Author: Linda

Pasta with Sautéed Rapini and Mushrooms

Pasta with Sautéed Rapini and Mushrooms

Rapini, or Broccoli Rabe, is one of those ingredients that people either love, or hate. I’m definitely in the love camp. For those who may be unfamiliar with rapini, it has a grassy, nutty, slightly bitter flavour. It’s incredibly nutritious, containing vitamins A, B, C, 

Roasted Carrot and Red Lentil Soup

Roasted Carrot and Red Lentil Soup

Roasted Carrot and Red lentil soup is a simple, easy to make soup that has tons of flavour.  It’s not only delicious, but also nutritious and completely vegetarian. If you have been following my blog, you will know how much I like to sneak red 

Pan Seared Trout with Blood Orange Sauce

Pan Seared Trout with Blood Orange Sauce

I was so happy to see blood oranges at my local fruit and vegetable market this week.  Not only are they beautiful, with their dramatic, vibrant flesh colour, but they are also delicious, with a subtle sweetness infused with tangy red grapefruit and hints of tart cherries 

French Canadian Pea Soup

French Canadian Pea Soup

This is a wonderful winter soup, hearty enough to have as a dinner soup. It’s perfect for warming you up after a day spent out in the cold enjoying winter, skating, or tobogganing, or even if you haven’t been outside and you are just cocooning indoors out of the cold.

Classic Duck Confit

Classic Duck Confit

A classic French dish, and my favorite way of preparing duck. The slow cooking process results in meltingly tender, moist flavourful meat.  To finish the dish, the duck legs are seared to form a crispy exterior. At first glance the recipe may seem intimidating as 

Gingery Cauliflower Soup

Gingery Cauliflower Soup

Who says quick and easy can’t also be delicious? I’m kicking off the new year with a simple, tasty gingery cauliflower soup recipe or Gobi Ka. This is one of my favorite Madhur Jaffrey recipes, adapted from her cookbook Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick & Easy Indian 

Mushroom Ragù with Creamy Polenta

Mushroom Ragù with Creamy Polenta

This is a wonderful rich, savory meatless ragù. It has all the great depth of flavour you would expect from a slow-simmered ragù, but comes together in less than an hour! The Mushrooms It’s best when made with a mixture of mushrooms to add different 

Roasted Chicken and Fennel in a Citrus Pan Sauce

Roasted Chicken and Fennel in a Citrus Pan Sauce

This is a wonderful one pan roast chicken dish that is quick and easy to make. It takes just a few ingredients to deliver tons of flavour. Perfect for a casual weekday meal, or an easy elegant dinner. The chicken roasts to moist tenderness, with 

North African Inspired Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup

North African Inspired Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup

I’m cooking my way trough all the great fresh produce in m December farm share box from Fiddlehead Farm. Today I’m used some of the their wonderful sweet potatoes to make a North African inspired soup with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. Not only does 

Chicken Liver Parfait

Chicken Liver Parfait

(Recipe adapted from Jamie Oliver ‘Jamie’s Kitchen’) I was 1st inspired to try and make my own pâté after I watched a Jamie Oliver Christmas special back in something like 2002.  Jamie made it look surprisingly easy, so much so that I wondered why I