Baby Steps to Raw

I'm taking a hiatus from raw recipe searching.  Too many of them are too elaborate or they contain ingredients that are too expensive or too hard to find. So I'm making a list:  What do I not need to give up?  What am I doing right so far? Here is the answer: raw fruits of all kinds raw veggies of ...

Souffle Pre-School

Souffle

I had never made a souffle until just last week.  Now I've made three.  Three different recipes, all savoury, using very different techniques produced three equally good and well-risen souffles; however, each required adjustments as I went, so unfortunately, I have no fool-proof souffle recipe to pass on at this time. What I do have, after extensive ...

Lasagne Rolls

Lasagne

I love eating lasagne, but I hate making it.  I can count on one hand the number of times I've made it - tonight was the fifth - because it's simply too much work.  This recipe is a nice variation; it has the same basic components, but the assembly is much quicker.  My herbs are still ...

Winter Fun

It is usually a struggle to get a decent rink made in time for Christmas.  We bought a rink kit a few years ago, but without the right kind of weather, it still won't work.  Some years, winter arrives early with a huge dumping of snow in late November, but it's often just a lot of ...

Falafels

This was my first experience making falafels. I didn't have any tahini, so I made a cucumber-yoghurt sauce, which worked quite well. Cucumber-Yoghurt Sauce 1/2 cup yoghurt 2" chunk of cucumber, grated and squeezed dry 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1 tbsp each cilantro and mint 1 tbsp onion 1/2 tsp dijon mustard splash of lemon juice salt and pepper, to taste Mix all ingredients and ...

The Fine Print

The choice to reproduce, for those of us fortunate enough to have one, is supported by many terms and conditions.  Most of these are assumed from the get-go:  less sleep, more mess, less control, more chaos, less sex, more cuddling.  The "experts" (many of whom haven't had children but have written lots of books about ...

Bubble and Squeak

A memorable recipe from one of my 'forgotten' cookbooks.  It's a good way to use up leftover mashed potatoes from Christmas dinner, and it's quick and easy if you're too partied out to make a "real meal". Bubble and Squeak 3-4 cups mashed potato 2-3 cups shredded spinach or other greens 1 egg, beaten 1 cup grated cheddar cheese pinch of freshly grated ...

Vegan Baked Beans

This recipe is an amalgam of three other baked bean recipes I've tried.  It's different every time, but it's always very good.  I always use a mix of beans - navy, kidney, black-eyed peas, or anything else that will bring a variety of shape and colour to the dish.  I never use sugar; the molasses and maple ...

Wombicus squishticum

Our first was born with what some health professionals may have called a "mild deformity".  He had bruising across one side of his face (fine), a flattened ear (common), and a foot that was bent up to his shin.  Hmmm.  The midwives weren't concerned; the baby had simply 'maxed out' the space given to him in the womb.  Within ...

Kids

A friend of the family once told me:  Having one is like having none.  Having two is like having twenty. We have three. With our first, life didn't really change much.  Our neighbours gave us this fabulous sling, so we took him everywhere with us.  We took him shopping, we took him to parties, we took him to karate ...

Kale Chips

I bought a beautiful bunch of bright red/purple kale a few days ago.  It looked pretty on the table.  It looked pretty in the fridge too, a trophy vegetable to show the whole family Look at the nutritious foods we like to eat.  Another day or two, of course, and it would be making me ...

Throwin the Nasty Out With the Nappy

Nappies

A word about baby poop. Like most middle-class North Americans, I was first taught how to change a baby's diaper using a disposable.  The procedure involved removing the wet or dirty diaper, wiping with disposable wipes, and fastening a new diaper on the fresh clean baby.  The diaper was then folded up tightly into a nice ...

Home-canned Baby Food

Better late than never. The best time of year to make baby food is late summer or early fall.  Peaches, followed by apples and pears, reach their peak at this time, and these flavours are always well received.  If you are new to canning, then making baby food is a good way to learn the basics.  ...

Nut Burgers

I've always made my own burgers from scratch.  I've been using the same recipe for close to ten years now, and they really are amazing.  But, in order to achieve my meat-reduction goal, I've been trying out vegetarian alternatives made with nuts, beans, lentils or kasha. The kasha burgers I made several weeks ago, weren't bad; they had ...

Polytunnel Panic

I was worried that my beautiful greens might take a wee bit of a hit tonight (-2 predicted), so we rigged a temporary mini hoophouse over the garden bed.  It was a very last minute decision - made at about 4pm - and I think we did well. We happened to have several yards of 3/4 ...

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