Layered Avocado Beet Citrus Salad

My friend, Sawsan over at Chef in Disguise made this salad and posted it early this week and by luck we had all the ingredients on hand and by that same luck we needed something to go with our oven roasted Salmon. I can honestly say it was delicious, the flavours and textures really worked [...]

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Curried Cauliflower and Chickpeas for a Meatless Day

Every so often we like a meal without meat. Indian flavours are always so welcome particularly on these bitterly cold winter nights. I saw one of our celebrity chefs, Chef Michael Smith, made this recipe on his show Chef at Home, and I’ll be darned if I can find it. It’s a really easy recipe [...]

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Vegetarian Paella with Seafood

Today is Wednesday and it is my first day at the courthouse for jury duty. We don’t live far from the core, so taking the subway is the most efficient way to go, plus parking would set me back about $20 per day (pretty cheap considering it could be as high as $60 per day [...]

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Gluten Free Falafel adapted from Manu’s Menu

On Saturday, February 11 we’re hosting a Valentine’s dinner for dear friends; the husband who recently turned vegetarian (he eats fish, but not meat) so when I saw Manu’s recipe for Falafel I was excited. I thought this relatively simple middle eastern dish could easily be turned into an upscale appetizer (I was thinking Falafel [...]

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Tomatoes, and even more tomatoes

Isn’t the best thing in the world a fresh, ripe, just picked tomato? OK, I just happened to be given a large quantity (large for me!) of incredible Ontario tomatoes so I’m all about the tomato for this blog! They even smell like tomatoes. The little ones just pop in your mouth and the sweet [...]

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Wild Mushroom Velouté

This velouté was part of the 5 course dinner we served to an old friend and his fiancée. He had suffered a heart attack about a month earlier, so I wanted to make sure the dinner was super healthy. No saturated fats, few carbs, not too filling, but really satisfying. The mushroom velouté is a [...]

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Cauliflower Celeriac “mashed potatoes”

Cauliflower Celeriac “Mashed Potatoes” Serves 4-6 vegetable side portions Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower (about 4 cups) 1 head celeriac (about 1 ½-2 cups) 1 head garlic 4-5 shallots Low Sodium Chicken stock (or vegetable stock) Salt and pepper to taste Directions: Pre-heat oven to 375°F. Cut cauliflower into individual florets, each about the same size, [...]

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Simple red cabbage slaw

It’s seven in the morning and I’m posting a recipe from my bed at the cottage! It still amazes me! What I really should be doing is going for a half hour swim, but the air is a bit nippy – hmmm, comfy bed or chilly swim? Simple red cabbage slaw 2-3 cups finely shredded [...]

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Moroccan Style Quinoa Salad

I wanted something healthy and not too heavy to go with ribs we were BBQ’ing for Rae and Mon, so we settled on Moroccan Style Quinoa. This recipe is a delicious combo or tart, salty and sweet, with the great texture of the Quinoa (super grain). I used a lovely bowl I picked up in [...]

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Onion Bahjis

1 large Vidalia onion, medium coarsely chopped 2 cups chick pea flour 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1-2 cups water 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp meat masala ½ L peanut oil Sift spices into the chick pea flour. Mix chick pea flour into egg mixture, adding water to make a thick batter. Add onions and [...]

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