Welcome to Taste & Tipple in 2021! New year, same attitude. I’ll be continuing to serve you quality food and drink content twice weekly, maybe more often if you’re good to me. 😉 This year I’m doing Whole30 again but slightly modified to allow for a quarter ounce of syrup here and there in the…
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi in Brown Butter Sage Sauce
This was my first time making gnocchi from scratch. It wasn’t as complicated as I’d assumed it would be and I’m sure it will get easier with each attempt. The toughest part was trying to get the right amount of flour in the dough to make sure it was pliable but not too dry and…
Bacon and Egg Sweet Potato Boats
I don’t think I’ve ever eaten more eggs in a month as I have during this Whole30 challenge. When grains and dairy are off the table – there’s not much else on offer for breakfast. No granola, cereal, oatmeal, toast, yogurt, and even smoothies are discouraged, even if they meet the Whole30 criteria. In search…
Four-Cheese Chicken, Kale & Sweet Potato Cobblers
I made this dish for my October book club meeting and it received rave reviews. You can make this in one large casserole dish or six smaller oven-safe dishes – such as a mini cocotte, ramekin, or French onion soup bowl. You could also swap the chicken for leftover turkey – if you’re still making…
Chickpea Taco Salad
I work downtown and despite it being the mostly densely populated part of the city during working hours, it’s a total food desert. There seem to be so few palatable options that exceed the scope of pizza, shawarma or Subway. One of the few places where I’m able to take shelter at the lunch hour…
Maple Roasted Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprout Salad
 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 turnips are…
Maple Balsamic Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad
 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 of My…
Thai Sweet Potato Shrimp Soup
In my Becoming a Foodie origin story, I mentioned that my second ever cookbook was Eat, Shrink & Be Merry by Greta and Janet Podleski. I played varsity field hockey throughout university, during my undergrad in journalism at Carleton University and one year while doing my master’s at the University of Toronto. In Ontario, the…
