Nolan loves coleslaw but unfortunately nearly all store-bought coleslaw dressings and even most dressing recipes are chock full of sugar, and canola oil. So, I’ve been trying out different ideas to make a version that we can all be happy with the flavour of, and that I can be happy with the ingredients in. This…
Grilled Salmon With Garlic Scape Pesto
Tonight was one of those ‘what should we do for dinner?’ nights. It’s hot and I wasn’t feeling very motivated but I have a fridge full of garden and market goodness that I really don’t want to see go to waste. It’s such a first world problem… Earlier in the day I had harvested my…
Grilled Pork Chops with Tomatillo Sauce
Pork is one meat that has not faired well in the movement to make everything low fat. In breeding and in butchering, the fat has been nearly completely removed from all grocery store pork products. Sadly this has also left the consumer with a low fat but really tasteless and dry product. When was the…
My Favourite Cauliflower Mash
Cauliflower has seriously become one of my favourite vegetables. I have always loved it roasted, a la Bob Blumer’s cauliflower ‘popcorn’, but since trying to cut grains out of my regular diet cauliflower has become a substitute for most of the ‘white’ starches. Rice and potatoes are, for the most part, out (though when my…
Strawberry Rhubarb Shrug
Like so many Canadian gardeners, I have a huge rhubarb growing in the corner of my veggie garden. For me, the decision to include it in my garden was my childhood memories of cutting off a stalk and dipping it directly into sugar before taking each bittersweet bite. I know I’m not alone and I…
Sautéed Fiddleheads with Garlic and Dill
We live in a world where ‘seasonal’ is a myth. We can purchase pretty much any kind of food at any time of the year. No matter what you are shopping for, it’s seasonal somewhere. Fiddlehead greens are one of very few exceptions. They are not cultivated, meaning that they truly are only available in…
Chicken with Lemon and Olives
When I purchase chickens my preference is often to buy a whole bird and then part it out myself. This is generally cheaper than buying packages of single cuts and a whole chicken offers a variety of different meats to satisfy everyone’s taste and texture preferences. Since I can happily eat chicken for breakfast and…
Sweet ‘n Crunchy Radish Salad
The radish explosion has begun in the garden leaving me to figure out how to best use up these crunchy little balls of brassica. Did you know that radishes are in the same basic family is broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower? I didn’t. Radishes aren’t often thought of as a stand alone food but they are…
Sautéed Radishes
Have you ever cooked a radish? Radishes are one of the first things to go into my garden in the spring. They are quick to grow and they don’t mind the cold. The only thing is, I don’t love ’em. Not really. I’ll eat them sliced into a basic green salad but I’m not the type…
The planting is all done!
Yay, the garden is finally all in! For those living in warmer areas it may seem incredible that we are just finishing up the planting at the end of May, but for those of us in the less temperate regions of Canada (most of us) our final frost date is not technically until June 1st. That means we’ve…
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