This is the perfect season to make your own fresh basil pesto. Pesto is a versitile and delicious sauce that can be added to pastas, soups or served with fresh bread or crackers. Today at the farmers market, I bought a HUGE bunch of basil, and made four small containers of pesto when I got [...]
I really wanted something fresh and summery for dinner tonight, after time at the cottage and far to much barbecued and processed food for the past few days. So, I came up with this delightful spaghetti salad. If you are going to make a traditional Asian noodle salad, Soba noodles might be a little closer [...]
Just look at the colour of this sauce! It’s so beautiful, colourful and tastes completely fresh and amazing – and guess what? It only has three ingredients. How easy is that? I served it tonight over tilapia, but it also goes great over pasta too. Three Ingredient Roasted Red Pepper Sauce 4 red peppers, roasted [...]
This is the ultimate summer recipe – and it can be cooked right on your grill! It’s fresh, flavourful and super easy to prepare. Easy Grilled Brushetta 3 tomatoes, diced 1/2 sweet onion, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, minced salt & pepper 2 TBSP fresh parsley, chopped 1 TBSP olive oil 1 French loaf, cut [...]
Lentils are so easy to use and so delicious. They are also really good for you. This simple soup literally takes about 5 minutes to whip together, and then about an hour to cook. It’s completely vegeterian but just as hearty and fulling as any meat dish! Add a beautiful loaf of fresh crusty bread [...]
Even though it’s not summer outside, you can still make this delicious and flavourful summery salad! It’s healthy, high in fibre and and light tasting, so make it and let your taste buds delight! Fresh Summer Chickpeas Salad 19-oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed ¼ cup sweet onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 large tomato, [...]
Yummus to hummus! I’m not sure if it’s the garlic, the smooth texture, the dipping factor or what exactly I love the best about it, but it is one of my favourite snacks and for good reason – it’s healthy and so simple to make in just a few minutes. Now, don’t get all worried [...]
Can you say yum? Oh yeah – these are pretty good all right! The perfect side dish to go with ham, chicken or practically any main dish. Lightly crispy on the outside but a soft and fluffy inside. Perfect potatoes in minutes! You can do it, here’s how: Garlic Roasted Potatoes 6 – 8 medium [...]
I love to try new things in the kitchen. New flavours, and food textures as well as fun combinations. It’s always great to taste new and exciting foods, especially when they are made up of ingredients commonly used in my kitchen, but not normally paired together. I’m not sure why before today I had never [...]
The delicious and fragrant flavours in this vegetarian soup were created from some of my favorite backyard plants – every year I enjoy my beautiful gardens where I grow parsley, rosemary, thyme, oregano, cilantro, chives, sage, lovage, garlic…etc. but this year we had a surprise plant sprout up – a pumpkin! While it has taken [...]
Catherine Robertson
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