The last day of this season’s Soup’s On program, we served large pots of seemingly never ending turkey vegetable soup to a crowd of friends and neighbours. So many dropped by to get their last fix of the Soup’s On experience to last them until fall. When we had served the last tray of sweets…
Tag: gluten free
Quinoa Cakes with Lemon Yogurt Sauce
I am always on the lookout for vegetarian main dishes that can hold their own on a menu. Gone are the days of simple substitutions for animal protein, to satisfy the needs of a few vegetarians. As I’ve mentioned before, meat is just one of several dishes that go together to make a meal. There…
Cream Sauce with Shallots & Capers
When I was devising a recipe that wrapped fresh Sockeye salmon & spinach in a Phyllo crust, this is the sauce I came up with to work as a binding agent and flavour boost. Since then, I’ve used it with chicken and salmon, and as a pasta sauce.
Lemon Bundt Cake
In early March I catered for a family that gathered for a full weekend together. Over the course of the weekend we made sure that they had a self-serve area with hot & cold beverages, fruit and assorted baking. Every time we’d add something to the mix, they’d check out the new offerings. We made…
Senegalese Soup
Just said good-bye to our guests after a fun-filled Easter weekend. The sun is shining, it’s t-shirt weather and we have hundreds of daffodils blooming. Perfect weather for walks, photography and sitting outside visiting. We had a summerlike lunch on the porch yesterday, with bowls of Senegalese soup, and warm, delicious cornbread. I think that…
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