parsnips

The Beet Goes On… The Sandwich

We are so eager for new growth, sunshine, warm and fragrant breezes, and fresh-from-the-earth produce.  Soon.  These things will happen, we just need to wait a little longer. In the meantime it is important to find a few more ways to make the remaining produce that has been stored all winter a little bit more […]

Dandelion Salad with Parsnip “Bacon” and 4 Reasons to Eat Dandelion Greens

(Alternate Title: What to do with all the dandelions that you’ve been weeding!) Before this year I had never really accepted dandelions as an edible plant.  Okay, so I knew that they were edible but I hadn’t bothered trying them.  I believe that the main inspiration in finally trying them this year came from Chef Jeff […]

Southern Ontario Local Menu Plan

May 13-19  This week’s planning was different (which is why if you follow this blog you may have seen a mistake post this morning!) mainly because we got our produce on Thursday and Friday instead of at the Saturday morning Kitchener Market.  Thursday we picked up our “bag” (it was a bin) from Grand River […]

Local Menu Plan – Southern Ontario

April 22-28 We have several new recipes to try this week and once again most of them come from the Food & Wine cookbooks.  Because my Young Assistant has swim lessons on Monday nights at 6pm he and his brother eat early and Madame and I have a quiet dinner together after they go to […]