In a never ending quest to expand my culinary horizons and due to a large amount of fresh basil in my fridge, I decided it was time to try making pesto for the first time! It certainly won’t be my last! This stuff was delicious! I ate a significant amount just “taste-testing” the pesto and […]
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Pesto + VIDEO
August 9th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Appetizer, Condiment, Easy, Fresh herbs, How To, Video
Tags:basil·basil. pesto·easy·food video·herbs·how to make pesto·how to make pesto video·olive oil·parmesan·pesto·pine nuts·recipe·video
Roasted Cauliflower Mash (a.k.a Faux Mashed Potatoes)
May 5th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Dinner, Easy, Healthy, Side, Vegetable
Yesterday I posted a simple Roasted Cauliflower recipe, and today I am following it up with this delicious roasted cauliflower mash! Given how impressed I was with the flavour of the roasted cauliflower, I was even more impressed with these faux mashed potatoes! They were awesome!
Tags:alternative·Cauliflower·comfort food·easy·gravy·healthy·mash·mashed·mashed potatoes·olive oil·oven·Potato·recipe·Roasted·side·snack
Roasted Cauliflower
May 4th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Dinner, Easy, Healthy, Vegetable
Let’s start by saying I don’t really like cauliflower, but I bought some because it was on sale…story of my life. I had high hopes for this head of cauliflower, but I felt the light fading as it sat in my fridge for one month…and then another month… Yeah. Two months.
Tags:alternative·Cauliflower·easy·healthy·olive oil·oven·Potato·recipe·Roasted·side·snack
Italian Salsa Verde
January 19th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Appetizer, Bread, Condiment, Fresh herbs
As part of my recipe testing for the Meat & Bread Porchetta that i’m planning on making in the near future, I needed to try out an Italian Salsa Verde. Instead of following the salsa verde on I am a Food Blog, I decided to go with a more traditional version and slightly modified a […]
Tags:dipping·fish·green sauce·italian·Lemon·meat & bread·meat and bread·olive oil·parsley·porchetta sandwich·Pork·recipe·salsa·sauce·verde
Asparagus Soup
March 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Easy, Healthy, soup, Vegetable
Here is a wonderfully green and very simple soup to make, which can be served hot or cold!
Tags:Asparagus·cold·easy·green·healthy·hot·Lemon·olive oil·quick·simple·soup·vegetable
Caprese Egg Sandwich
September 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · breakfast, Easy, Egg
Another breakfast with Bob! Now this isn’t totally following the caprese dish, seeing as I had no basil, but I had to make do with what I had and this was the result! I was a little unsure about drizzling the balsamic olive oil vinaigrette on the egg sandwich, but i must say it was […]
Tags:Balsamic·breakfast·Caprese·Cherry Tomato·Chives·dill·easy·egg·Fancy·olive oil·quick·Sandwich·tomato·Vinaigrette
Kale Chips: The Perfect Excuse to Eat Chips
July 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Easy, Healthy, Snack
Our Walmart here is Saskatoon recently got converted into a Super-Walmart and long behold they had kale! Before making these chips, I never tried Kale, but I can let you know that I will be buying it again soon. These kale chips are a great way to pack in some crunch of potato chips, but […]
Tags:chip·chips·diet·easy·food·healthy·kale·olive oil·salt·sea·summer