this is an old stand-by summer time meal salad, it’s mostly raw with a few quick cooked components. it also happens the be the first thing i ever cooked for my gentleman friend, so there you go, ROMANCE. it’s pretty filling, has a lot of flavour and it’s EASY. which is what i need, because the past few days have been absolutely bananas. first there was the 22L of soup i made mid week, followed by […]
i’ve been making variations on this dish for years now, usually with quinoa or brown rice. lately though: soba! the noodles with the thinness of the vegetables works really well. this is a good dish to make extra of and assemble later. i’ve been doing that quite a lot lately. i eat it for lunch then make it for dinner at work or for the next day. delicious times. it’s super filling and has lots of different fresh […]
this is the first MEAL meal that i’ve cooked in my new house so i’m pretty pleased with myself. until now there was a lot of this: this was a weird meal. i didn’t know if it would pan out but the results were tasty results. i wanted a trashy potato thing but also needed vegetables so this was the compromise. THE SALAD 2 handfuls arugula 2 handfuls baby spinach 1 carrot […]
so it is figtime in vancouver, bigtime figtime. there are tons of overgrown fig trees all over the city (hanging over fences into alleys where they are fair game) and i am eating them all. my friend and i went out to find them and came home with THE MOST. so what to do with figs? anything. we cut up the super ripe ones and mixed them with almond yogurt and toasted nuts for dessert. IF YOU […]
SALAD a small bag of orzo a butternut squash, peeled, seeds scooped out and diced small two handfuls of cherry tomatoes, cut in half 2 big packed cups of arugula, chopped up 10 big basil leaves, chopped up 2 scallions, sliced thin 1/2 a zucchini, quartered and sliced thin 2/3 cup almonds, chopped and toasted DRESSING 3 cloves garlic, grated 1 lemon, zested and juiced 1/2 c. olive oil lots and lots of black pepper […]
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