Hello Summer, my old friend! The smell of walking through my garden this summer evening is filled with the scent of tomato plants happily growing beside the basil. The peonies are popping, the cherries are ripening, there’s splashing in the…
LUNCH
The BEST Potato Salad
Happy first weekend of freedom!!! A few moons ago when I was a broke apprentice chef, I worked in this great little cafe with the BEST potato salad. We served it with everything. Each day, we would all put our…
Caramelized balsamic onion and goats cheese tart
Say hello to your new favourite weekend lunch! Caramelized balsamic onion jam, goats cheese and a smattering of thyme in an egg based, creamy tart is my idea of a cracking Sunday lunch. Throw in a dressed, green salad on…
Easy Sour Cream Pastry
I have a pastry-making obsession. It started small. A quiche here, a tart there. Today I’ve made two batches of my easy sour cream pastry for pies and tarts and frozen another batch for later use. One will be used…
Cheesy Cauliflower and Leek Soup
I always feel the humble cauliflower gets a bit of a bad wrap. In our house, unless there is a creamy cheese topping, cauliflower is not on the top of anyone’s favourite vegetable list. I swear, all this will change…
