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Party Dip Made with sage and roasted garlic
This dip, inspired by the Rebar Cookbook, is a vegan-friendly, dairy and gluten-free option that’s inclusive and inexpensive. Made with navy beans (or cashews), roasted garlic, lemon juice, sage, salt, pepper, and olive oil, it’s versatile and easy to prepare. A go-to recipe for gatherings.
Last last last last last last minute DIY gift idea…
When I was a kid and?áMother’s Day or Valentine’s Day or Easter or a birthday or… any holiday rolled around, I would break out the felt pens and paper and glue and scissors. I would make my family and friends little imitations of “real world” honours, things like badges, crowns, and certificates. When I?ágrew a…
what gets the party started? DIY gingerbread house
rosebud Hello! I hosted?áa party last night, and I would love to share it with you. We enjoyed a relaxing evening with friends on the weekend before the holidays. And, what else brings friends and the winter holidays together like building a real gingerbread house? Before the party I fashioned a house-shaped structure wrapped with…
Festive Fun: DIY Shirley Temple Kit
Shirley Temple Kit with?áhomemade grenadine! ?áWhat could be more Christmasy than the Canadian version of the Shirley Temple drink? ?á2 parts ginger ale and 1 part orange juice, over the rocks and with a splash of grenadine? ?áLose the?ámaraschino cherries, unless you can find some without artificial dye (FD&C Red 40) and garnish with pomegranate…
Recipe Makeover: Mom’s Peanut Butter Balls
A few days ago I shared the story about my favorite Christmas recipe: Mom’s Peanut Butter Balls. I had expressed a hope that I would be able to improve the healthiness of this treat, while maintaining the deliciousness of it. I think that somehow, through luck or divine intervention or possibly even ingenuinity, I managed…
fish gratin with parsley
The following recipe was adapted from one found in Nigella Christmas. ?áI love Nigella Lawson’s recipes because they are fun to read. ?áShe takes the complication out of cooking. ?áWhen I follow her recipes, I end up making quick and delicious dishes. ?áIt is the opposite of the early Martha Stewart Living recipes that seemed…
i love lentils
5 lovely lentil recipes I want to try in the coming weeks. Lentil and Escarole Soup Lentil Stew With Pumpkin or Sweet Potatoes Lentil Salad With Walnut Oil Lentil Soup With Chipotles Lentil and Tuna Salad http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/five-ways-to-love-lentils/