If I’m keeping things simple, I’ll turn leftover chicken into a soup with rice and vegetables. With this soup recipe, I’ve added the classic Indian spices along with sweet butternut squash. The squash blends beautifully with the other flavours. With apple season wrapping up, there’s no reason not to try a fresh spin on this classic soup by adding a touch of butternut. Soup is also an optimal way … Continue reading Mulligatawny Soup with Butternut Squash
Faster than meatloaf, meatballs are a fantastic make ahead meal option. Loading them with garlic and onion before baking gives results comparable to frying them on the stove top. Baked meatballs are much easier and less crumbly than meatballs cooked and turned over and over in the pan. I like to bake double or even triple batches and freeze the cooked meatballs. Then I have … Continue reading Ultimate Garlic and Onion Meatballs
Our move from Saskatchewan to the Chicago area is finally over. And one of the perks of living near a major city is that I now have greater access to spices of the world. Za’atar is one of my favorite discoveries ever when it comes to spice blends. I bless the day that my dear friend who lived in Jordan introduced me to such a glorious … Continue reading Za’atar Deviled Eggs
While I love strawberry season, the deeper flavour of cherries should not be missed. Now that summer is officially here, cherries are in season at last! And when cherries meet coconut, it’s a storybook match. How I did I discover this? The neighbourhood bakery of my childhood made some of the most amazing cherry coconut bars I have ever tasted. They were my mom’s favourite. … Continue reading Cherry Coconut Pudding Popsicles
Molasses adds a distinctive deep flavour and rich colour to these fresh buns based on traditional east coast brown bread. I asked a very good friend of mine from New Brunswick what typical maritime food is like. Besides the obvious seafood specialties, freshly baked brown bread, she told me, was a staple that you would find quite often on the table. And the inclusion of … Continue reading Molasses Brown Bread Buns
All fruit, totally refreshing cherry and watermelon blend together in these popsicles. Frosty fruit treats take the edge off summer’s heat in a most delicious way. Bring on the sunshine–so long as we have our freezer stocked with naturally sweet popsicles. I really would rather steer clear artificially coloured sugar water, which somehow becomes popular once it is frozen. Real fruit tastes so much better. … Continue reading Cherry Watermelon Popsicles
Swirls and Spice 