Bake with abandon!
This shot looks like some form of coral reef species, but it’s actually cooked spaghetti squash. Many of the sources I’ve read promote spaghetti squash as being “just like real spaghetti!” While it’s similar, it won’t fool anyone. Its translucency makes it look more like …
Somedays. I’m an upside down eater. Couldn’t face breakfast this morning before the dentist’s. Came home cavity-free and had leftover dinner for lunch. Then at 6:00 this evening I chowed down on a bowl of yogurt and berries topped with homemade granola. Anyone else have …
Last week’s vegetarian chili inspired me to try more food substitutes. I’ll be looking at a few alternative but delicious fakes over the next few days. I’ve been leery about “healthy” substitutes ever since someone served me dairy-free, sugarless chocolate mousse. I’d have been okay …
Last week, Michelle Rafter asked what she could feed her family of non-adventurous eaters while providing her vegetarian daughter a dairy-free meal. I was impressed with the links, book titles and suggestions you provided. One reader even pointed out being lactose intolerant isn’t the same …
“Don’t tell me,” Andrew says, handing me the charred remains of our brand new pot handle. “This is going on the blog.” Yup. One $8 pot handle and a cast iron skillet’s worth of crispy bacon later, Andrew’s cursing and I have fresh blog post …
Since making a gigantic batch of granola, I’ve been on an oatmeal kick. While I don’t like it as porridge, I love it in desserts. With the cloudy winter skies leaving me yearning for summer berries and the bitter cold demanding something warm, I decided …
For a couple of weeks now, my quest for a healthy breakfast has made me hanker for homemade granola. During my university days, I used to make big batches of this cereal to fuel me on the long, book-laden walk to campus. These days, I …
This is my mailbox. I have not used Photoshop or taken the picture at a tricky angle to enhance the effect. I have not given nature a helping hand or rearranged the snowfall in any way. This is how much snow fell the other day. …
It’s only -19°C today. Practically balmy weather after yesterday’s -27. I’ve been trying to find a hot breakfast that won’t trigger my gag reflex and was feeling sorry for myself as I produced pot after pot of uninspired sludge. Then fellow writer, Michelle Rafter, wrote …