A quick little post today to share a winner of a soup I came up with last week… What do you do when you’ve got some leftover pumpkin purée and a load of carrots you forgot to roast? Make soup! It’s definitely soup weather here in Toronto and there’s nothing better on a chilly night […]

French Fridays: Vegetarian Hachis Parmentier (Shepherd’s Pie)
Happy Friday (but if you’re like me, all the days seem to be blending into one long week!). Today I’m sharing a recipe that might work for those of you needing to cook from your pantry, fridge and freezer right now. Bonus? It’s vegetarian and easy to make vegan, too! It’s a favourite in our […]

Cook the Book Fridays: Sweet and smoky roasted carrots from Everyday Dorie
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and was one I made just before leaving on vacation with some gorgeous heirloom carrots that needed eating in my quest to clean out the fridge! Dorie says: If you love smoked paprika, the odds are high that you’ll […]

Everyday Dorie in action (aka: that time Dorie Greenspan cooked with my cooking club!)
Um, yeah. That’s Dorie Greenspan. In my STEM lab. With my Grade 3 cooking club boys (and my Grade 9 helper). Having just cooked fried rice from Everyday Dorie with us (in an hour!). Wow, right? If you’d asked me 10 years ago where I thought I might be on December 5th 2018, I doubt […]

Spiced Red Lentil and Carrot Soup from Orange Appeal by Jamie Schler
I must admit that I don’t own a lot of single subject books but I’m always intrigued by them – especially now as I’ve been through the book writing/ recipe developing process myself, I’m in awe of people who can come up with a whole collection of recipes featuring one ingredient. Orange Appeal, by Jamie […]

French Fridays: Grated Carrot Salad from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen is an everyday French classic. David says: It’s impossible to write a book about French cuisine without including grated carrot salad Indeed, Dorie included one in Around my French Table that I made a few years ago and of course, my book […]
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