Healthy Choice

Either Way Marinara Sauce Pardon me for bragging, but this sauce is pretty good. Okay. It's really good. How do I know? Recipe tester feedback. They liked it. A lot. This recipes from my first book, The Messy Baker: More than 75 Delicious Recipes from a...

Indian-Spiced Roasted Cauliflower Soup You can't make a zebra change its stripes, or a leopard change its spots, or a cook change her favourite spice combinations. I am partial to Indian and Mexican flavouring, so have cumin, coriander, and various chilis at the ready. You'll find...

No-Knead Semi-Sourdough Rye Bread In true Gemini-fashion, I'm following the rules and breaking them at the same time. I observe pandemic protocols -- I practice physical distance, wear gloves when grocery shopping, wash my hands frequently, and go out only when necessary. But once in the...

Roasted Squash Soup with Sage and Hazelnuts This Roasted Squash Soup with Sage and Hazelnuts started out as a straightforward concept. Thanks to an impulse buy, a kabocha squash landed in my grocery cart along with a packet of fresh sage. I figured I'd sort out...

Easy Black Bean Soup Back in 2000, I lived in Australia for a year. I craved this Easy Black Bean Soup. Really badly. I'm not sure if it was a classic case of wanting what you couldn't have or merely a tasty way to make it through...

Black bean and Roasted Red Pepper SOup Yesterday, I looked at cooking dried legumes at home. I mentioned that beans could lose their colour if soaked too long. I should add simmering them too long will have a similar affect. This soup proves my point. It's quite red...

5-Ingredient Black Bean Salad Who says easy needs to be boring? I've been making this 5-ingredient black bean salad for years. I've taken it to picnics, potlucks, and family reunions (back when we had picnics and potlucks and family reunions). It's healthy, travels well, adds colour...

Apple CHips Yesterday, I posted about root vegetable chips. Today, the chips are made of fruit. Spring is not the best time of year for apples. While the produce section boasts apples year round, by the time winter is over, the Macs are long gone and...

Crispy Root Vegetable Chips So far, I haven't noticed a shortage of root vegetables. The produce section in the local grocery stores has plenty of potatoes, beets, turnips, parsnips, sweet potatoes and even rutabagas. The only issue you might have with this recipe is finding the...

Classic Split Pea and Ham Soup I first posted a recipe for classic Split Pea and Ham Soup more than a decade ago. The soup hasn't changed but a few questions have cropped up over the years. If you're new to this type of soup or...