A better green tomato cake! November 14, 2020Nicole Comment As the weather here starts to get colder, we have to harvest our tomatoes, ripe or not, before they get exposed to a [...]
Moist green tomato cake recipe October 13, 2018Nicole Comment The start of fall and cooler weather brings with it lots of green tomatoes that need to be picked before the first hard [...]
Zucchini bread: a summer staple August 7, 2017Nicole Comment If you have ever grown zucchini, chances are you have ended up with a few (or if you’re like me, many) that grew [...]
Best rhubarb cake ever! May 27, 2017Nicole Comment It’s the end of May, and the weather in our region has been most uncooperative. It’s been cold. It’s been rainy. And it’s [...]
Strawberry Japanese cheesecake recipe (Uncle Tetsu-like) October 9, 2016April 25, 2017Nicole 3 In March 2015, a store named Uncle Tetsu’s Cheesecake opened up near where I work. Having some Japanese heritage in my background, I [...]
Pickled balsamic onions August 13, 2016Nicole Comment These pickled balsamic onions are a great way to use up the small onion bulbs that form at the base of old walking [...]
Vegan salad with bitter greens June 26, 2016Nicole Comment The first time I tried curly endive, I was pretty taken aback. It looked like lettuce, but it sure didn’t taste like lettuce. [...]
Rotisserie chicken dry rub June 4, 2016July 1, 2016Nicole 2 I may be understating things when I say that we eat a lot of chicken. We certainly eat it several times a week, [...]
Quinoa, beans and fresh herbs bowl May 20, 2016Mathieu Comment This is Victoria Day weekend, which is a holiday in Canada. It is also the weekend when gardeners in our region traditionally plant [...]
Brew your own roasted dandelion root tea March 30, 2016July 1, 2016Mathieu Comment We have been waging war on dandelions growing in our yard for years. We think we have dug them all up, and then [...]