It’s been soup weather lately—blustery, grey, and cold—and I’ve been craving split pea soup for weeks. Split pea soup has been one of my favourites for a long time. It took me a while to warm up to, mainly because I had read James Marshall’s George and Martha too many times as a child. (It [...]
For many years while I was growing up, my whole family ate lunch together almost every day. My mother homeschooled my sister and I, and my father worked from home, so it seemed the most natural thing to do. Making the lunch was one of my daily chores, a fairly hum-drum one—until we got a [...]
Sometimes I am lazy with guacamole, just mashing up some avocado with a bit of salsa. It’s okay, but—I’m so glad when I’m not lazy. Guacamole is one of those Good Ugly Foods, at least if you tend to leave avocados a little bit too long so they get nasty brown bits that you eat [...]
When I was around eleven to perhaps fifteen, my plan in life was to become a self-sufficient farmer. I’d never worked on a farm for more than a day at a time, and I didn’t know any farmers who even approached self-sufficiency, but something about the idea of doing absolutely everything from scratch, of knowing [...]
Yes, I am aware of the fact that it is Valentine’s Day. No, I will not be posting anything involving chocolate, heart shapes, or two servings. There will be the colour red, but that is incidental. There are many good reasons for this. For one thing, I posted a very chocolately recipe last week. For [...]
If you are one of those who firmly believe that breakfast is defined as cereal and/or toast plus coffee and possibly fruit, skip this recipe. If, on the other hand, you are an adventurous breakfaster, an eccentric breakfaster, or simply someone with lots of leftovers to use, read on. I must say that my [...]
I’m not sure quite how to describe it, but something about this salad makes me feel alive. Not just rejuvenated, not just awake, but alive. It could be an early manifestation of spring fever—I know it’s only February, but it’s been known to happen. Or it could just be that I’ve been sleep deprived for [...]
Until very recently, I’d never tried baking anything with bananas other than a few simple variations on classic banana bread—with nuts and without nuts was about as radical as I got. Except for maybe that time I shockingly baked the batter in muffin cups instead of a loaf tin. But when there was an enormous [...]
