This post is the beginning of what I hope is to become a long tradition on our blog: inspiring ideas for quick, delicious meals. One of the things we do at our place is plan our meals once a week – we pull out the cookbooks that catch our eye, and sit on the floor [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Pasta with Caramelized Leeks and Broccoli
Posted in Pasta, Quick Dinner, Vegetables, tagged broccoli, Fast meal, vegetarian on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mushroom Lasagna
Posted in Italian, Mushrooms, Pasta, tagged Italian, Lasagna, Mushrooms on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cheesy and tomotoey noodles baked to perfection. How can one not love this dish? The first time I made lasagna was two years ago, when Sitelle learned the horrifying fact that I had never before made lasagna. I had been convinced that lasagna was this complicated, time-consuming recipe, way beyond my cooking skills. Sitelle sat [...]
Berry Explosion Smoothie
Posted in Berries, Drinks, Fruit, tagged Antioxidants, Blueberries, Raspberries, Smoothie on January 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I arrived home from school around 10pm tonight, absolutely exhausted after attending over 8 hours of lecture and an hour of reading with rambunctious six-year olds. I could feel that sort of itchy scratchy feeling at the back of my mouth, that telltale sign off impending illness. Nothing in my fridge was appealing to me, [...]
Curried Apple-Ginger-Butternut Squash Soup
Posted in Curry, Soup, Vegetables, tagged Butternut Squash, Curry, Soup on January 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
On the topic of beautiful Canadian produce, I was wandering through the Halifax Seaport market (absolutely gorgeous if you ever get a chance to go) on Saturday. As should be expected in January, there was really limited produce – down to the good old root vegetables and apples. A bag of pre-cut butternut squash caught [...]
Cranberries!
Posted in Berries, Dessert, Fruit, tagged Camping, Dessert, Fruit on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I thought a good complement of Catherine’s chocolate extravaganza post would be an antioxidant-packed entry full of cranberries galore (typical of the nutritional scientist I guess) – they are so delicious and yet most people associate them in one of three ways: cranberry juice (which is usually more grape juice than cranberry), dried plain or [...]
Mocha Chip Meringue Cake
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Dessert, tagged Chocolate, Dessert on January 24, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I was recently flipping through the essential chocolate chip cookbook (coincidentally a gift from Sitelle!), which is always a dangerous venture since it features devilishly delicious recipes with copious amounts of chocolate. This beautiful cake caught my eye, and it could not have been more delicious! We’re talking three fluffy mocha meringues, smothered with chocolate and [...]
