Shepherd’s Pie is another great dish for experimenting with. It is also great comfort food on a winter evening! Lately I have been omitting tomatoes and garlic from my recipes. I don’t love garlic in particular and I am cutting …
Old Fashioned Egg Nog
I grew up in rural Ontario, and every New Years Eve my family and I would drive 3 miles down our snowed-in gravel road to the farm of Joanne Cowling. Having come to Canada from England many years earlier, Joanne …
Gifts for Soil Lovers
HOE HOE HOE: a gardener’s salute to the holidays! The countdown is officially on to the day jolly ol’ Saint Nick gobbles up treats left by excited little people, adds a splash of rum to a glass of eggnog and …
Turbo-charged Veggie Deer Curry
This recipe is adapted from Shelley Adam’s Curried Lamb and Lentil Soup from Whitewater Cooks at Home. I turbo-charged it with way more veggies, but I owe the amazing spicing and core concept of this recipe to Shelley Adams, whose …
Food and Feelings: Fromage
Cheese is delicious in all forms and is extra delicious as fondue.
Obsession
Lately I’m having a hard time drawing the line between what should get more attention: my new Le Creuset Dutch oven or planning out my garden for next year. What to cook vs what to plant. Either way both schools …
Lettuce Talk
There has been a small uproar on social media lately regarding the price in the local stores of lettuce. Small, wilted stuff that you know has traveled a few thousand miles to get here. People are saying it is because …
Winter Farming ?
What do Canadian farmers do in the winter? The smart, financially stable "Snow Birds" follow the geese south. Most farmers are less fortunate and have to somehow find a way to make an income and pay the never-ending bills. I've …
