Is there anything better than eating piles and piles of in season, local asparagus? My favourite way to prepare it is grilled on the bbq. After washing your asparagus, simply snap off the ends with your hands. I find it satisfying. While it’s still a little wet, pour a few tablespoons of olive oil over […]
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Recipe: Asparagus and Arugula
Pesto is one of our summer standbys, and anyone who had been to the cottage with us will know that we always like to keep some authentic italian pesto on hand for a quick and easy lunch. Ha! I normally grow enough basil to make our basil pesto once a week, but what to do […]
Fiddlehead Quiche with Cottage Cheese
Spring is in it’s final stretch and the local produce is really starting to roll in. Seasonal favourites like fiddleheads and asparagus are both available, along with colder weather leftovers like chard and leeks. We usually make our quiche without crust but since progress is in the gluten free pastry department has been made this quiche […]
Austin Texas with the Baby, my Mother, and 500 Food Bloggers
Before I went to Austin, Texas someone told me that Austin was just like a girl in a yellow summer dress. All I knew about Austin was that my Friend Marla got married there while wearing a cowboy hat. A girl on the plane, who happened to be wearing a summer dress told us that […]
Cubit’s Classic Basil Pesto Recipe
I make quite a bit of pesto in the summertime and it seems I have posted variations on our pesto recipe a few times too (here it is with garlic scapes, and then again with arugula). Somehow I keep skipping our classic basil version though. Which is a real shame as it is really so […]