Sunny and reaching a high of 11, Halifax flirted with spring yesterday! As I basked in the sunshine while editing my thesis, my thoughts wandered to summer. I realized that I may not make it to my family’s cottage in Ontario, so I immediately began to miss everything wonderful about the lake: lounging on the [...]
Archive for the ‘Mushrooms’ Category
Grilled portobello mushrooms stuffed with pesto
Posted in Basil, Cheese, Mushrooms, tagged charcoal bbq, grilled veggies, mozzarella, pesto, portebello mushrooms on March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sun-dried Tomato, Olive, and Red Pepper Pizza with Feta Cheese
Posted in Cheese, Comfort Food, Mushrooms, Quick Dinner, Tomatoes, tagged classy food, delicious, feta, mozzerella, Mushrooms, olives, pizza, red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When my friend Alex and his partner came to visit me earlier this Fall, they treated me to this pizza. I’ve since tried it out on a few friends, and it has met with high approval ratings. Now I don’t know whether it’s the saltiness of the crumbled feta or the intense burst of sun-dried [...]
Creamy Mushroom Linguine
Posted in Comfort Food, Mushrooms, Pasta, Quick Dinner, tagged creamy, Creme fraiche, Mushrooms, pasta on September 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I had a love/hate relationship with dairy when I lived in France. The French are very serious about their dairy products: whole aisles in superstores are dedicated to yoghurt, and the cheese section was often larger than the fresh produce section. While I loved the infinite yogurt choices (Canada really needs to get on producing [...]
Mushroom and Tomato Quiche
Posted in Cheese, Eggs, Mushrooms, Pie, Tomatoes, tagged bacon, Mushrooms, quiche, tomato on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the reasons why I love Sunday brunch is that I have a little bit of extra time to cook something special. I love quiche, but between making a pie shell and creating the filling, for the longest time I thought it was too complex for an easy meal. How wrong I was! Sitelle [...]
Roast Chicken and Mushrooms
Posted in Chicken, Mushrooms, tagged Mushrooms, roast chicken, simple on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am moving to Ottawa for the summer in less than a week, so I am in “eat everything in the fridge and freezer” mode. I have this tendency to buy lots of chicken when it is on deep sale, freeze it, and then eat it throughout the next few months. It’s a great idea [...]
Roasted Portebello Mushrooms with Pesto-Infused Tomatoes
Posted in Basil, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, tagged bulgar, pesto, portebello mushrooms, tomatoes on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For the last month, I have embarked on discovering vegetarain cuisine. There have been some sure disasters (whoever said ketchup went well with tofu lives on Mars), and some absolute winners. I’ve learned that vegetarian food at restaurants can be flavourful and juicy, or that it can be downright unappetizing and bland (not to mention [...]
Mushroom Melts
Posted in Mushrooms, Quick Dinner, Recipe, tagged cheesy, cream, mushroom melt, Mushrooms, Recipe, toast on March 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
For a long time in my life, the concept of any type of melts was unappealing. It likely had something to do with the book Angleworms on Toast, a children’s stroy written in the 1940s that was popular among my cousins for pre-bedtime reading at our cottage. The story is about a boy Tommy, [...]
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 [...]
