There comes a time in every girl's life when it's more important to buy a drill that can push through cement than it is to write about recipes. Right? Or is that just me? I recently bought a very powerful drill that I now lug up a steep hill to a cliff face occasionally and … [Read more...] about A Power Drill or a Salad
Healthy and Savoury Lentil and Quinoa Salad Bowl
When I first wrote this recipe in 2011, I called it the perfect potluck dish. Hah! Potlucks! Remember those?Now I just have to call it a Dijon- and balsamic-punched, high-protein meal. It's not as sweet-and-sour as my variation on Yotam Ottolenghi's quinoa salad with lime and … [Read more...] about Healthy and Savoury Lentil and Quinoa Salad Bowl
Toronto Star Story, Bolting Rock Climbing Routes in Lanaudière, QC, and How to Spend a Pandemic
My story about opening rock climbing routes came out in the Toronto Star travel section last Saturday with a photo of me holding a giant drill and hanging from two ropes on a cliff face in the Lanaudière, an hour-and-a-half northeast of Montreal. It was taken where I've been … [Read more...] about Toronto Star Story, Bolting Rock Climbing Routes in Lanaudière, QC, and How to Spend a Pandemic
Black Bean Chilli on Roasted Butternut Squash
Roast a butternut squash and plop it under a big scoop of black bean chilli and you've got yourself dinner. The black beans are soft and savoury, the butternut squash sweet and somewhere between creamy and juicy and there's just enough spicy tomato in there to add the requisite … [Read more...] about Black Bean Chilli on Roasted Butternut Squash
Healthy Gluten-Free Sourdough Cornbread
Like everybody and their dog, I've started a sourdough culture, but mine is a little different: it's gluten-free sourdough and made with brown rice flour. As it requires daily feeding, I'm constantly looking for ways to use up what I need to siphon off each time I add new flour … [Read more...] about Healthy Gluten-Free Sourdough Cornbread
How to Cook Chicken in a Slow-Cooker or Instant Pot: Recipe for Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Sage
I'll keep this instant pot or slow-cooker chicken with wild mushrooms and sage recipe short and sweet, because I hear I can be a bit long-winded in the preamble to a recipe. All you do is soak your mushrooms OVERNIGHT (see below for why), then the next day you sear chicken … [Read more...] about How to Cook Chicken in a Slow-Cooker or Instant Pot: Recipe for Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Sage
Vote for the 5à7 Podcast for Best Podcast on CultMTL’s Annual “Best of Montreal” List
It would mean so much to me if you could vote for the 5à7 Podcast as "Best Podcast" on CultMTL's annual Best of Montreal list. I’ve put a year into speaking with people with unique perspectives on what’s going on in the city and as far away as London, England, and Barbados. … [Read more...] about Vote for the 5à7 Podcast for Best Podcast on CultMTL’s Annual “Best of Montreal” List
Slow-Cooker or Instant Pot Bison Osso Buco
Bison is not a traditional cut of meat for osso buco, but then again, this is not a traditional osso buco recipe. The concept is the same, though: Sear the meat, salt it, add it to a sauce and slow-cook in a slow-cooker or Instant Pot it until it's falling apart. Why … [Read more...] about Slow-Cooker or Instant Pot Bison Osso Buco
My Favourite Sustainable Fish Recipe for Spring: Pacific Cod with Citrus and Arbequina Olives from “Good Fish”
I've been working my way through cookbook author Becky Selengut's updated "Good Fish," which has some extra recipes including this one for lingcod with citrus and arbequina olives. I use Pacific cod for this recipe instead of lingcod, but it's also sustainable and is actually … [Read more...] about My Favourite Sustainable Fish Recipe for Spring: Pacific Cod with Citrus and Arbequina Olives from “Good Fish”
Garlic-Infused Lemon Juice, FODMAP, and Fresh Vs. Bottled Juice
I've long been an advocate of fresh lemon juice for everything but canning (where I often use it so that the pH is consistent and there are no food safety issues with recipes), but since dietary restrictions have made it difficult in recent years for me to digest raw garlic … [Read more...] about Garlic-Infused Lemon Juice, FODMAP, and Fresh Vs. Bottled Juice