Tag: local
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Tomato Cheddar Quiche
When tomatoes are in season and you need yet another recipe, this quiche is gorgeous and delicious.
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Turkey Soup, Two Ways
Soup season has arrived! (Okay, to be fair, it is always soup season at our house). Each time we have a bag of parings, ends, and leftover veg bits, we make stock. And the same goes with something like the Thanksgiving turkey. We don’t eat much meat these days, but when we do, we are…
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We Grew 1001 Balcony Tomatoes (OK, Quite a Few)
Fresh, ripe tomatoes, warm off the vine. You might think you need a plot of land, or at least a large-ish garden to make this happen, but we have been happily surprised with the productivity of our condo garden this first year. We have planters on our balcony, as well as a metre-square plot in the…
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These Savoury Biscuits are Sweet
We are very conscious of food waste in our house, so when we cook, we save vegetable scraps to make broth. We also roasted a chicken earlier in the week, and the carcass went into the stock pot to make chicken soup. Since I hadn’t made bread yet this week, I put together this batch…
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Who Needs Toast?
I like a toast soldier as much as the next guy, but this is a great way to get more flavour and vitamins if you favour an eggy breakfast. I started with a sliced onion, half a bell pepper, diced, and a chopped hot pepper in a nonstick pan. A regular pan will work also;…
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Never Underestimate the Power of Green…
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know I am a great promoter of buying local. However it’s often darkest before the dawn, and at this time of year, when fresh local produce is just barely trickling into our stores, I have been known to give in to a moment of weakness. I had…
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Fast food!
Today’s lunch is on a limited time budget. Lots of client work to do, problems and puzzles to solve! So how to make good food fast? You can never go wrong with a salad. It helps to have one or two serving batches of frozen cooked legumes on hand, as they are much healthier…
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Let's root, root, root for the team!
Spring is coming, we believe, although the weather is being uncooperative. Here’s a grest dish for the last of those winter veg. This is a lovely vegetable gratin. The directions are unspecific…yet easy. Heat the oven to 400F. Spray a casserole dish with olive oil spray. Now begin… Slice some vegetables thinly, by hand…
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Grammy's Onion Pork Chops – 2016 Style
It starts with some simple sliced onions – in this case a yellow onion, but any colour or type will do. For two, we used half a very large onion. These are browned in a pan with some olive oil (Grammy would have used butter, but it’s much more inclined to burn). Don’t be afraid…
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Lunchovers?
Call them what you will, one of the best ways to stretch your grocery bill is to incorporate leftovers or things that need using up into your lunch. We’re off to run a couple of errands before the Super Bowl and we were smart enough not to eat the two extra lamb chops in the…