Cherry Tomato & Shallot Clafoutis

Clafoutis is a dessert, usually made with cherries , but I decided to make a version with "cherries". Cherry tomatoes, …

Corn Fritters

"To a pint of grated corn add two well beaten eggs; one-half cup of cream, and a half cup of flour; with one-half spoon of b…

Stir-Fried Green Beans with Peanuts

Originally this dish was long beans with cashews. You can use long beans, if you can find them, but regular green beans are just …

Cheese-Stuffed Zucchini

Another day, another boat! This time it's one we found in the zucchini patch. Fortunately, the rind was not tough and the see…

Liver & Tomato Casserole, Possibly with Mushrooms & Bacon

Liver: some people love it, and some people loathe it. I admit to liking it quite a lot. I was brought up in the days when people…

Beet & Celeriac Soup

A medium celeriac, I would say, is about the size of a baseball or somewhat larger. They do vary in size quite a bit. Let's s…

Steamed Potatoes

This is a pretty straightforward way to cook potatoes; I only note it because I wanted to see if cooking coloured fleshed potatoe…

Stir-Fried Cabbage & Carrots

Oh good, let's have something besides sugar and desserts this week. I was starting to get a little alarmed there when I looke…

Potato & Green Onion Won-Tons

You won't get these in a Chinese restaurants because I invented them. They taste vaguely Chinese-ish, and they're vegetar…

Simple Celery Soup

I grew celery in the garden this year, and it was somewhat successful, if you overlook the fact that it was exceedingly tough. It…

Hot, Garlicky, Cheesy Broccoli or Cauliflower

Or both; why not? This is not quite substantial enough to be a main dish, unless you want a very light meal, but since it is rat…

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…

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…

Ginger Apple Salad

Here's an simple salad that is very refreshing with a nice ginger bite. Has anyone noticed that I am a fiend for ginger? If t…