Kitchen Operas

I wanted hearty and filling mushroom soup, so into the pot went some wild rice and white beans!

I used one of my favourite spicy peppers here: chipotle in adobo (smoked jalapeno peppers in a tomato sauce).

So we’ve been eating out a lot due to some schedule craziness around here, and last night I wanted a really nourishing and delicious dinner.  But all I had in the house were some really weird odds and ends (tomatillos, alfalfa sprouts, red lentil stew, rhubarb, mushrooms), and a whole bunch of squash. I’m saving […]

So by now (if you are a regular Kitchen Operas reader) you probably know all about my friend Louise. You know, my foodie friend who made macarons with me, who introduced me to turning squash into “jam”, who convinced me I could poach an egg, who has mulberry and quince trees (!), who likes all […]

My very favourite dinner from our week at the cottage?  Enchiladas. I was lucky enough to get some local, organic tomatillos in a veggie box delivery, and ooooh did I need to turn them into a roasted tomatillo sauce (inspired by my Roasted Tomatillo Sauce that uses a blender), roasting the tomatillos until softened with […]