In all fairness, I hadn’t even gone out to take a look at anything in our garden when this was taken, my mission was entirely sprinkler related with sweaty grumpy kids in tow. In my periphery however it became evident that something red and delicious was peeking out quite noticeably from the ground below […]
Another welcome feast courtesy of Nona May Magic Wednesday, this week a notably filling and delicious meal complete with zesty Thai-inspired quinoa salad in a stellar dressing with just the right amount of kick. Combined with a hearty dose of chickpea and sweet potato curry with a side of sauteed shrimp, we couldn’t have been […]
Even with the most ingenious menu planning and a ridiculous amount of culinary confidence, there are just some days that catch you by surprise and leave you standing there in front of the fridge thinking … what the hell are we going to feed the kids tonight, there is literally nothing easy on hand. […]
Our dairy & gluten free world-wide weekly menu plan brought us to the very heart of Central Asia, bringing us the sumptuous seafood variety of a traditional palov from Uzbekistan. Never Heard Of Uzbek Plov? To be perfectly honest, neither had I until my research shed new light. This is the absolute beauty […]
What do you get a culinary Dad who already has everything he could already want for Father’s Day? How about a heavy duty, brightly coloured barbecue brush! Like many folks, whether home chef or not, this time of year means LOTS of barbecuing, and cleaning that grill can be a challenge. If your grill […]
What could be more wholesome than the whole family cooking together. Liz recruited our cute sous-chefs for a weekend cook-off to make some delicious gluten free oatmeal cookie treats. Only regret was that they disappeared very quickly! When cookies are involved our youngest often takes on the role of chief chocolate chip inspector. […]
Nona May Magic Wednesday: Lasagna Roll Ups A timely and tasty contribution by Nona May this week, in the form of hearty baked vegetarian lasagna roll-ups with spicy tapenade. The tapenade was key, without it this lasagna would still have been delicious but what a difference when a bit of the star condiment was […]
No matter the time of year, I can often be found in front of my trusty barbecue, grilling some sort of seasoned or marinated cut of meat or fish. When time permits, I almost always try to prepare a few raw tiger shrimp with Cajun spice, brown sugar, a bit of oil and some […]
You might suspect that cooking late at night lends itself to a lot of snacking or taste-testing, and normally you would be right. Sometimes though the food being prepared in advance is not “snack-able”, like marinated meat or uncooked mixtures with eggs and such. When that happens, there’s just no two ways about it; […]
Our dairy & gluten free world wide weekly menu plan delivers the unctuous warm flavours of Western Europe in the form of creamy leek & onion stoemp with delicious Flemish baked cod and garden salad. Creamy & Delicious Belgian Stoemp What comes to mind when I think of stoemp, slowly cooked onions, fresh […]