Category: Food
new traditions
Christmas is quickly approaching and I am in a bit of a funk. I guess this is what happens when you put together the following: I enjoy making traditional foods to mark the holidays, I lost 25 pounds this year by maintaining a somewhat consistent effort in modifying my diet and adding a good dose…
nothing to do
I have a recipe that will add such deliciousness and ease to your day. It is a quick tomato sauce with incredible tang and richness and it was given to me by my yoga instructor and friend who is committed to helping the world stress less, Chitra. The tomato sauce recipe is as simple as…
lunch to go
I like to eat well. Every couple of weeks I make a chicken, I buy (and sometimes take the time to grow) organic sprouts. I prefer unpasteurised?ácheese?á(less processing and?ábetter flavour!) I am?átrying to avoid the mysterious ingredients and?ápriciness of restaurant or take-out foods. No I am not perfect, and too often enjoy indulgences, but for…
site under construction
Fleurbain is under construction. Fleurbain is moving… moving in, setting up shop, shifting around, clarifying, distilling, and experimenting to compound our knowledge and expertise. Fleurbain is no longer only a dream and a website… Fleurbain is a site. We will have a grand ouverture and vernissage soon (probably in early November), but in the meantime…
mmmm, good food
Last week Julie shared her recipe for Chocolate Date Truffles?áwith all of us. ?áShe is also working at perfecting a savoury muffin recipe. ?áI tried both of these recipes over the weekend and they were amazing!!! ?áThe beauty of it all is that I was able to make both recipes, from start to finish, in…
introducing Julie, the recipe modification genius
Our friend Julie Webb is a brilliant researcher of vegan recipes who often makes insightful modifications to these delicious vegan formulas she finds on various blogs and in great recipe books. One of her latest endeavours that I was able to sample was a simple chocolate truffle made without sugar. ?áIt was perfect! ?á Chocolate…
i love my tiny community garden plot!
… and the apartment sized harvests. Within one hour I picked basil, parsley, tomatoes, stevia, chamomile and lavender.?áI then planted some greens for the fall – a little late, we will see. After that I made a pesto and documented it. Okay, on with the rest of the day! Tammy Schmidt, Montreal.
stayin’ cool with CSA veggies
Our reader Laurie Aaron Dahlquist recently uploaded?ásome beautiful images to our Facebook Page, along the theme of Stayin’ Cool in August. Laurie (like many of us) is a member of a CSA Farm. We wrote one of our first articles on Fleurbain about our own little CSA farm;?áthey hold a dear place in our hearts!…
stayin’ cool with delicious style
Photographer Julie Webb offered up this pic of how she’s Stayin’ Cool in August: She mentions: “I’m stayin’ cool in August with this frozen banana, blueberry, nectarine, scoop of PB, drizzle of maple syrup, almond milk smoothie. Yum!” Yum indeed!!! Oh, my stars! Thanks, Julie! If you’d like to share how you’re stayin’ cool in…
smoked salmon and goat’s cheese dolmades
Recently, circumstances conspired?áso?áthat I had the means to create a new recipe, using ingredients I don’t usually have on hand.?áI?áhad a package of thawed smoked salmon (thank you, friend who moved and cleaned out her freezer into mine!) The other day I noticed that goat’s cheese was on sale at my local supermarket. I had…