Whew! I made it! 4 fish dishes, 5 vegetarian dishes, one cheese tray, 5 kinds of cookies, and 10 wines, and one successful Christmas party later and I can officially say Becky Selengut's sustainable fish cookbook, "Good Fish" and Yotam Ottolenghi's vegetarian gourmet cookbook, … [Read more...] about Great Success!
Archives for December 2011
Menu and Food Prep for the 4th Annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza: “Plenty” of “Good Fish”
I would write more but I'm too busy chopping onions and buying fish for the 4th annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza. My family's at-home Christmas party will see about 200 friends and friends of friends pass through our doors over the course of 4 hours tomorrow afternoon. I … [Read more...] about Menu and Food Prep for the 4th Annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza: “Plenty” of “Good Fish”
A Delicious Mess: Roasted Salmon in Red Wine Sauce with Sweet Potatoes and Leeks
I massacred this fish. It was shameful. As a person who hates over-cooked seafood, snuffs her nose when bones are left in a fillet at a restaurant, and figures that if she's going to eat a generally unsustainable thing it had better be the best thing she ever ate, I currently … [Read more...] about A Delicious Mess: Roasted Salmon in Red Wine Sauce with Sweet Potatoes and Leeks
A Food Intolerance-Free and Dietary Restriction-Conscious Christmas: Dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free recipes for the holidays
This week on CKUT 90.3FM radio I presented a Christmas dinner menu and some holiday hosting ideas catering to those who don’t eat gluten, dairy, or meat. Or for considerate holiday party hosts who want something to feed the dangerous Christmas party guest - the vegan. I don't … [Read more...] about A Food Intolerance-Free and Dietary Restriction-Conscious Christmas: Dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free recipes for the holidays
Socca Chickpea Flour Tart with Caramelized Onions and Roasted Tomatoes
Do you like pancakes? I love pancakes, but the flour, milk, and butter part of pancakes doesn't like me. So a recipe for Italian savoury pancakes sounded heavenly. This is basically a pancake topped with slow-cooked onions and roasted tomatoes. It's simple comfort food, and the … [Read more...] about Socca Chickpea Flour Tart with Caramelized Onions and Roasted Tomatoes
Butternut Squash and Bean Soup
When you have the triumvirate of soup vegetables in your fridge (carrots, leeks, and celery), you make soup. Simple as that. I also had a butternut squash. So that went in too. And some cooked black-eyed peas. If I'd had a potato or celeriac or spinach or chard, I would have … [Read more...] about Butternut Squash and Bean Soup
One More Kick at the Can Honey-Coconut Granola
I have a disastrous history with granola. I've made it a lot of different ways - with butter, oil, dates, oat groats, baked, raw and dehydrated, maple syrup, honey and with plain old sugar. Only once has it actually worked out well. Other times I've been stuck with tupperware … [Read more...] about One More Kick at the Can Honey-Coconut Granola
Roasted Banana Pudding
I'd heard of salted caramel, but what about salted banana? It's kind of the same thing...something really sweet and brown sugar-y with added salt. Sounds like I even did it on purpose...but, of course, it only happened because I messed up. Some of the greatest discoveries happen … [Read more...] about Roasted Banana Pudding
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
From my new favourite blog, Sketch-free Vegan Eating, I tried out a recipe for Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. It was simple and quick, and the only substitution I made was brown rice flour for the oat flour. But I did use certified gluten-free oats. They cost a bit more … [Read more...] about Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Hencho en Mexico Mini-Review
Hencho en Mexico 4816 rue Wellington, Verdun Mexican "Best Mexican food in Verdun," so I'd been hearing. Well where else is there Mexican food in Verdun? I asked myself and a whole lot of internet forum boards and other websites and the answer was no where. But that didn't mean … [Read more...] about Hencho en Mexico Mini-Review