Two gorgeously fresh and leafy heads of baby bok choy showed up in my veggie box yesterday, and I immediately knew what was for dinner: Stirfry! One of my all-time favourite Japanese-inspired stirfries involves ginger, garlic, eggplant and a little bit of sweetness (usually from scary refined sugar). I’ve been craving this stirfry for the […]
One of my favourite new traditions, is to start the new year with a bowl of lentil & pumpkin soup. It’s a tradition from Nigel Slater that I borrowed from his hunger-inspiring account of what he cooked and ate in a year, The Kitchen Diaries. This year, I had on hand a red kari squash […]
We ordered in Thai food a few days ago, in the middle of a ridiculously busy week, and they sent along some extra rice. Well, instead of letting it go to waste, I thought it was high time for a stir-fry, and what better way to use up leftover rice and a fridge-full of veggies […]
C is for Cookie — and G is for Gluten-Free Vegan Ginger Cookies, and they are deeeeee-lish. Seriously, I have made these treats in all sorts of permutations: with egg, without egg, with whole wheat flour, with buckwheat flour, with different proportions of flour, adding butter, baking them from frozen logs, and with a variety […]
I am currently in a breakfast phase where all I want to eat is muffins. Last week they were Meghan‘s Vegan & Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon Muffins (yum!), and this week I wanted something with even more fall spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and crystallized ginger are my go-to fall baking spices, and they are great in […]
If you like ginger, you need this cake now. It is moist and luscious, and full of spicy ginger goodness — the perfect complement to a “celebrating the end of summer dinner” and birthday celebration chez Louise. I wanted to do a special cake for her birthday, and knowing how she feels about ginger, it […]
I have been craving nothing but Indian food since my return from the Land-of-No-Veggies, and also needing lots of veggies and vegetarian protein. As such, I got stuck into my Indian spices in the kitchen this afternoon: coriander seed, cumin, amchur (dried & powdered mango), and dried chili flakes. And I wanted to make a […]
Ohhh, David Lebovitz. You have changed my life with your idea of polenta in a crisp topping so that the crisp stays crisp! And Meghan, thank you for showing me that coconut oil tastes even better than butter (*gasp*, yes, I said it!) atop fresh fruit. Crisps are such an easy dessert! You cut up […]
All I can say, is that Nigel Slater is a genius. I rediscover this every time I read anything he’s ever written. But, for this point, he is a true genius. In his latest tome, Tender, which I am officially proclaiming to be my Favourite Book Ever, he makes the point that “raw brussels sprouts […]
These sweet/tart muffins are courtesy of a few currently converging influences: A recipe from my favourite nutritionist, Meghan Telpner, for a cake I had at one of her cooking classes this year. Ohhhh, it was divine — strawberries and sweet potato! Who knew? The appearance of one of my favourite things on the planet: rhubarb! […]
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