If you're trying to eat a little healthier, this recipe adapted from Bonnie Stern's The Best of HeartSmart Cooking is for you. Nine grams of fat per serving, 204 calories, 400 mg of potassium and 23 grams of protein mean you'll feel satisfied without the heavy feeling or the … [Read more...] about Swordfish with Sunflower, Currants and Capers
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Moroccan Chicken Tajine with Home-Made Preserved Lemon (aka “Hurray! My lemons didn’t turn blue!)
It's been forever since I hacked up a chicken. Felt like it was about time to get back to that. It also felt like it was about time to see if my preserved lemons had turned out alright. I was nervous because they weren't 100% covered in lemon juice and I don't know how quickly … [Read more...] about Moroccan Chicken Tajine with Home-Made Preserved Lemon (aka “Hurray! My lemons didn’t turn blue!)
“Heartsmart Cooking”: Multigrain Yogurt Bread
I'm currently obsessed with the sourdough bread from the Plateau Sunday Market. This is not it. This is the bread I turned into quasi-hamburger buns for my last post. It's still pretty great. It's at the point where I want to ask "Son Boulanger" from "La Perle et Son Boulanger" … [Read more...] about “Heartsmart Cooking”: Multigrain Yogurt Bread
Braised Fennel: Bonnie Stern’s “Heartsmart Cooking”
If you like balsamic vinegar, the thick, sweet kind, on your tomatoes you will like this braised fennel with fresh tomatoes. I'm not sure if the fennel flavour itself works with the tomatoes, but on its own it tastes way too much like candy to call it salad. I fell in love with … [Read more...] about Braised Fennel: Bonnie Stern’s “Heartsmart Cooking”
Slow-Cooker Lamb Curry with Basmati Rice, Tomato Relish and Grated Cucumber Raita
This is in my top 5 recipes ever and my top 2 lamb recipes. It beats out braised lamb shank in all its forms and sauces, and only comes second to 2-day marinated leg of lamb with dried figs and poppy seeds. Sometimes you need an excuse to make a recipe, and part 3 in the … [Read more...] about Slow-Cooker Lamb Curry with Basmati Rice, Tomato Relish and Grated Cucumber Raita
Bison Osso Buco with Polenta, Accomplished!
Oh my God, marrow is so good. Butter should be replaced by it. We should eat it on toast. You'll find it inside the cylindrical bone in an osso buco cut of meat. It's a pretty small bone, and doesn't really rationalize the slaughtering of as many bison as it would take to make … [Read more...] about Bison Osso Buco with Polenta, Accomplished!
Ash Wednesday Smoked Salmon Soufflé Roll
...well, I missed Pancake Tuesday, and like a good little non-Catholic, I fully planned to spend the day after the day you're supposed to use up all the dairy in your fridge making something with a ridiculous amount of milk. Don't worry though, my soul is safe, as it's not real … [Read more...] about Ash Wednesday Smoked Salmon Soufflé Roll
Mango Date Squares
Mango Date Squares is a variation on Bonnie Stern's more traditional date square recipe from HeartSmart: The Best of HeartSmart Cooking. I've made it a few times and it's always good, but I like my version a bit better. You know the cough syrupy sweetness of dates? Sometimes … [Read more...] about Mango Date Squares
Because you always need a little green: Arugula Salad with Grilled Shrimp, Asparagus and Fennel
Basically fennel is my new favourite thing. I discovered roasting it and then sprinkling it with lemon and I nearly died from joy. The funny thing is I hate anise, black licorice, sambuca, pastis or any other products with that horrible taste, but somehow when you roast and (I … [Read more...] about Because you always need a little green: Arugula Salad with Grilled Shrimp, Asparagus and Fennel
Southwestern Barbecued Brisket: Bonnie Stern’s Heartsmart Cooking
How does a person who doesn't eat beef end up making a really good brisket? By trusting a good recipe in a good book, changing a few little things when you don't have quite the right ingredients, and crossing your fingers. The amount of praise that this recipe received at the … [Read more...] about Southwestern Barbecued Brisket: Bonnie Stern’s Heartsmart Cooking