Tag Archives: tomatoes
Mushroom and butter bean ragù
By mid-morning, there was chaos. The baby has been sick and only seems able to comfort himself by wailing, though he will pause briefly for food – but only briefly. The cat needs her nails done but won’t sit still … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, cheese, quick, Recipe, vegetables, vegetarian, wine
Rabbit cacciatore.
Yesterday Nick and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary. Kind of. I made a nice dinner, and then we zoned out in front of a bunch of cooking shows on the PVR. This year has kind of been a wash, … Continue reading
Filed under meat, quick, Recipe, vegetables, wine
Pepper pot.
A friend and I once took a Caribbean cooking class through the Vancouver School Board’s Continuing Education program. I had taken other classes through the same program and they were all taught by professional chefs and I learned some fabulous … Continue reading
Filed under Chicken, meat, Recipe, vegetables
Roasted tomato and garlic soup
Tomato soup is one of those things on the list of “Oh, I thought I didn’t like that,” which has gotten shorter and shorter as I’ve gotten older. For years I despised tomato soup, because I thought it all tasted … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, Recipe, soup, vegetarian
Zucchini parmigiana sandwiches.
Zucchini is back! And early tomatoes, among other things, and my fridge is full of all the edible colours and I am delighted. I’ve started buying large amounts of things to turn into freezer meals for when I no longer … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, cheese, quick, Recipe, sandwiches, vegetables, vegetarian
Corn and asparagus salad
As of about 1:30 p.m. last Friday, it is now summer on the west coast and I am wearing a sundress and remembering my thighs now that they are not prevented by denim or Lycra from rubbing together. Finally, things … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, quick, Recipe, salad, vegetables, vegetarian
Rich, hearty meat sauce.
With the exception of a four-hour period last Friday during which I managed to score an excruciating, now-peeling sunburn from sitting on a patio during lunch, this part of the world has been slow to summer. Which is just as … Continue reading
Rapini and sausage with white beans and orecchiette
When we found out that Nick has diabetes, we were lucky in that we were already eating mostly pretty well, most of the time, cheese and butter and cream aside, and that we didn’t have to make significant dietary changes. … Continue reading
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
Filed under cheap, Recipe, rice, vegetables, vegetarian
Yogurt cheese, smoked salmon, and canneloni.
Oh, this week! I don’t know where it’s gone, and I have two modes and two modes only these past seven days: frantic disorganization and head-bobbing lethargy, neither of which has proven to be particularly sustainable. My arthritis is flaring … Continue reading
Filed under cheese, fish & seafood, pasta, quick, Recipe
