Spicy squash pancakes Ingredients: 1 cup grated butternut squash 1 cup grated sweet potato 1/2 onion, grated 1 garlic clove, minced 1 egg replacer (use 1 tbsp ground flax seed with 3 tbsp water, or boxed variety) 1 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp dried thyme 1/2 tsp cumin powder 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp [...]
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Tagged: dinner, pancakes, savory, squash, sweet potato, vegan
Garden pesto Ingredients: 1 large bunch of fresh basil (about 3 cups) 1/2 small onion 4 cloves of garlic 3 wild garlic scapes with bulb attached 1/2 cup olive oil juice from 1/2 lemon salt and pepper to taste Thoroughly clean basil (really, really thoroughly. gritty pesto is le gross) and strip leaves from stems. [...]
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Tagged: basil, broccoli, Center Island, dinner, garlic scapes, noodles, pesto, soup, toronto, vegan
Today I went to the University of Toronto’s farmer’s market. It happens every Thursday from 2-5pm at St. George and Wilcocks street. It was just a little market, so I bought something from every stand (except the maple syrup stand… thanks for the syrup, mom & dad!). My haul included: – a bunch of fresh [...]
Tagged: dinner, farmer's markets, mushrooms, pizza, pizza dough, toronto, vegan
I had an excellent Easter weekend, and I hope you did, too. Lots of friends and family and food and drink, just the way it should be. Unfortunately there was one person missing from the festivities, and even now that I’m back at the apartment, he’s still gone. Alex, I am making borscht tonight. Come [...]
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We had some lovely friends and family over for dinner and drinks yesterday evening, so I made lovely enchiladas, to match the company. There are just two components to these enchiladas, as I am using store-bought (but very fresh!) tortillas: the sauce and the filling. We’ll start with the sauce. Ingredients: 2 jalepeno peppers, seeds [...]
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Tagged: dinner, enchiladas, mexican, vegan