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Barley and Carrot salad with barley and peanut crunch

May 28, 2024

Barley and carrot salad with crispy barley and candied peanut crunch topping.  Trying to up veg intake? I am posting various salad and cooked veg dishes. I think we can learn to love veggies if we don’t love them already. I do, it’s what we eat most. To make:4 carrots1 cup barleyA handful of parsley2 green onions, chopped1/3 cup golden raisins or another dried fruit.Microgreens Shred the carrot in a food processor. Cook 1 cup of... View Article

Black bean quesadillas

March 22, 2024

Black bean quesadillas.  Traditionally made with corn tortillas folded over Oaxaca cheese and grilled to melt the cheese and crisp the tortillas, this dish has been changed and adapted over time to the use of flour tortillas and a variety of fillings.  You can keep it “dry” without toppings so you can hold it in your hand or you can serve it as in this dish with toppings and eat it with a fork and... View Article

Asparagus, beans, tofu Hollandaise

March 22, 2024

His and hers weekend breakfast. Previous post was “his” with poached eggs. This is “hers” with butter beans and soy “hollandaise”. It’s not like I “never” eat eggs but right now I am interested in creating more plant based recipes.  Steam or roast the asparagus.Sauté half an onion, slivered, in olive oil or water, add hot pepper flakes, the beans, S&P, cook to warm it up.  The “hollandaise” I used was a thinned out plant... View Article

#Pantrysoup – Beans and Pasta

March 22, 2020

Considering we are not running to the grocery store every day now it is good to have a few recipes of good food you can cook from staple panrty items and this soup is just such recipe. Made with beans, canned tomatoes and pasta, you can whip it up in no time and have a delicious and nourishing soup that for us means dinner. You can use canned beans or dried beans but dried beans... View Article

Rice and lentils with roasted vegetables

March 21, 2020

Mujadara is a classic middle eastern dish that I love and occasionally make. It consists of cooking rice and lentil together and topping with cruspy chopped onion. Simply delish. This is a version of the concept, made with leftover rice and lentils that I had and mixed with roasted ribbons of carrots and parsnips. This business of #stayhome, #flattenthecurve and #quarantinecooking is working well in my kitchen. I hope I am supporting the community by... View Article

Beans “in a flask” on grilled bread

February 10, 2020

I cook a lot of legumes and grains and this bean dish is one of my favourite. I make it with less liquid or more liquid, depending on what I do with it. When we were in Italy a while back we spent a month in Rome. One of the most memorable lunches we had was at a restaurant near the Spanish Steps called Ristoranto Nino. At the entrance, behind glass, there was a flask... View Article

Cauliflower and chickpeas coconut curry

January 22, 2020

Sometimes I venture into different cuisines and make a curry of sorts with what I have on hand in my pantry. In the last few days I have been working on a submission to an online food photography challenge and today’s challenge (for Saturday submission) was herbs and spices. Since I pulled out all the colourful spices for a photograph, I decided to use them in a dish for dinner, hence this curry. It’s a... View Article

White beans and potato soup

November 17, 2019

  Soup for me is second nature and as I mentioned before, I do not need or use recipes for making it so it is a little different every time I make it, depending on what I have on hand. This soup was a delicious combination of cooked white beans I had in the freezer, combined with potatoes, half a red pepper, a tomato and stock. For garnish I sprinkled along the side of the... View Article

Three lentil soup

November 13, 2019

    Once fall arrives soup season begins in my kitchen. I make a soup in a large le Creuset pot and then store it in 2-3 mason jars in the fridge so it’s ready to warm up as I wish. Lentil soups are regulars here and I usually mix 2-3 types of lentils together to make it more interesting. Soup for me is second nature and I don ‘t need a recipe to make... View Article

Roasted Carnival squash with crispy lentils and cashew cream

October 29, 2019

    So I am trying to keep up with my instagram posts and post them on the blog with a recipe at the same time. This can be a problem as I often have more than one Instagram post a day. I’ll have to figure out a happy balance but the problem is the followers on Instagram are asking for the recipes and I feel that I need to provide. We’ll see how it... View Article

Sweet Potatoes and black beans with Chili Lime Dressing

October 17, 2019

    My kind of salad, with sweet potatoes, black beans, pomegranate seeds and chopped pistachios combined for a  spectrum of textures and flavours. I make this salad all year round and change it a little with every season. In the fall I add pomegranates or even firm, ripe pears for a touch of fruity flavour. In the summer I add fresh corn, roasted on the grill and scraped off the cob into a waiting... View Article

Lentil salad

September 19, 2019

  Grains and legumes are a big part of our food at home, served on their own , combined with other ingredients or made into delicious winter soups. There are different kinds of lentils and each lend itself to different preparation: Brown lentils are soup lentils for me as they don’t retain their shape well when cooked and in a soup, melt into beautiful creamy oblivion. Mind you, I often use a few different varieties... View Article