Chicken, Asparagus & Mushroom Glass Noodle Soup

Wow, it's the first asparagus from our garden! Actually it's the second asparagus; we just steamed the first batch and at…

Lentils with Rhubarb

I managed to yank a few bits of rhubarb from the garden, but it's ridiculously premature. I hope I haven't damaged it... …

Arugula Pesto

I'm probably pushing things a bit for most Ontarians, but I'm getting some great overwintered greens out of our hoophouse…

Spinach Salad with Marinated Onion & Mushrooms

Spinach from our garden! How do we have it so soon? We planted it last fall, that's how. It overwintered beautifully in our c…

Crustless Rhubarb-Custard Pie

More rhubarb, whottasurprise. I've been eating rather a lot of it this week. This is a bit like a pie, a bit like a clafouti.…

Rhubarb Tapioca

I'm on a tapioca kick at the moment, and why not? It's about as simple a fruit-based pudding as you can do. You have to l…

Spinach Lasagne with Friulano & Ricotta Cheeses

This is a dish that can be made ultra-decadent by using homemade spinach lasagne noodles, and cream instead of the milk. I didn&#…

Pasta with Chicken, Asparagus & Mushrooms in Paprika Sauce

Life has been in a turmoil lately, and I find myself with a sparse cupboard and not much desire to cook. As I so often do when in…

Salade Niçoisish

We have been out of town since yesterday morning, and so I have not been doing much in the way of cooking lately. However, I took…

Potato & Asparagus Salad

If you like, keep the asparagus tips out of the salad and sprinkle them over the top to garnish; it will give the salad a bit mor…

Rosemary Spinach

Rosemary is an herb I don't use often enough. It has a lovely resiny-floral scent and flavour. I sometimes find it a little s…

Quaker Punch: Now! With Rhubarb

Let's raise a glass to one year of Seasonal Ontario Food (on line)! I found the original version of this recipe in The Canadi…

Spinach Salad with Bacon, Blue Cheese & Egg

Bacon! Eggs! Blue cheese! Wow, they make salad almost interesting. (Okay, I am just kidding; although of course, this is an inte…

Radish Leaf & Potato Soup

This recipe came from Epicurious . As usual, changes have been made. Firstly, the recipe has been reduced to one-third to make a …

Black Bean & Asparagus Salad

I don't know why I am so convinced that black beans and asparagus were born to be together, but there it is. They aren't …

Stewed Rhubarb Compote with Apples or Strawberries

Use one or the other of the two lists of ingredients; the instructions are basically the same. Apple and rhubarb are an ideal com…

Black Bean Soup with Asparagus

This is a very fast, flexible and easy soup to make; it's also good to make without the asparagus, or perhaps with some other…

Baked Whitefish with Fennel

4 servings 30 minutes - 10 minutes prep time 1 1 kilo (2 pound) whitefish with head, tail and guts removed 6 to 8 large sprigs of…

Spaghetti with Eggy Herb Sauce

This is sort of like spaghetti carbonara, only not. There's no bacon (or pancetta); instead there are cream and herbs. I doub…

Farfalle with Chicken & Asparagus in Saffron-Chive Broth

So I cooked one of my chickens from Stone Meadow Farms . This was one of my little black giant Jerseys. I was not quite sure what…