Tag Archives: rice
Nasi goreng.
For the past six months, with one of us being off work and on parental leave, after the rent and car insurance come out there isn’t much left for the first two weeks of the month. I spent what little … Continue reading
Guest post: Vegetable pulao and fruit lassi.
Today’s guest post comes to us from Sandy of mango on an apple. Sandy and I were a year apart at the same high school, and somehow reconnected after ten years, despite a distance of 3,400 kilometers, via the Internet. … Continue reading
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Something like mujadara, only French, kind of.
Oh, Meatless Monday. If you fell on any other day, I would have a much easier time. Around 2:00 this afternoon, I was pretty sure we were pretty much going to have grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner. But the thing … Continue reading
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Beet risotto.
Last year we didn’t do much about Valentine’s Day because we’d just gotten Molly the Cat and felt an urgency to be home with our cute little ball of fur. I don’t think we’ve ever done much about Valentine’s Day; … Continue reading
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Salmon and mushroom casserole, or “Salmon Balls.”
One of the first dinners I ever made came from one of my mom’s Company’s Coming cookbooks – I don’t know if you can get those books in the states, but at one time everyone’s Canadian mother had them; I … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, fish & seafood, Recipe, tasty
Risotto and procrastination with currants, orange, and almonds.
Time seems to pass quicker all the time, and before I know it, it’s nearly Thanksgiving again, and hockey’s on TV and I need to have my boots re-heeled and somehow I still haven’t done any of the things I’d … Continue reading
Chard risotto with a soupçon of whining.
All the cool kids on the Food Internet are writing about cucumbers and zucchini today, but I’m all out of cucurbits and also incredibly uncool. Today we had chard – it’s been sitting in a vase beside a window for … Continue reading
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Mushroom risotto: An easy, inexpensive, and thoroughly impressive gourmet meal.
My parents came over for dinner tonight, and I made these beautiful roasted vegetables, which reminded me about the risotto that we ate the last time I made the roasted veggies, a few days before Christmas. Mark and Jess, Nick’s … Continue reading
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Bulgur risotto, with lima beans or peas or whatever you’ve got in your pantry, freezer, or fridge.
Oh, did I mention we’re moving? We’re moving. In eleven days. We’ve found a place, about a five-minute bike-ride away from where we are now, in a nice little neighbourhood where there’s a grocery store so fancy that there are … Continue reading
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Berry muffins and your leftover rice.
You know when you’ve got leftover rice except that it’s not enough to do anything with and you’d usually throw it out? DON’T! Make muffins. It’s summer, and berries are abundant (well, maybe not yet, but they will be), and … Continue reading
