Golden ginger lends a touch of zing to rice grains and slices of tender pumpkin. Simply toss together a handful of seasonal ingredients to create this fresh take on fried rice. I’ve done quite a bit of experimenting with cranberry recipes in my kitchen, but when it comes to pumpkin, I usually pick plain and simple pumpkin pie over anything else. Until this month I had posted just … Continue reading Pumpkin Fried Rice with Ginger
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
Watermelon rind takes an unexpected starring role in this savoury soup that revels in an aromatic yet light Chinese-style broth. Wasting food really irks me. But it was not until a number of years back that I had any idea that watermelon rinds could be made useful. It was when my late grandmother mentioned making pickles out of them. That notion stuck with me years … Continue reading Watermelon Rind Soup with Ginger and Star Anise
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
Just four simple ingredients and “bam!”–you’ve got cookies! Coconut and banana need no other sweetener, so these flourless cookies are impossibly healthy too! When I want to make cookies both delicious and healthy, I usually turn to sweet potatoes. My Cocoa Nut Breakfast Cookies and Healthier Samoa Coconut Cookies are proof of this trend. But sometimes I would rather skip shredding or cooking sweet potatoes. … Continue reading Banana Coconut Spice Cookies with Turmeric
Swirls and Spice 