Recently I’ve been looking for ways to include more veggies into my diet. I eat a mostly plant based diet, and feel that I’ve got a pretty good sense of what works well for me. But one area that I would like to improve on is just generally adding more veggies, especially raw green veg. […]
Author: Nicki
Creamy mushroom and leek barley
Last week I had one of those dread days that was far from stellar. In fact, as days go, that one was a bit of a stinker. Our three year old had a mysterious high fever and was feeling really off. Our one year old, despite being so tired that he fell asleep while I […]
Fig flaugnarde
Once a week, on a Wednesday evening, we have music night with my sister-in-law, Viv. She comes over with her mandolin, Buddy plays guitar, I play guitar and bodhran (I use the term “play” fairly loosely when it comes to my guitar playing, but I am improving all the time) and we all sing a […]
Turmeric milk
At the beginning of the year, midway through the cold and flu season, I came across an article talking about turmeric milk. I was instantly intrigued. I love turmeric, and have been eating it regularly since I was a teenager when my mother read about some of its benefits. From that day on all rice […]
Orange oat and rye cookies
A few days ago we were sitting inside on a cloudy, rainy, windy and generally miserable day. As the grey light lit the room with gloomy rain-streaked light, a glumness and boredom took hold of the household. I got lured, as I too easily do, into aimlessly roaming the internet while convincing myself that it […]
Toadstool-in-the-hole
I first heard about toad-in-the-hole from my beautiful cousin, Daisy. She’s a stylish Londoner with an incredible, vibrant London life which she embraces and enjoys fully. I love seeing the pictures of all of her glamorous goings-on on Facebook, and truly admire her obvious joie-de-vie. She moved to Vancouver for a year a few years […]
Pumpkin pie
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. It’s a time for family, food, crunchy orange leaves and pumpkin patches, and of course, the most integral part of the Thanksgiving meal (for me anyway); pumpkin pie. I love pumpkins. I love everything about them, the taste of them, their seeds, their beautiful orange colour, their curly […]
Whole wheat spice and prune cake
A couple of days ago I had my first attempt at making a fruit butter. As it’s the start of October, and firmly into my favourite season, autumn, I decided to make a squash butter as my first attempt. It was lovely; warming, soft and a resplendent celebration autumnal spices. Delicious. The creation of the […]
Creamy tropical polenta
I wasn’t really sure what to make today. It’s a rainy, windy, autumnal day, and I don’t think there’s much chance of seeing the sun. I needed something warm, comforting, and infused with a bit of sunshine. Upon scouring the cupboards I decided that today was the day to make a bowl of warm, creamy […]
Oat bread
I’ve been baking for a few years now, but for the longest time my baking was all pretty conventional. I used a lot of white flour, sugar and butter and baked some very lovely things. It’s only pretty recently, when I decided to cut down a bit on the amount of processed stuff in my […]