Kitchen & Cooking

More strawberries and a summer haiku

July 3, 2009

We're gone this weekend. Camping on island off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada. Listening to whales, hiking for hours, sitting around the fire, a tent site overlooking the ocean. Or at least this is what I imagine it will be like as I write this the night before we ...

Strawberry talk and a Fresh Fruit Pie recipe

July 1, 2009

Yesterday we went strawberry picking at a local, organic and unadvertised farm. The day was misty and gray, sounds almost lovely until you realize we've had 21 days of rain in the month of June. But this is strawberry season - the time to pick, wash and freeze enough to ...

Empty fridge pasta recipe

June 1, 2009

Around here Monday is the start of the weekly "food cycle" - if that's the right name to call it. First, I plan the menu. I have always done a weekly menu and would be quite lost every day at 4pm if I didn't. As it is, I'm kind of ...

Salads: what we eat for lunch

May 19, 2009

How we came to eat meal-sized salads for lunch and our favorite salad recipe.

a little longer while I detox

May 16, 2009

You'll all have to wait a little longer for that much anticipated salad post because I was just too tired today to finish it. You see I'm weaning myself off my afternoon cup of black tea. I didn't realize how much of hit it gave me, it's just tea after ...

salad coming up and a book to read

May 15, 2009

Coming up very soon, hopefully tomorrow, is a post on salad. "Ohh... ahh...", you're all saying. Hey, salads are healthy & salads are fun - really. I've been reading the book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder while munching my lunchtime salads and you can ...