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…

Arugula Pesto

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

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…

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…

Butternut Squash Curry

I have not seen local squash for sale for some time, then suddenly I saw some in 2 different stores. Why that should be I don'…

Deli Style Potato Salad

Our Linzer Delikatess potatoes have been holding up very well in storage; much better than I expected. They are just starting to …

Spaghetti Squash Kugel

About the only local squash I am still able to find is spaghetti squash. I haven't cooked much with it but I thought a kugel …

Another Apple Pudding

We managed to slog through peeling, coring and slicing about three-quarters of a bushel of apples to be dried, before we flagged.…

Sauerkraut Coleslaw

Coleslaw is a great winter salad, and I always love one that has red cabbage and carrots for colour. The sauerkraut adds a nice t…

Rum & Raisin Sweet Potatoes

We liked these - the rum and raisin sauce added a nice touch of sweetness to the sweet potatoes without making them too sweet and…

Beet Aspic

Jellied salads - I mostly hate 'em. Of course, people mostly make them with Jell-O, which is nasty, sweet and chemically, and…

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…

Ham, Squash & Leek Orzotto

It seems that whenever I cook a large ham, the first thing I want to do is make orzotto. It's what I did the last time I coo…

Chick Pea, Tomato & Cabbage Soup

I've been making this very simple but flavourful and healthy soup quite a bit this fall. If you find it plain, you could cert…

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…

Boiled Ham with Cranberry Mustard

This was a beautiful piece of smoked ham from our meat CSA this year with Twin Creeks . I don't know how you will get anythin…

Pumpkin Pudding

Yeah, the reason I'm now so low on the frozen pumpkin: too much got thawed out when I was in pie-making mode for the party, a…