Adventures of a Home Cook
Mayonnaise is a divisive condiment. I know that there are many people out there who are repulsed by it and will not touch a single salad that has come into contact with the egg based creamy salad dressing. It also appears somewhat mysterious in its …
I am definitely a carnivore. Judging by the number of meat-centered recipes on this blog to date, this was probably a given. But if all vegetarian dishes were this delicious, I might consider a conversion. This recipe is the embodiment of fresh interesting flavours. A …
My sister has been making a roasted red pepper soup as her “go to” soup for years. She has declared “it’s delicious”, “its simple”, “my husband loves it” repeatedly. There is therefore no explanation as to why last weekend was the first time I not …
I am always in search of a new, interesting salad recipe. This is especially true this time of year, when winter won’t cease and it feels like eons since fresh produce came out of my garden. Everyone expects a fabulous main course. What really takes …
One simple technique revolutionized the way I cooked vegetables and increased my enjoyment of them substantially. Roasting. For those of you late to the game- roasting your vegetables is the easiest way to cook them and will transform how you feel about your greens. Even …
The beauty of growing up in Windsor, with family on both sides of the border, is that I get to celebrate two Thanksgivings. That’s twice the turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes; twice the rolls and twice the pies. And after all of those delicious carbs, …
My favourite time of year is officially here: Fall. A time for apple-picking, thanksgiving harvests, warm soups, Sunday football with roasts in the oven, cool nights that are great for sleeping, and weather that is neither oppressively hot nor bitterly cold. It is most certainly my …
Historically I have not been a fan of kale. It is one of those fad super foods that everyone harps on, supposedly can’t get enough of, and tries to incorporate into meals that they were never intended for. I mean ‘kale chips’, you’re not fooling anyone. …
It is that wonderful time of year again. The time when everyone’s tomato plants are overloaded with beautiful, firm, red fruit just waiting to be harvested and turned into sauce. If you are blessed with a garden of your own, you will find, like me, …
Every summer my family heads to our cottage in Northern Michigan, where eight adults, a growing number of children and two dogs pray for sunshine and a week of nice weather (it will happen one day!). Cooking for a crowd can be a challenge under …