It was dry today. Yesterday was a mix of monsoon type rain, with snow. Dry days in the winter allow us a snippet of daylight hours to get things done! Living on our farm makes us so appreciative of breaks in the weather and a toasty fire in the woodstove. Stretching the day to the…
Category: Casseroles & One Dish Meals
Toasted Barley “Risotto” with Roasted Cauliflower
One evening, in the mid-seventies, our family had neighbours over for dinner. Their recent high-school graduate daughter had just returned home from a Katimavik type course. We were told that she was now a “vegetarian” which sounded a lot like “alien” coming out of my mom’s mouth. What to serve? Mom had recently adapted to…
Roasted Cauliflower with Farfalle
Cauliflower has never held much charm for me. A little lack lustre, usually served with some overpowering sauce of some sort. I do like it in Indian dishes, where it seems to have more strength, more depth. Then I tried roasting it. Wow. I love roasted cauliflower! Who knew that that’s all it needed? Here I…
Basic Pizza
Pizza is one of the simplest dishes to prepare. Its ingredients are so varied that I can usually make one or two when our pantry is low. Such as tonight! We’ve been in San Francisco for a week, and depleted pretty much anything fresh or interesting. On nights like tonight, I go into my bag…
Fish & Potato Pie
Today it clouded over for the first time in weeks. It’s too dark to do barn chores after 7PM. I think that perhaps autumn is actually arriving. This dish is a wonderful comfort meal. The heartiness of the potato crust with the tender, flaky fish, along with fresh spinach, and a lovely cream sauce, is…
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