Adventures of a Home Cook
Admittedly a wedge salad feels like a flashback from every steakhouse restaurant in the ’80s. They are also one of the least healthy so-called salad options, right there behind the beloved taco salad. I’m pretty sure iceberg lettuce is 90% water with no nutritional benefits. …
Ontario has entered lockdown version 2.0. This one involves a reported curfew, vague explanations on what essential work is and essential outings and once again children learning from home while parents attempt to both teach and work at the same time. Oh joy! And so …
It is that wonderful holiday time of year again. Time for being thankful, surrounding yourself with loved ones, and eating endless carbs. While I know the holidays will not be the same this year, I still have all of the feels. To quote Johnny Mathus, …
My daughter started her first day of Grade 1 today. She also decided that today was the day she would refer to me as “Mom” instead of the adorable and childlike “Mama” she usually uses. It’s like she’s trying to hurt me. I have always …
I like to think of myself as having somewhat of a green thumb. I have raised garden beds, I order seeds from a catalog in January, I meticulously water tiny plant babies in my basement under grow lights until the last frost. Yet despite many, …
You know that feeling in those first days of Spring, when the temperature barely cracks 60F but the sun is shining and the future of warm, sunny, summer days are before you? When after months of snow and ice and cold you feel so hot …
I recently got my hands on Priya Krishna’s new (and first) cookbook: Indian-ish. If you have ever wanted to try your hand at cooking Indian food, or are just looking for new, interesting, mostly vegetarian dishes, this is a great cookbook. Krishna was born in …
This is the perfect winter salad. It has the elements that make up all great salads: acid, crunch, a little bitterness, some sweet, and crispy, toasty croutons. It incorporates citrus for colour and sweetness, which (in Canada at least) is just as good in December …
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 …
I have been accused on many occasions of being too “fancy”. I love dinner parties, especially the ones where I pull out my china, assign seating with little placeholders, and pull out my crystal wineglasses. Apparently this comes across as stuffy. I have no idea …