Saturdays are wonderful. The week’s over, everyone’s together, and because there’s the whole of Sunday left for lolling about relaxing together then I always feel like it’s a perfect day for getting all of the little jobs done that you wouldn’t do during the week. It’s also a perfect day for an easily prepared dinner, […]
Tag: vegetarian
West Indian curry with flat breads
I have been lucky enough in my life to have had the chance to do a bit of traveling. One of my favorite place so far has got to be the beautiful West Indian island nation of Grenada. It’s wonderful. The people are laid back and happy, they have amazing jungles, waterfalls and beaches, and […]
Tomato chickpea and wild rice salad
Today is drizzly and overcast, a day clearly in need of an injection of sunshine in the form of juicy, colourful tomatoes! We just did a big weekly shop and the store had in these beautiful Kentish orange tomatoes called “Orange Rapture”. You may have noticed that I am a total logophile, in other words, […]
How to make simple steamed eggs
I am a very big lover of eggs. I think there’s hardly a day that goes by that I don’t have at least one at some point. They’re wondrous. I once had a trainer look at me like I’d sprouted a second head when I told him that I ate whole eggs. It was during […]
Veggie fried rice
I’ve been thinking about delivery food. There was a time, not so long ago, where not a week would go by with out my ordering food for delivery. I loved it. There’s something inherently satisfying about eating delivery out of it’s tin foil box in front of a good movie, obviously followed by popcorn and […]
Golden pea soup
I love the fall. Here in Shetland it’s called “hairst”, and it is most definitely upon us. I love the cozy feeling of being inside in front of the rayburn with a steaming cup of tea and a chunk of fresh bread while outside it’s gray and drizzly. I love the fuzzy knit wear and […]
Zucchini spelt fritters
I’m calling these zucchini spelt fritters and there’s nothing you can do about it!! (She cackles in fiendish etymological glee). Shetland has it’s own dialect. It’s mostly a mix of Scots, English, and an old Norse language called Norn. When we’re in Canada Buddy uses a toned down version of his normal accent in the […]
Rye, rice and black sesame crackers
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about black sesame seeds. They seem to be cropping up in baking and even ice cream the nation over. I must admit I was completely ignorant of black sesame before sometime around a year ago when I heard about them on a TV show. I was instantly interested so […]
Mole black bean chili
I think that if I had to choose one nationality of food to eat exclusively for the rest of my life I’d probably go with Mexican food. I love it. I love the variety, the spicy flavours, the rice, the beans and veggies, the tortillas. And really, any type of cuisine that allows you to […]
Artichoke sun-dried tomato galette
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 […]