(This post has been updated a few times since 2014, including the past seceral summers with info about prices found at St. Jacob’s Market in Ontario). Our final batch of salsa that we canned for the year, Chunky Peach Salsa, was definitely our best. And maybe that is because after canning 3 other batches we learned a […]
Alright, a few days ago I got a bit romantic about our love of preserving. Now, however, we’re in crunch mode so I’m feeling slightly less amorous about the whole thing. For one thing we have a huge bag of tomatoes on the floor, another full of peppers, and peaches are covering our hutch. Luckily eventually […]
When it comes to cooking from scratch you can save time, money, and energy by planning ahead. However, you can go one step better than simply planning by actually cooking ahead. Slow cookers (or crock pots) are a great way to prepare a meal in advance and come home and eat right away. Most cookbooks […]
Finally! It has taken soooooooooooooooooooo long! None of us has any memory that compares to this past Winter. Even the old timers seem a bit shell shocked. And yet Winter is quickly forgotten on a wonderful sunny Spring day when the kids in the neighborhood all emerge from their homes at the sound of other […]
Before we start, what do you call it, ketchup or catsup? Making ketchup has been at the back of my mind for quite a while now. I had read about a girl in our community who makes her own and I was like I can do that! So now I did. Turns out it’s […]
We were very late with our meal plan this week, waiting until Monday to do it, and I have been revising the plan as the week went has gone on (which is part of why I never posted the thing). We were supposed to eat frozen lasagna for dinner last night but I forgot to thaw […]
Pizza is my favorite food. It’s my favorite food to make from scratch. It’s my favorite to go out for. Frozen pizza is even my favorite store-bought food (and one of the only ones I’m willing to eat)! Since pizza varies so much depending on where it’s from—homemade, pizzeria, grocery store, etc.—I don’t mind eating […]
This week featured several meals from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food magazine. Don’t judge. We had a one-year subscription to this magazine when we were first married and it was great. We’ve held onto the issues and use them as monthly seasonal cookbooks as many of the recipes featured use fresh, seasonal ingredients. In fact I […]
The region of Waterloo (which is where the Kitchener resides) has been discussing its food system in the form of a “roundtable.” The Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable is a gathering place for people and groups who care about the local food system and its future. Today I contributed my recipe to the Roundtable as […]
Madame and I have always loved Eggplant Parmesan. Our first experience making it was with the recipe from The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen, which is a great vegetarian resource! The way I remember it is that she was pregnant with our first and approaching her due date. We had been told about how eggplant […]