovers are gluten-free. I think that they are just as good as the traditional ones. If you want…
Potato, Celeriac, Fennel and Leek Gratin
There are so many ways to make a gratin. You can use any kind or combination of root vegetable (winter squash, mushrooms and artichokes are also good). Traditionally a gratin is topped with parmesan or gruyere cheese, but any delicious, aged, hard cheese will work. I am currently in love with Midnight Moon aged goat gouda which…
Acorn Squash and Adzuki Bean Pancakes
This comes from a cookbook called Lean Bean Cuisine by Jay Soloman. My mom’s best friend, Valerie, gave it to me years ago, and I still reference it to find new and exciting ways to cook different kinds of beans. Adzuki beans are definitely one of my favourites. They are the sweetest of beans. If…
Pressure Steamed Vegetables with Ume Plum Vinegar
When I was growing up on Maui I liked the food article in the Maui News by Bonnie Mandoe. I remember clipping out and trying her recipes for potato pancakes and a delicious chicken stir fry with peppers, green olives and fresh Maui fruit. She moved to the mainland when I was in high-school and published…
Sticky Toffee Pudding (traditional and gluten-free)
Sticky toffee pudding is a not too sweet date cake with a very sweet and sticky toffee sauce. It is a classic British desert and is one of the reasons that I love English food. Thats right, I love English food. I like puddings and trifles and shepherd’s pie and sausage roles and bangers and…
Cranberry Brisket with Parsnip & Carrot Latkes and Spiced Cabbage
My Cranberry Brisket is adapted from Sheila Lukins recipe for Shaker Cranberry Brisket in her USA cookbook. I have added wine to the recipe and I am pretty sure that Shakers don’t drink so…… I also skip the cloves and add five spice powder instead. Either one is good. Brisket is a tough but flavourful…
Boston-Style Steamed Brown Bread & Baked Beans
This week, I present two very different cooking styles than what I’m used to. I made a happy experiment of cooking traditional Bostonian food last weekend. That’s baked beans with steamed brown bread. The bread is cooked in old coffee cans, sealed and steamed in a big pot. The beans were what started this whole…
Long Cooked Broccoli
So this is yet another amazing recipe from Chez Panisse Vegetables. I was taught that broccoli was supposed to be eaten barely cooked, so that it is still bright green, sweet and nutty. Broccoli is delicious lightly steamed. I am pretty sure that I tried this recipe initially out of curiosity. Long cooked broccoli…
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