The difference? You add a few potatoes and zucchini and the balance leans toward peppers. The rest is about the same. A rustic dish of eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, zucchini, and garlic. With a whole bunch of olive oil and minimal spices. Simple and delicious. … [Read more...] about Like Ratatouille, but Italian: Peperonata
Greens & Herbs
Sweet Summer Turnip and Miso-Apple Dressing
Outside a smoked meat shop in Point St-Charles last week, two men sitting on benches across from each other in the late afternoon sun. As I walk between them, generally avoiding eye contact and anything resembling an encouraging smile, they comment, as only older Quebecois men … [Read more...] about Sweet Summer Turnip and Miso-Apple Dressing
What to do With All Those Greens
Beet greens, mustard greens, chards, cresses, and rapini - all those leafy greens that are maybe too tough or too peppery for salads but with which you never know what to do. You don't want to just throw them out and you're sick of steaming or blanching and then cooking them with … [Read more...] about What to do With All Those Greens
Two Times Gomen: Ethiopian Collard Greens or Kale and Garlic Scapes
I made this dish twice. The first time it was absolutely amazing - sweet and slimy, just like my favourite Indian saag recipe. Unfortunately, just like my saag, sometimes it's not so great. The difference was the leafy green in use. The first time I actually made the recipe with … [Read more...] about Two Times Gomen: Ethiopian Collard Greens or Kale and Garlic Scapes
Onion Salsa Criollo
Onion salsa is traditionally served with Peruvian tamales, but it's great in roasted vegetable or meat pitas or sandwiches. If you threw in some diced tomatoes you'd have a tomato pico de gallo or tomato salsa fresca. It's a great way to use one of the hot yellow chili peppers in … [Read more...] about Onion Salsa Criollo
Peruvian Nordic Shrimp “Causa” with Aji Amarillo Chili Paste
You don't need to find amarillo chili peppers for this recipe. Any long, red or orange chili pepper will work, but there are, conveniently, a few appropriate long, skinny spicy peppers in the Lufa Farms basket this week. Common substitutes for amarillos are serrano or habanero … [Read more...] about Peruvian Nordic Shrimp “Causa” with Aji Amarillo Chili Paste
White Wine Vinegar & Miso Dressing for Steamed Swiss Chard
This white wine vinaigrette dilutes the punch of vinegar with yogurt and sweetens it with honey, and because of the yogurt you don't need a lot of oil - just give it a splash. Actually you can be pretty loose with most of the ingredients as long as you taste it after and … [Read more...] about White Wine Vinegar & Miso Dressing for Steamed Swiss Chard
Amazing Slow-Cooked (or Quick) Tomato Sauce
I made the most amazing tomato sauce. I'm serious. If you were me and I was you I would marry you for this tomato sauce. Honestly the best tomato sauce I've ever made, including many attempts with San Marzanos, supposedly the best and naturally sweetest canned, imported … [Read more...] about Amazing Slow-Cooked (or Quick) Tomato Sauce
Mystery Greens Soup with Basil Oil
In my Lufa vegetable box a few weeks ago I got a ton of different leafy greens I don't know the name for, and some that I did. There was bibb lettuce but then some long, thin greens with sweet, slightly crunchy stems, and something that sort of stung. So I figured maybe stinging … [Read more...] about Mystery Greens Soup with Basil Oil
More About Montreal…and Potatoes
I was biking on the Maisonneuve bike path a few weeks ago and I saw a homeless man standing on the side of the road pointing at the ground ahead of me. Oh, he’s warning me about a pothole! I thought. How friendly and helpful! Now that’s something special about this city – the … [Read more...] about More About Montreal…and Potatoes