salads and vegetables

Vegetarian Pho or Vietnamese Noodle Soup is sort of like a salad with broth poured over it. Actually, it is salad with…

Making your own bbq herb brush is as simple as picking a bouquet of flowers – literally! I chose flowering sage and…

UPDATE: This is the first post from my Covid Video Cooking Series. I’ve had so many of you ask me for my…

Tzatziki Sauce is hands down the easiest, most delicious of all the Greek dips. Although it’s readily available at most supermarkets, once…

Preserving summer tomatoes is like capturing summer in a bottle. There’s nothing better on a cold winter’s day than to open a…

Zucchini Fritters are a great way to use up all of the extra zucchini from your vegetable garden. If you’re not a…

Summer Salsa is the perfect way to greet summer and all the fun to come. It has the perfect combination of sweet,…

Zucchini Carpaccio has fantastic flavour, texture and aroma. I saw Zucchini Carpaccio, a server was placing it on a guest’s table, while…

Bruschetta has sadly become synonymous with any type of tomato mixture dumped on top of insipid, usually cold, toasted bread covered in…

Cassoulet is a dish that haunts me. The more I cook, the more I search for complex simplicity. Sounds like an oxymoron…