Even as a teenager I loved going to restaurants and trying new foods. While my peers were hanging out at the mall eating fast food burgers and spending their minimum wage job pay cheques on clothes and make-up, I was downtown trying out the menus at our local cafés. I used to think I could [...]
This is my official heirloom, pass it down to my kids, vegan rockstar pumpkin pie recipe. You totally won’t be able to tell there’s tofu in it. I’ve surprised many a tofu-hater after serving this pie, like my step-dad, my uncles, my Grandma… “Great pie Melodie!” “Oh really? You like it?” “Yeah! Best pie ever!” [...]
This is an excellent “anything goes” recipe. Credit goes to my brother’s ex-girlfriend who got me addicted to it. Pour this over anything you want: Potatoes, rice, other grains, pasta, veggies, fish, chicken, red meat, you name it. It’s become a staple in our house. After you try it I’m pretty sure it will become [...]
Late summer produces a lot of fruit, much of which falls on the ground and turns to mush, fodder for bugs and birds. Sometimes it breaks my heart to drive past a yard and see tons of apples or plums on the ground, completely going to waste. That food could be eaten by people who [...]
I do not generally like tomatoes. Unless they’re squashed, like in ketchup, spaghetti sauce or salsa, I pass. However, my husband somehow thought it would be an excellent idea to grow tomatoes this year, and wouldn’t you know it, they’re doing great. To top it off, our weekly CSA share box has been overflowing with [...]
Here’s a colourful dish that I made 100% from vegetables out of my garden and the gardens of friends. Anyone who has been overloaded with cherry tomatoes or zuchinni, as can be the case this time of year, will appreciate something new to do with them. However, I think the eggplant is the star player [...]
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Childhood birthday parties were not complete without my mom’s homemade ice cream cake. On my 16th birthday I remember she decided to shake things up a bit and buy me a slab cake from Safeway like all my friends had. She thought I would have outgrown my need for ice cream cake. But a kid [...]
