SKIP TO RECIPE The concept for this salad is “Thanksgiving sides – combined.” Inspired in part by my favourite Brussels sprouts side dish wherein the vegetables just serve as a flavour vector for maple syrup, whiskey and ALL the butter. I’m fairly certain that maple roasted sweet potatoes are everyone’s favourite holiday side, while the…
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Warm Fig & Brie Tart with Walnut Crust
SKIP TO RECIPE While I’m still clinging to the warmth of summer, my Pinterest feed is overrun with images of pumpkin patches, fall decor and cozy knits. I’m reluctant to give up long summer days and the very faint tan I’ve developed over the past 3 months, but I am excited for suede booties and…
Grilled Summer Farro Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
SKIP TO RECIPE I have something I need to confess… Fail videos are my guilty pleasure. This has come as a surprise to many. I think those who don’t know me well probably assume that my guilty pleasures would include sipping a dirty martini while listening to Bach. No, I’m not that classy – it’s…
Balsamic Peach & Pesto Pizza
SKIP TO RECIPE Fresh peaches have started showing up at local farmer’s markets and grocery stores and I could NOT be more excited. Peaches are one of my favourite fruits, raspberries are their only real competition. Putting fruit on a pizza always kind of reminds me of the dessert pizzas that I used to fill…
Goat Cheese Pasta Primavera
SKIP TO RECIPE I have more wardrobe malfunctions than Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl. Earlier this year, I was walking to a date and made the fatal mistake of taking too long a stride while wearing a pencil skirt. The modest slit in the front of the skirt, split from it’s natural resting place…
Maple Balsamic Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad
SKIP TO RECIPE I think this might be the first salad I’ve posted on the blog. Believe it or not, I’m not just subsisting strictly on booze and biscuits. I try to work salads into the rotation on a pretty regular basis, mainly so I don’t get scurvy or end up on the next season…
Asparagus and Goat Cheese Tart
SKIP TO RECIPE Last Friday night, I was living my best life. I had 2 glasses of wine, 3 pieces of pizza, watched 4 episodes of Shameless and plucked 5 new beard hairs. I’m not sure when exactly I started sprouting facial hair, I think it was probably some time after 27. But at this…
Coconut Overnight Oats with Berry Jam
SKIP TO RECIPE They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it’s not one I eat at home. I’m always in a rush after trying on four different outfits, trying to achieve the perfect cat-eye and fighting with my hair-dryer that sounds like it ate something and is still trying to…
Lemon Blueberry Cottage Cheese Pancakes
SKIP TO RECIPE On Sunday, January 28th we celebrated a major national holiday… National Blueberry Pancake Day. What’s that? You MISSED it?! Sacre bleuet (see what I did there?). Well, now you know for next year. And, it’s never too late to celebrate blueberry pancakes. Why not wish them a happy belated anniversary and whip…
Butternut Squash, Kale and Goat Cheese Phyllo Pie
SKIP TO RECIPE Is it just me, or does phyllo make everything better? The crunchy, paper-thin pastry elevates even the humblest of ingredients to haute cuisine. This one-pot wonder is no exception. This dish couldn’t be simpler and doesn’t require any special culinary talent aside from some basic knife skills. I served this for…