Cabbage Rolls (No Meat! No Dairy!)

This time of year, cabbage is a staple British vegetable and I get a head of cabbage in every veggie box.  Sometimes it's purple, sometimes it's green.  Last week's was a green variety with a thinner, white veined leaf, with curly edges tinged with purple.  Looking for a different way of eating it, I decided... Continue Reading →

Kids Cookbooks to Church Cookbooks: recipes I grew up with!

  Growing up in rural Canada, with a mother who didn't like to cook, gourmet cookbooks were non-existent.  The first cook book I ever used was given to me for my 8th birthday.   It was a cookbook for kids.  I must have shown a liking for cooking to have been given it at such a... Continue Reading →

15 Minute Gourmet: Pasta with Ginger Pears and Smoked Salmon

Image via WikipediaThis was one of those "I feel like having pasta, but what to have with it?" inventions.  Then I thought: "Pears!  Pears sautéed with ginger..." and the pears were sliced and sautéed while the pasta cooked.I first tried pears sautéed with ginger one summer when I bought some pears that were just plain... Continue Reading →

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