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Sourdough Toasts – Three ways Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon: smoked wild sockeye salmon, cucumber, red onion, capers, lemon zest on a yogurt-hummus spread Spicy Guacamole and Eggs: soft boiled eggs, radishes, mint on spicy guacamole, finished with red pepper flakes BLT: double smoked bacon, heirloom tomatoes, frisée, parsley, on yogurt-hummus spread, finished with Maldon salt…
Winter Cobb Salad I can never decide if a Cobb salad is, a meal that eats like a salad or a salad that eats like a meal? But whichever it is, it is always delicious! This winter version made with local eggs, squash, beets, apples, greenhouse tomatoes, chicken, and bacon, then finished a maple-Dijon dressing…
Mussels & Squid in a Spicy Tomato-Sausage Broth When it comes to “comfort food” this ranks right up at the top! A pot of rich, flavourful, somewhat spicy broth, hot fennel sausage, mussels, squid and fresh crusty bread. An easy, affordable meal that will warm your heart & soul, while satisfying your hunger and tantalizing…
Spicy Mussels and Shrimp “Soup” Have a little fun around the dinner table as you get your hands dirty digging into bowls full of deliciousness! We LOVE mussels in a flavourful sauce, but it’s sad to see the sauce left in the bowl or pot, then discarded. So, I’ve added broth, kale & shrimp and…
Linguine and clams (or linguine alle vongole) is a classic worth revisiting, over and over! Simple, inexpensive ingredients, shown a little love in preparation will deliver a soul satisfying meal every time. Buy the freshest clams from a reliable source and look for an artisanal dried pasta… the rougher the surface texture the better it…
Winter Citrus & Baby Green Salad, served alongside Creamy Cauliflower with Spinach + Bok Choy Baked Penne During the winter months, the two things I crave most are sunshine and cozy fires. This meal was inspired by those cravings to deliver a wonderful balance between the bright fresh flavours in the salad, and a ‘warm…
This roasted vegetable soup started out as a way to clean up some odds and sods of vegetables I had in the kitchen… but after my mother proclaimed this to be one of her favourite soups ever, I figured I’d better write the recipe so that I can recreate it for her again. Ingredients 5…
Potato, leek, bacon & rosemary soup. Most of the soups that I make are first for my parents, and second for Elaine and me. This one combines potatoes which are my mother’s favourite and bacon which is my father’s absolute favourite… he’ll eat it on anything or on its own, but it’s a super treat…
(Inspired by Italian Wedding Soup) Soul-satisfying meatball soup. (Inspired by Italian Wedding Soup) My parents and mother-in-law, love soup. So, I’m always looking for ways to make them full meals packed with goodness. This batch has veggies, kale, pasta and meatballs loaded into a flavourful broth with passata. I made a 1/2 batch of turkey…
Felt like autumn today and it was time to start making soup to share with my mother & father. So, I kicked off soup season with their favourite soup recipe… Pear, Port, Potato & Stilton*! Served with a shot of white port to really warm your insides! *Full disclosure: my parents favourite soup recipe is…
Wood-Fired Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze A wood-oven baked ham is a wonderful way to make a simple holiday meal extra special! The ham is moist, tender, delicious on the inside, while the outside is sweet, sticky, and slightly charred from the brown sugar glaze. I brushed the ham with orange juice, Dijon mustard…