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
The Globe & Mail, Perfectly Roasted Beets, and My Renewed Faith in Print Media
It's been a long time since I trusted a recipe from a newspaper. In general I figure most newspaper recipes are very good, but you hit a bad one and it scares you off. So why give them a second chance when you have reliable, overly-tested cookbooks, as I do. But I love roasted … [Read more...] about The Globe & Mail, Perfectly Roasted Beets, and My Renewed Faith in Print Media
Simple Vegetable Soup: Leek, Celery, Carrot, Kale, and Potato
Sometimes I feel like my digestive system is over-worked, it's unionized, and is picketing... So, like any good enlightened despot I give a false reprise. I make soup in an effort to convince my stomach its won before diving wholeheartedly back into grains, breads, beans, meat, … [Read more...] about Simple Vegetable Soup: Leek, Celery, Carrot, Kale, and Potato
Raw Beet Sushi and a Bloody Mess
It took a lot of tries before I got a picture of a beet juice-free plate of this sushi... Boy was I was sick of beet salad. There's just nothing gourmet and exciting about yet again shredding a few pounds of the juicy things and tossing it with apple cider vinegar, or lemon … [Read more...] about Raw Beet Sushi and a Bloody Mess