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Sautéed Cabbage with Tomato
Let’s continue on this roll (hehe) with more cabbage! After seeing Alice’s last dish, I was so hungry for cabbage that I went to the store and made my go-to comfort food cabbage dish – sauteed cabbage...
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Spiced Chickpea Hash with Soft Boiled Eggs
You know those mornings after the night before? The ones where you wake up feeling a bit worse for wear, and knowing a good hearty breakfast is pretty much the only way forward? On New Year’s Day, we...
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Spiced Roasted Chickpeas
How good did Alice’s Chickpea Hash look last week?? I’ve resolved to keep a few cans of chickpeas in my pantry at all times just to be prepared in the event of a chickpea hash craving. In the spirit of...
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Spiced Zucchini Chips with Tahini Dipping Sauce
B’s roasted chickpeas are a hard act to follow. Healthy and delicious snacking. I think zucchini chips, alongside a tangy and healthy sauce fits the bill. The kind of thing you could whip up when the...
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Quinoa Stuffed Squash Rings (Dinner Party – part 1)
This past weekend I had a dinner party. It came about because my friend Christine just finished her kitchen remodel and currently has the best dinner party kitchen around with lots of work space, a...
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Pork Roast with Winter Fruits and Port Sauce (Dinner Party – part 2)
No dinner party is complete without a showcase dish. And this pork roast was just that dish. Pork roast with a fruit stuffing, wrapped in bacon and drizzled with a port wine sauce. Don’t be intimidated...
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Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Rocket Cakes
Well, well, well… B has had her annual trip down to Melbourne, and it was great to see her. We ate many meals at restaurants… and in fact I think I am STILL full from going to The Abyssinian, but we...
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Sweet Potato Hash
I was fortunate enough to be at Alice’s house for the last post – that quinoa and sweet potato combination was really quite tasty. It was so fun to be cooking in Alice’s kitchen on the other side of...
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Sweet Potato and Nutmeg Cake
What a delicious looking breakfast that was B! I am getting into variations of your hash these days. This morning I had some sweet potato, left over roast pumpkin, rocket, and an egg. So good. Sweet...
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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
That sweet potato cake that Alice made looked so good. I love cakes and breads made with vegetables such as zucchini bread, pumpkin pie or carrot cake. It’s that interesting mix of the vegetables you...
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Lamb, roasted vegetable and couscous salad
Well B, your infamous carrot cake has been giving me cake cravings. All baked goods really. Yummo. Whilst consuming said baked goods with a cup of tea on the verandah with the wonderful Beth, she...
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Roasted Salmon
I’ve been traveling for work quite a bit recently. After weeks on end of eating fancy restaurant food, there’s nothing I love more than a tasty, simple home made dish. That lamb salad of Alice’s looked...
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Rich Lemon Syrup Cake
B posted her favourite go-to salmon meal. And I am not sure I have a go-to salmon recipe at all. I will have to try hers. It looked great. I was reminded of this old go-to recipe by my friend Beth...
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Chocolate Strawberry Nutella Cake
Mmmmmm, cake is a good direction in which to take this series of blog posts. I’m glad Alice posted that recipe for the Lemon Syrup Cake…I think she has just introduced me to my new favorite cake. On...
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Easiest Apple ‘Pie’
You know those nights where you think… oh mannnnnnnn.. I wish I had apple pie? (Especially after being tormented by DELICIOUS CAKE RECIPES. Thanks, B!) Well, here you go, this is the world’s EASIEST...
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Carrot-Zucchini Bread
Thank you Alice for the amazing tip on the easiest apple pie ever! I now have a packet of puff pastry in my freezer for those last minute dessert needs. So we’ve explored quite a few fruit desserts...
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Quinoa Bowl
During my recent birthday trip to visit my friend Karen, I was introduced to my new favorite dish, the Quinoa Bowl. Seriously, it’s so versatile and delicious and healthy and readily available. You...
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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Curried Apple Chutney
Winter is in full bloom in Minnesota, although this dinner was cooked and eaten when it was still officially fall. My apologies for taking a full season to update this blog with a new post! When the...
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Sweet Potato Hash
I was fortunate enough to be at Alice’s house for the last post – that quinoa and sweet potato combination was really quite tasty. It was so fun to be cooking in Alice’s kitchen on the other side of...
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Pasties, Iron Range-style
Quite a bit has happened since I last posted here. I’ve met and married a wonderful man named Paul and we will be celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary this coming April. Paul is from a part of...
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