Category: Vegetarian
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Beach House Weekend {and a dairy-free, gluten-free cheesecake}
Shane and I were very generously invited by a friend to spend the weekend at a beach house in Lincoln City, Oregon. It was her birthday, as well as two others’, so she rented the house as a special treat, and invited several of her friends to celebrate.
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Individual Mini Spelt Pizzas
These little pizzas are crispy, chewy and easy to whip up for a weekend lunch. The whole grain spelt flour makes them a bit healthier, and they can be made on any cookie sheet (or pizza stone, if you have one). I used my own tomato sauce recipe on the crust, and simple sliced tomatoes,…
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Rhubarb Crumble {gluten-free}
This past weekend I did something very unusual…I bought rhubarb! I’m so used to having rhubarb growing in the backyard that it felt strange to have to go out and buy it.
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Zimtsterne – Gluten-Free Cookies
I was browsing David Lebovitz’s site today, and I came across his post on Zimtsterne; delicious looking star-shaped cinnamon cookies which he buys from “Stohrer, Paris’ oldest pastry shop”. He didn’t have a recipe on the site, but one of the commenters, someone named Alisa, had posted a German recipe with her comment. So I…
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Chocolate Hazelnut Sauce
I’ve made this sauce so many times, it doesn’t really even seem like a recipe…but it’s convenient to know how to make an easy chocolate hazelnut sauce. I came up with this recipe while trying to recreate my favourite bistro crêpe (strawberries with chocolate-hazelnut sauce). I had started out using a store-bought chocolate-hazelnut spread, but…
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English Muffins
English muffins, toasted crispy with lots of butter… Besides just being delicious, another thing I like about muffins is their versatility of being an anytime food: for breakfast with jam, for brunch, lunch or supper as Eggs Benedict, and also as a night-time snack. Definitely a handy thing to have ready in the freezer.
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Old-Fashioned Stew
The cooler days and scent of fall in the air has me craving warm, comforting dishes, like stew. I was curious about the origins of what we think of as “stew”, as I’m sure this differs from place to place and family to family. While researching the origins of the usual ingredients of stews, typically…
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Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is one of the easiest milks to make, is very inexpensive, and best of all, tastes like the tropics. The coconut meat does not have to be soaked overnight, so making coconut milk doesn’t take as much planning as the other nut milks, which is nice if you’ve forgotten you need milk.
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Montreal-style Bagels
Montreal bagels are one of my favourite treats, one that I miss since leaving Canada. And as it’s been over a year since I had a real Montreal bagel, I decided it was time to try making my own version. Although I don’t have a wood-fired oven in my kitchen, I think these turned out…