This seasonal combination of raw kale, beet, carrot and some pomegranate seeds is a great start to the new year and antidote to the excess of the holiday season. After 3 turkey dinners and a truly obscene amount of baking and chocolate I need some green leafy vegetables in my life stat. For the Salad 2 […]
Moosewood Vegetable Soup with Extra Mushrooms and Alphabets
Mmm Moosewood. Mollie Katzen’s Classic cookbooks are all well worn around these parts. I’ve mentioned them here before, but somehow forgot to share our favourite soup during last year’s soup swap recipe posts. The Moosewood Vegetable Soup from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest and it’s many variations are a regular part of our fall meals around here. […]
Cubit’s Organics’ Roasted Carrots and Beets with Mint and Feta
The combination of sandy soil and full sun means that we are able to grow really nice root vegetables in our front yard here in Toronto. When we’re not growing for seed, we just grow all the different types and colours mixed up so what you pick is a surprise; A striped beet or a […]
Make Your Own Organic Cranberry Sauce {Enough for both Canadian Thanksgiving and Christmas}
I had a lovely evening out last week with my friend Shana. We went out on the town to a canning class put on by Bernardin in a local church kitchen. Although we’re both becoming rather seasoned canners it’s nice: 1. To have a nice community event to go to. 2. We kind of like hanging […]
How to Can a Bushel of Peaches in 7 hours with Some Swearing, a New Pot and 29 Jars
As mentioned in last week’s peach lemonade post and in our #canning play by play on twitter, we spent most of last Tuesday turning 1 bushel of gorgeous, perfect, marvellous Red Haven Ontario peaches from BizjakFarms into 29 jars of assorted canning goodness. I feel like this post is a little late as once […]