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I realize that for some of you, the slow cooker is now a relic from the past tucked away in the recesses of the basement with a sticky note marked donate if possible.
Those of you who know your way around an instant pot (don’t look at me, I still use libraries), will likely know how to adapt this recipe to make it just right. …
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Friends, it’s December 1st and I haven’t done a Favorites post in forever! Time to share a few things I’ve been crushing on lately (trust me when I say that I had to sit on my hands not to write about my favorite deodorant; thought it might get me booed off the stage; wait, you want me to gift someone deo?). …
Since posting this recipe, many of you have dropped in to share your love of the creamy Peruvian bean (commonly known as the mayocoba bean).
The bean’s mild flavor and plump, buttery texture contrast beautifully here with the bolder, earthen flavors of Romesco and its ripply, almond textured body. The result is a pleasure dome for the senses (yes indeed, more Romeo’esque yearning coming your way)….
I can’t help but think that Shakespeare really meant to write a love story about Romesco.
Have you tried it?…
Food photo tip #27: be sure to shoot on a full stomach otherwise you’ll probably eat the dish before you get the perfect shot.
No truer words have ever been written. …
Oh nothing to see here.
Just some warm, melty and scandalously moist muffins that will have you falling in love with the cold weather again.
(versatile too so if chocolate’s not your thing, you can easily swap that out — it just means we can’t be friends, that’s all). …
Well friends, the days are getting shorter, the heating pad’s been dusted off and I’ll soon be digging into the Christmas box for the fairy lights (I especially like them on those dark mornings when we’re up before the sun – I hang them on the fireplace mantel for a little twinkle and cheer).
Inching our way closer to the season of cozy with this warm cup of homespun tea by our sides. It’s incredibly simple, beautifully aromatic and a great way to use up those apple peels (and cores) that would otherwise get discarded this time of year making sauces, preserves and pies, etc. …
Not exactly the picture of fall maybe but we still have a few more weeks of summer on the clock and I intend to use them! (besides, pretty sure grilling season is eternal). …
The dog days of summer have quickly settled in and if you’re looking for a cool and refreshing way to start your day, this recipe is for you!
Muesli – the original overnight oats – was first introduced in the 1900s by Swiss physician and pioneering nutritionist Maximilian Bircher-Benner as a way of supporting the health of his patients (my kind of renaissance man). The original Bircher Muesli contained raw oats and grated whole apple (skin-on) together with some variation of nuts, seeds, lemon, milk/cream….
I keep a binder of recipes. I started it about 25 years ago before the age of the internet and never stopped adding to it. It holds some of my favorite stuff — handwritten recipes from my mother-in-law, articles written by Joe Schwarcz (food chemist) that my Mom saved for me from the Montreal Gazette, gardening diagrams made by my father-in-law and a bunch of four-leaf clovers gathered by my youngest over the years (I can still see him running full tilt towards me with cupped hands in the kitchen of our Ottawa home).
Of course much of my life is now cataloged on the web, stored in some soulless cloud, but that’s not my preferred resting place. I like paper, always have, and every time I open the pages of my now tattered, gravy spattered binder, it brings me back to some of the people and memories I love most. …