Up until a few years ago I could not cook. Living in Vancouver’s West End, I was surrounded by restaurants and cafes and take-out places, and so didn’t really need to cook, and at the time, it just never really occurred to me that cooking could bring me so much joy (in fact at the […]
Tag: whole foods
Vegan spelt gyoza
Today I made vegan spelt gyoza for lunch and, I must say, they were delicious! I love dumplings. In fact many of my very favourite foods fall into the dumpling category, among them gnocchi and perogies. But until today I had never made gyoza before, let alone vegan spelt gyoza! Gyoza are the Japanese version […]
Mixed berry crumble with ricotta vanilla cream
Well, it’s Saturday, and the final day of January. There’s only one thing for it; mixed berry crumble with ricotta vanilla cream! I’m kind of excited that January’s over. It’s been an odd sort of start to the year, seeing the loss of several inspirational artists, and it seems like it’s been a difficult month […]
Chestnut flour chocolate hazelnut biscotti
Last year at Christmas I found this recipe for a cake made with chestnut puree and chocolate. At the time chestnuts were not something that I often had at all, in fact I don’t know when the last time I’d had one would have been prior to that. In the picture the cake looked nice […]
Spelt apple carrot muffins
It is a beautiful morning here in Shetland. The sun is shining, the hills are glittering white with frost. The air is clear and the blue sky is streaked with wisps of feathery clouds. A magnificent morning to start the week, and what better to accompany such a lovely Monday but some beautiful spelt apple […]
Patatas bravas
Today I made patatas bravas… fierce potatoes… and they were delicious. I was first drawn to patatas bravas about a year ago. I love potatoes, so really any form of them is good in my books, but the magnificent name of this dish just really elevates it into the realms of epic food I’d say. […]
How to make ricotta cheese
The other day I wanted to get some ricotta cheese for an up-coming recipe, but to my dismay the shop seems to have stopped carrying it. What now? Now that I’ve suddenly realized that my culinary life is incomplete without this creamy key to a plethora of recipes, I find it’s unavailable. Faced with the […]
Carrot and ginger soup
Today it’s cold here in Shetland. Not -40 Celsius, frost bite kind of cold, but the drizzly half rain/half slush windy gray of January. In truth, the weather has probably been like this for the last few months, but during that time we’ve had festive excitement, Christmas lights, family gatherings and the cheer of the […]
Spelt scones and cranberry clementine curd
Happy New Year!!! I hope you’ve all had a happy and healthy Christmas, and a joyous night last night. My New Year this year was lovely. Our celebration was quiet and special, and for me the moment led mto some very cathartic reflection. For the past few years I’ve been increasingly veering away from New […]
Honey sweetened cranberry sauce
Happy Monday! This is it, the week of Christmas. The house is full of food, the baking is piling up and the advent calendars are almost finished. Time for some final preparations. And this is one of the easiest and most worthwhile. Honey sweetened cranberry sauce! Here in Shetland cranberry sauce is not really a […]