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Cumin Carrots with Cilantro Vinaigrette

Fool me once, shame of you. Fool me twice (a dozen times), shame, shame, double-shame on me. It took years, but I learned my lesson. No Newspaper Recipes. None. Do not clip them for me. I will throw them out. Do not make them for …

Autumn, Book review, Christmas, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Recipes, Savory, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter

Easy Leftover Smashed Potatoes

I seriously miscalculated the potato requirement for last night’s dinner. Maybe I was distracted by the dishwasher that kept telling me the intake/drain needed my attention. Maybe I got a little pre-occupied trying to remember where I had hidden Andrew’s birthday present. Either way, I …

Easy, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Recipes, Savory, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter

Roasted Cauliflower, Pomegranate & Hazelnut Salad

This roasted cauliflower salad serves as my reminder that good recipes are flexible. Good recipes invite experimentation. They serve as helpful guidelines, not rigid rules. With titles like “The Best This” or “The Ultimate That” it’s easy to forget no one recipe has a monopoly …

Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Original, Recipes, Salad, Savory, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter

Soup Sisters: Spread the Love

When is a bowl of soup not a bowl of soup? When it’s a community coming together in support. Soup Sisters is a registered not-for-profit organization with 12 chapters across Canada. Through the help of their volunteers, they have delivered more than 100,000 containers of …

Book review, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Legumes & Lentils, Original, Recipes, Savory, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter

Pampered

If I come back as a vegetable I want to be kale. Ruffly, versatile, pretty kale. Not only would I be my favourite colour (green), I’d finally have unstoppable curls — something I can’t achieve even with hot rollers and a perm. But I’d be …

Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Original, Recipes, Salad, Savory, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Pushing Boundaries

I did it. Despite containing three ingredients I’ve never used before, I made onion bhaji. And I pronounce them to be good. Make that “very good.” Andrew, who inspired the selection, claimed they were “delicious” and “as good as the restaurant’s.” So, with a flourish …

Appetizer, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Original, Recipes, Savory, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Rosemary Almond Crackers

So-and-so can’t touch gluten. Whatshisface is allergic to eggs. Dairy gives Thing-gummy a rash. And Hoojicky? Garlic sensitivity. Happy Holidays, indeed. I feel for you. I do. Having been on both sides of this equation (I have played the role of allergic guest and accommodating …

Appetizer, Baking, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Recipes, Snack, Vegan, Vegetarian

Fig and Olive Tapenade

I almost feel like I’m cheating on this one. It’s far too easy to be this tasty. But on second thought, it’s a perfect illustration of Eric Akis’s approach to food. It delivers what he calls “obtainable goodness”, is suitable for all levels of cooks, …

Appetizer, Christmas, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Recipes, Snack, Vegan, Vegetarian

The Inside Scoop on Black Bean Quinoa Burgers

When you meet with the author of a cookbook, you’re often given insights not found in the final print edition — like how they spent most of their time at college scribbling recipe ideas in their binder instead of taking lecture notes, or which of …

Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Healthy Choice, Legumes & Lentils, Mains, Recipes, Savory, Vegan, Vegetarian