fried almond and olive pasta with fresh cilantro and parsley
everything goes into the pan together--that has origins in my laziness, but it works well.
greens
garden update: early july
dinner of just-picked rainbow swiss chard, perfect, fresh sage leaves, yellow tomatoes and farro pasta.
good and green
don’t let anyone tell you that salad isn’t delicious. when it’s fresh and grown with integrity, it’s worthy of all your attention. a good salad can take centre stage. if you don’t believe me… …perhaps you haven’t been fortunate enough...
the serious salad
it's about texture as much as it is taste. the flavours are as strong as the crunch.
dinner for breakfast: creamy sweet potato polenta with vegetables, tamari and pumpkin seeds
why did it take me so long to come around to having a hot, savoury breakfast on weekday mornings?
porcini-fried rapini
I’m pretty sure my mother served rapini to me more than once growing up, but I couldn’t get past the bitterness and appreciate its unique flavour as a kid. Now I love its bitterness and grassiness equally. I love it...
i love you, delicata squash
somewhere between roasting and currying these pieces of delicata squash, i realized that not all squash was created equal.
eggs on chard & tomato couscous
i do not feel like cooking. at all. i don’t know why that is, since there’s a ton of great,...
arugula, celery and chevre salad
there's a grocer downstairs in the st. lawrence market, harbour organics, that sells wild arugula for $9.99/lb. which i cringe at all the time, even knowing how much i love this lettuce. it just sounds expensive. but i purposely bought...
green soup
there are times where i crave kale or chard the way some people crave their morning coffee. it happens maybe...
garden update
who can't grow lettuce? me, apparently. aren't they supposed to be one of the easiest things to grow? i could...
a random bite of…um, green soup
excuse the blurry iphone pic. i didn't intend to post anything about this soup today. my intention was to make something really healthy to eat in the hopes of getting better faster. but i was kind of impressed with the...