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The sun-dried tomatoes add quick colour and savoury sweetness to the creamy thyme and mushroom sauce. I was delighted to discover adding cottage cheese gives you the delicious creamy consistency of full fat double-creme de Gruyère (or other heavy cream).
Whenever I am sick, I like to make myself chicken soup. It feels like I am taking care of myself. Quite simply, it makes me feel better. You can always use something to make you feel better when you are sick, right? Today, Jman was sniffling and coughing. I kept him home from school. AND …
This video showed up in my Facebook feed last week. I shared it to remind myself to make it. And make it I did. Last night. I was seduced when he said: “I make it for my family all the time.” Everybody ate up! Including Mpants who always says: “I don’t like XXX.” Mpants finished …
I have no story about this dish. I made it once a few summers ago. It was so tasty. I thought I should add it to my recipe book on my blog. 2 tbsp pine nuts – roasted in a frying pan 1 eggplant, cubed into 1-inch chunks 1 tbsp olive oil salt & pepper …
I treat myself to a subscription of Clean Eating magazine. I love it. There are so many ideas and tasty recipes. In the latest issue, I found a recipe for butternut & chicken curried stew. I glanced over the ingredients, decided I had most of them and made it last Monday for dinner. I felt …
I always used to buy tomato soup. In California, it was from the Tuscan tomato and basil bisque from Safeway. In Switzerland, it is the Bio Velouté tomatoes au mascarpone from the Micros. I used to buy it because I could not make it. I never thought I could make tomato soup as tasty as those …
Easy, one-pot, midweek dinner for the whole family. Double it, and invite your neighbours. Recommended with Caprice du Temps Pinot Blanc. I invited my neighbour over for dinner on Wednesday. Both of our husbands were somewhere else for dinner. Better for us. The kids can play together. We (I) get some adult conversation. She arrives …
A tasty, hearty winter salad for #foodlovers I stayed with some friends in Ottawa for a bit during the summer of 1999. Glenn was doing his kayak-outfitting thing then and was also the stay-at-home parent. He would make lunch for us (his daughter Rachel and myself). One day, he made this super-tasty, warm, dark green …
My new Christmas Eve tradition: mushroom caviar … The best part about this recipe is that it requires 1 tbsp (15 ml) of white wine. As if I need an excuse! Of course I opened a bottle of Caprice du temps Humagne blanc. As my father-in-law says: “Humagne blanc, toute la vie, toute la nuit!” INGREDIENTS …
Points for colour. Points for taste. Points for nutrition. INGREDIENTS [one_half] 1 medium onion (or a few stalks of leek) 3 tsp olive oil 4 cloves of garlic 500 g ground meat 1 tbsp smoked paprika few leaves of chopped fresh sage few stalks of thyme (leaves ripped from stems) salt and pepper to taste …
Here is a recipe of classic beef stew from the Nov/Dec 2011 edition of Clean Eating Magazine. I cannot believe HOW DELICIOUS it is. Ingredients:A bottle of your preferred red wine (I opened a bottle of Caprice du Temps, Syrah 2014 Syrah) — not in the original recipe, but, if you knew how long it …
Ingredients: In the original recipe, there are ingredients for the pastry, but I just bought the pre-made filo pastry stuff. Dough: buy it pre-made. So much easier. Filling: 2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil 3 small sweet (white) onions, diced 1 large bag (in Switzerland, you can get a large bag) of spinach. In America, you …
Dark green leaves, sliced apples, thinly sliced red onion, grated carrot. Olive oil and apple cider vinegar dressing. Something I made up on the spot. Add something for protein, and you have a great lunch.
Last week, my father-in-law brought two ginormous zucchini and four eggplants from his garden. He seemed happy that somebody wanted them. I llooooovvveee eggplants and zucchinis. Love ’em. So, tonight, the eggplants needed to be used up. All four of them. All at once. I wondered what I could do. AND I thought to myself: …
Another simple recipe. Prepare the cantaloupe (or other melon) in slices. Place the slices in a bowl. Add the juice of half a lime, some finely sliced fresh mint, a bit of salt and pepper. Coat the melon with the dressing. Put on plates. Serve with a piece of prosciutto.
Here is something I made today. It was so simple, and so tasty. AND my two wee boys asked for seconds and thirds. I put the lentils on the stove-top to cook. Use the recommendations for cooking on the package of lentils. I usually add bouillon to the lentils whilst they cook just for a …
I discovered this recipe in an old Canadian Living magazine. It is so simple, so tasty, and is usually a hit with both my family and guests. You can use regular tomatoes –diced– instead of cherry tomatoes. If I have some old tomatoes in the refrigerator,I need to use up, I just use them. They …
I use recipes as a guide. I usually look at the ingredients, determine which ones I have and go from there. The other day, after the delicious accident substituting sun-dried tomatoes for roasted red peppers, I saw another recipe I thought I could do something with: Potted Shrimp with Crackers from the April/May issue of …
It is really hot here in Switzerland lately. I am probably just grumpy about it because I am also 8 3/4 months pregnant. Nothing is fun. However, Chantel comes over every day (except Thursdays) and helps out. We make lunches together. Our favourite so far is this hummus-like dip that I got out of a …
There is this hamburger joint in Cotati, California called Mike’s at the Crossroads. They have the best burgers I have ever tasted. They used to serve only burgers and salad, but now, apparently, they also serve fries. Regardless, whenever I think about burgers, I think about Mike’s burgers, and I start to salivate. (Yes, this …
I have been trying to eat healthier this year. I think I am doing a pretty good job (except for the chocolates, but I won’t go there right now). Part of the fun of eating more healthy is researching new recipies based mainly on what I have in my refrigerator. The other day, I had …
One day last year as I was chatting and catching up with my friend Rachel Ferguson, she mentioned that she was vegan. I told her the problem I had with being vegetarian (oh-so-many-years-ago) was that I could not seem to get enough protein. She told me about Quinoa. It has a relatively high portion of …
My sister and I have been trading recipes for a while now. Last year, she got serious about loosing weight and becoming fit (I think she has lost over 40 pounds to date! Congrats!). Someone introduced her to a cookbook on raw food, which she then also gifted to me. We have made quite a …
