Great Canadian Food Experience: My Cherished Canadian Recipe for East Coast Fish Chowder I’ve written about fish chowder before but as it really is my cherished Canadian recipe I’m revisiting it as this month’s contribution to the Great Canadian Food Experience Project. One of the hardest things about having to drastically change your diet is […]
A Birthday and our Favourite Book: First Tomato by Rosemary Wells
Rebecca and I would like to share a little of one of our favourite books with you. It’s her birthday and she’s 4 years old today so we are celebrating at the farm by picking tomatoes and reading our favourite books. A well loved copy of First Tomato, part of a charming trilogy of books […]
Gentle Lentil Soup
As a recovering vegetarian, Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook is in regular rotation around here. When I’m in a panic and don’t know what to make for dinner I often make this from-memory, tweaked-for-my-family version of her Lentil soup. It’s really simple since it only uses one pot, takes one hour and you don’t need to […]
You know, that Jamie Oliver Chickpea Soup but with More Onions and Some Carrots
It’s winter and so I want to go into hibernation mode just as the seed business starts to ramp up. So here’s the answer to that haunting question; What’s for dinner? It’s “I’ll just make that Jamie Oliver recipe, you know, the one with the chickpeas but with more onions and some carrots” soup. We’ve just […]
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. […]