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This is a recipe adapted from Canadian Gardening, Summer 2015. It’s a lovely accompaniment to any summer dinner party. Crust 1 and 1/4 c. flour 1/2 c freshly grated parmesan (or romano) 1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper 1/2 c. chilled butter cut into pieces …
It takes all of ten minutes to make warm spiced olives that will elevate the flavour of plain olives to something special for your charcuterie board. Ingredients 1 cup olives (any kind) 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 dried red chili 1 sprig fresh rosemary chopped …
Egg-free, gluten-free potato croquettes are a tasty and easy treat (think Tatter Tots without the crap in them). If you’ve got left over mashed potatoes or potatoes that need to be used before they go off, this is a great recipe. Ingredients 4-6 cups russet …
This is pretty much the recipe for Stuffed Mushrooms from Love and Lemons but I forgot the garlic and frankly, it didn’t matter. I will say these were finicky as (bad word) to put together. My pine nuts went all over the place and at …
This long weekend my friend Annabel and I made Pan Fried Zucchini Flowers Stuffed with Ricotta and Oregano. They were phenomenal, but we had left over batter so we decided to mix in some cooked corn and chopped green onions and make fritters. We used …
My friend Annabel likes to cook new things (aside from daughters who used to be in dance together, we also have this in common). This week she picked up some lovely zucchini blossoms at the farmer’s market and we decided to have a go at …