To continue with the squash theme of the season, I’m posting this recipe for this very delicious risotto that I invented with my roommate during a dinner party earlier this week. I found that using delicata squash in this risotto actually avoided the need for parmesan, making this recipe an easy one for those looking [...]
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White wine and squash risotto
Posted in Comfort Food, Italian, Onions, Recipe, Rice, squash, vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged dairy-free, delicata squash, delicious, Italian, Recipe, rice, risotto, vegetarian on November 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Roasted tomato sauce
Posted in Herbs, Italian, Pasta, Recipe, Tomatoes, vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, tagged freezing, fresh herbs, harvest, Italian, oxheart, Recipe, roasted tomato, sauce on October 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
With the first frost approaching, I thought it would be likely this recipe would come in handy! Before moving to Montréal, we harvested all our tomatoes (even though it was just the end of August), and made pots and pots of sauce to put in the freezer. Our tomato harvest this year was phenomenal. The [...]
Gnocchi with a Thanksgiving flare: kuri squash gnocchi with sage brown butter
Posted in Canadian Food, Holidays, Italian, Pasta, Potatoes, tagged Brown butter, delicious, gnocchi, kuri squash, pasta, Recipe, sage, special meal, Thanksgiving on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For the past several years, I have embraced coming up with new or unusual ways to cook traditional foods usually eaten at and around Thanksgiving. Like Catherine, Thanksgiving is also a favourite holiday of mine. The brilliant colours around me remind me of the changing seasons, and this year, they remind me of a bountiful [...]
Italian meatballs
Posted in Classic, Comfort Food, Italian, Pasta, Recipe, tagged Italian, linguine, meatballs, parsley, Recipe, supper, tomato sauce on July 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In grade 2, I had an amazing teacher. Ms. G was Italian, and had crazy long curly black hair that terrified us at first. But soon she won us over, and took us on a cooking adventure right from the beginning. We made a cookbook. Meatballs. Hand-rolled pasta. Breads. I can’t even remember all the [...]
Cheesy herb cannelloni
Posted in Basil, Cheese, Italian, Pasta, Recipe, Vegetarian, tagged Basil, cannelloni, cheese, herbs, pasta, Recipe, tomato sauce on March 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I would love to find out how and why we get cravings. They’re such a mystery, and at the same time, so important in driving people’s food habits. It may be a combination of biological need, psychological drive, environmental stimuli (e.g. advertising), or completely random. I have no idea – but I do know that [...]
Gnocci with basil, lemon and capers
Posted in Basil, Italian, Lemon, Lunch, Pasta, Recipe, Vegetarian, tagged Basil, capers, gnocci, Lemon, Lunch, quick, Recipe on March 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »
With spring just around the corner, snow drops popping up out of the thawing ground, I can’t help but feel optimistic these days. As I walk though the streets, people smile and take their time outside. I love this change in attitude. As spring rolls in, my tuber-rich, squash and cabbage-filled winter menu starts feeling [...]
Friday Night Pizza
Posted in Comfort Food, Italian, tagged italian food, pizza dough, tomato sauce on March 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Although I would like to have invented this tradition myself, I am just continuing one inspired by Barbara Kingsolver in her book, Animal Vegetable Miracle. Pizza is such a fun thing to make at home. The dough is surprisingly easy to make from scratch, with 3-4 ingredients only. So why not make it a weekly [...]
Italian Sausage and Mushroom Risotto
Posted in Italian, Mushrooms, Rice, tagged italian sausage, Mushrooms, risotto on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching the latest Top Chef episode the other night. The losing chef was sent home and chastised by the judges for not having risotto which oozed and made the Arborio the dish’s star. It occurred to me how much I love risotto and that perhaps my attempt might produce a more satisfactory version? [...]
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 [...]
