In the past I have shied away from recipes using hazelnuts (also known as filberts). The process of roasting and then getting the skins off looked tedious and too complicated for my busy life. I was so wrong. The whole technique is quick and easy. Toast in oven, cool, then rub skins off with a […]
A delicious cup of hot chocolate is fine way to celebrate a beautiful winter day. When I was young my mother taught my siblings and I how to make our own from scratch. We would come in from skating or sledding, peeling off layers of winter wear, and couldn’t get in the kitchen fast enough […]
I try to eat food in season and as locally grown as possible. But sometimes I just crave some creamy-coconut-spicy something. I usually go for it and imagine trading maple syrup for coconuts…(and maybe if I used sunflower butter instead I could create that creamy…so many possibilities!) This recipe is a simple vegetable curry and […]
This recipe has very simple ingredients and a simple process. Easy! Make popcorn. Boil syrup. Add cinnamon, Mix and quickly toast in oven to crisp it up. The tricky part is cooking the syrup. It is such a small amount its hard to get a good read on a candy thermometer. So I rely on […]
Popcorn is fun and simple and unpretentious…a food everyone can relate to. It’s something you have at the movies or make at home for movie night. Goes really well with kids and skating and hot chocolate on a cold day, or a cold afternoon with a good book or puzzle. You can make it straight […]
All tofu is not created equal, although each does have its own special merits. I came into the age of cooking with using the freshest artisan tofu. Gosh it works so well in so many tofu creations. It’s creamy with a hint of sweetness – when it’s fresh. Buying tofu at the supermarket is a […]
There are infinite ways to make miso soup. It can be light with snow peas and greens or rich with fish or beans. Or something totally different. In our international world we can share ideas and create… Using what’s in season, miso soup can be made to reflect what we have on hand and what […]
I grew up eating baked beans every Saturday night: baked beans out of a can with brown bread out of a can and hot dogs. And I loved our predictable simple Saturday night meal. We all did. Sometimes my mom would make baked beans from scratch in an antique bean pot (before we knew about […]
I am in heaven this time of year with all the squashes and pumpkins in season. I can’t seem to get enough and get excited (in a geeky kind of way) about all the varieties, colors, flavors and recipe possibilities. One of the many interesting things about squash is that the taste and level of sweetness […]
This time of year I am always looking for good alternatives to the standard cheese and cracker board for appetizers on the holidays. The kids and I have experimented with a lot of different things. From goat cheese bread stick log cabins to horseradish pickled beets to tiny stuffed quail eggs…omg! ( Some of those […]