Recipe: Zucchini, Sweet Potato Bake
This is a recipe I made a long time ago, so long I couldn’t find the printed recipe anywhere, but must of had it else I wouldn’t have made it. Time to dig into my mind and see if I … Continued
Recipe: Zucchini Casserole
Zucchini is just about in season. Will you have an abundance of it from your garden? Or do you buy fresh veggies from the farmers market? I used to grow it myself but now support our local farm stand. Did you know … Continued
Recipe: Eggs Benedict
Eggs benedict is one of our favourite meals. This recipe is from a cookery book, The English Kitchen and uses scrambled eggs instead of poached. I adapted it by using a gluten free English muffin from Kinninkinnick, and I made … Continued
Recipe: Six Layer Rhubarb Cake
It’s rhubarb season. The rhubarb has really been growing over the past couple of weeks and it was time to do some delicious baking with it. I’m not a pie maker but do make cakes, muffins and crumble. For this rhubarb … Continued
Recipe: Hodge Podge
This is an old fashioned recipe shared with me by my good friend from Nova Scotia. All ingredients are naturally gluten free. Make it when veggies are in season. I buy my veggies from the local farm, they are picked … Continued
‘Soup’er Recipes: Potato & Pasta Soup
I love soups and even though they are associated with colder weather, I eat them in all kinds of weather, except the really hot and humid weather. Today, even though it is June, the weather is damp and chilly so … Continued
Recipe: Chicken Pasta
I usually deliberately prepare extra when I cook food. That way I always intentionally have left overs. The extra food goes into soups and casseroles. Another thing I do is save the water that veggies (potatoes, carrots etc) have been … Continued
Recipe: Adapting the Banana Bread Recipe
Banana bread is a favourite in our house, but since I am now gluten free I needed to adapt the recipe. I halved the recipes and made one batch using gluten free flour and one with regular flour. The challenge … Continued
Recipe: Impossible Pie
Rainy April days. The grass is getting greener, the plants are growing especially the rhubarb. A perfect day to warm up the kitchen with some cooking. I adapted an impossible green bean pie recipe from an old Bisquick cookery book … Continued
Recipe: Avocado on Toast
Have you ever wondered if you can freeze avocados? I recently read a tip that said you most certainly could freeze fresh avocados. So of course I had to try it out. I have in the past purchased bags of … Continued
Recipe: Zucchini Bread
It’s that time of the year when zucchini are starting to be plentiful in the garden, this year I didn’t grow my own, instead I’m relying on the farmers markets and farm road side stands. I use a tried and … Continued
Recipe: White Sauce
I make my own gluten free white sauce or bechamel sauce to replace creamed soups in recipes. Bechamel sounds fancier than white! Usually prepared store bought soups are NOT gluten free, but if you can find gluten free ones you … Continued
Cooking with Rhubarb
Is rhubarb a vegetable or fruit? It is a perennial plant that is actually a vegetable but we tend to cook it with other fruits and treat it as a fruit. Rhubarb contains calcium, fibre, Vitamin C, iron and manganese … Continued
‘Soup’er Cabbage
Cabbage is not a vegetable I use much, it belongs to the brassica family which tends to be gas forming for people like me with intestinal problems. It is packed with nutrients and is an excellent source of vitamin C … Continued
‘Soup’er Recipe: Chicken Rice Soup
Who can resist a tasty bowl of soup on a chilly or not so chilly day. I made some chicken rice soup out of an extra cooked chicken breast, some fresh veggies and some veggies from my frozen stash. 1/4 … Continued