September 2013 archive

Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Gruyere Croutons

I’m easing into Fall, can you tell? The secret to this soup is simple: roasting the cauliflower before adding it to the other ingredients in the soup adds oodles of flavour and an almost nutty taste to the cauliflower. If you want to make this on a weeknight and don’t have much time, you can […] Read more…

 

Tableware Love : Orange & Blue

Our October issue of Canadian Living just hit newsstands a couple days ago. Flipping though the pages brought me back to a few months ago (6 months to be exact!) when I worked on developing Fall recipes for the magazine. I absolutely love our cover this month, and immediately fell in love with the blue […] Read more…

 

Snow Crab with Herbed Mayo and Crusty Bread

Oftentimes, simple meals really are the best. When things get a little hectic — as they tend to in the new school year (whether or not your have kids going back to school!), I turn to good old fashioned simple meals with big flavours and little effort. Whole Foods carries already prepared and cooked snow […] Read more…

 

Discovering Iceland

Every summer, I usually head home to France to meet up with my family for some good old fashioned late night crowded dinners with a plethora of food, a bit of healthy bickering and some catching up. Although we usually congregate in the southwest tip of the country, in Biarritz,. this year was all about […] Read more…

 

Sumac Buttered Corn

Side dishes, by definition, most often don’t get prime attention. Seasonal sweet corn, however, can quickly become the star of the show at this time of year. A little salt and butter usually suffices to dress it up, but this is a really easy to add a little more oomph. I always have sumac on […] Read more…

 

Berries and Cream

The heat has been sweltering for the past few days so heavy meals have been crossed off the list to leave room for light, no-oven-needed meals. I have popsicles in the fridge (peach and mint!) and have been making chilled soup (you might have seen my cucumber, avocado and chive soup on Instagram!). A few […] Read more…