I once visited France. It was beautiful. In Canada one of our two official languages is French and I attended French immersion school wherein, starting in Kindergarten, you do all of your education in French. I love having a second language, but it does get rusty at an alarming rate when not in use, and […]
Author: Nicki
Yam chocolate chip cookies
Do you remember that feeling when you were a kid at the end of the weekend when a week of school was looming? That slightly disquieting knowledge of an inevitability and inescapable fate that settles into the pit of your stomach. It always carried through until sometime mid-morning on the Monday when the normalcy of […]
Cauliflower cashew cream soup
If you’re someone who reads about vegetarian or vegan cooking you will no doubt have heard about cashew cream. This is one of those things that I keep coming across in my recipe meanderings and which has always piqued my interest, and yet has invariably fallen onto the “must look into that one of these […]
Pesto and feta twisty bread
As you can probably tell, I love bread. I think I’ve probably always loved bread, but it wasn’t until I started baking it myself that I really became passionate about it. For me the whole process of baking bread is quite therapeutic in a meditative way. When I really take the time to make dough […]
Spelt and rye pizza dough
I think that among “bad for you” foods, pizza has got to be up there among the worst perpetrators. But really, is pizza that bad? I guess that my opinion is that it can be, or it can be a really healthy and nourishing meal. When I lived in Vancouver I was surrounded by pizza […]
Lemon blueberry ripple frozen yogurt
We have had some lovely days here in Shetland lately. The sun’s been shining and it’s actually been warm. The midges have even been out in force, which must indicate some serious summeriness. It has left me wanting more (perhaps less of the midges though). I would love for the summer to go on for […]
Kale pesto
I’ve been thinking about kale. I like kale, a lot. I like its ultra green flavour and fibrous texture. I think it’s delicious steamed with a squeeze of lemon juice, or with barley, thrown into a quiche, or whizzed into a smoothie (I don’t even mind the ensuing kale lumps amid the frosty smoothie goodness). […]
Spanish style barley
I have a great love of barley. It started a year or so ago when I first picked up a bag and thought I’d give it a try. At the time the scope of my grain cooking was more or less restricted to rice with the occasional inclusion of quinoa. I had found this recipe […]
Creamy chocolate milkshake
Milkshake… really. Need I say anymore. In a blog devoted to finding joy, in a large part through food, I think that milkshakes are pretty much the essence of the whole thing. When I think back over the events of my life, the milkshake appears over and over again in some of my best memories. […]
Cherry Bakewell millet porridge
So we received our grocery order last night and it was a great success! Everything arrived, the delivery guy was helpful and friendly, and the comfy pants were ever present despite the drizzly evening. I’ve discovered that I’m getting oddly obsessive about certain things as I get older, and grocery shopping is one of them. […]