Adventures of a Home Cook
It appears that most of the world (or at least the social media/instagram world) has completely entered Fall. The only recipes to be found right now include apples or pumpkin-spice. And while I am never one to turn down a piece of apple pie, this …
This year marked my parents 40th wedding anniversary. An amazing accomplishment and constant reminder of how old I am getting. Did I just make this about me? To mark this momentous occasion my sisters and I decided to book a cottage in Grand Bend for …
This year the groundhog did not see its shadow. Meteorologists predicted that we would have a hot spring. I point these things out to explain my resentment at what has been seemingly endless days of rain and cold. I was mislead! We were all mislead! …
I have became slightly obsessed with kale. And for those of you who do not know me, I am not the granola, hippie type. Although I do make my own granola and believe that Birkenstocks are the most comfortable summer footwear….perhaps I’m in denial? Perhaps …
On one of those rare evenings when I actually had a babysitter and a night out on the “town” (this is Windsor, ON, I’m not sure that’s a completely accurate reference) my husband and I went to a lovely tapas-style restaurant that had the atmosphere …
In my Fall trend of making warm comfort foods, I have included this winner. It has all the fall comfort essentials: warm, filling, and creamy! It may also be the embodiment of ‘unhealthy’, containing cream, bacon, and starchy potatoes. I guess when it comes to …
I am always looking for new and interesting ways to use vegetables. This is especially true in the summer when produce is plentiful, my eyes are bigger than my stomach at the Farmer’s Market, and my garden produces all of its vegetables at one time. …
Carrots may seem like a vegetable relegated to cold winter months, where root vegetables are the only decent looking produce at the grocery store, but they are actually delicious and in season in the late summer. Thin carrots with the greens still attached and beautiful …
Every time I make traditional ratatouille I am severely disappointed. I don’t think it is the recipe creator’s fault. I just expect ratatouille not to be so liquidy and soggy, but to really be a spiral of vegetables like the dish served in the Disney …
While we are still in full barbecue swing I have decided to share my new favourite potato salad recipe. This is not the typical standard creamy potato salad, although it does contain mayo (don’t leave the page- I swear it’s not the usual creamy concoction!). …