During the winter months I’m always on the lookout for new soup recipes.  Soup is one of my favourite things to eat for lunch during the winter and it tends to be healthy.  After a great cup of soup while at Angelica Kitchen in New York, I decided to pull out my copy of their [...]

This recipe from the Veganomicon cookbook has been blogged about a TON. It’s literally astounding how many blogs I’ve come across that have made this recipe.  Given all the “press” this recipe has been on my “to try” list for months.   I’m not sure what took me so long to make it.  The ingredient list [...]

I’ve been a fan of Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks for awhile.   She’s definitely one of the “mega” food bloggers out there and she focuses on vegetarian, vegan and natural cooking.  The photograpy is awesome and the recipes are neat.
One of my friends is currently on a soba noodle kick.  She’s obsessed, an intervention might [...]

Yes, more experimenting with vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free baking courtesy of the Babycakes NYC cookbook. I’ve made a few things from here that have been blogged about here, here, and here with pretty good success. If my often carnivorous/dairy loving heart can be transformed than this stuff must be good.
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So I’ve blogged about the bakery Babycakes NYC a few times like here and here. I love the bakery and was thrilled when the cookbook came out.  I don’t need vegan or gluten-free treats but I like the idea of experimenting with alternative forms of baking.  I recently bought a mini-muffin tin in order [...]

I’ve ad a bag of lentils in my cupboard or MONTHS now.   I’ve been meaning to make lentil soup since about… January and it never quite happened.  I bought the ingredients so many times but I never got it together!  I don’t remember what I was reading the other day but it involved a tagine [...]

Hello all, a few things to explain off the top.
1. Sorry the colour in the photo is kind of off.  Ive been inspired to work on my photo setup but my first foray didn’t work out.  Better things to come down the road, promise.
2. I got a Blackberry and have been MIA from the interwebs [...]

Babycakes NYC is one of my favourite bakeries. They make a variety of allergen-free baked goods. We’re talking vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free etc. While I don’t have problems with these ingredients I like the idea of “safe” foods. Babycakes wasn’t a regular stop for me while in NYC but every once [...]

I totally thought that this cleanse would make me explore my inner legume and grain lover.  Not so much.  I haven’t made quinoa once.  I had visions of chomping down on various grain and bean based salads.  Alas it wasn’t meant to be.
The other day I was feeling kind of guilty about my lack of [...]

Around this time of year in Ontario (and probably other places too) fiddleheads become all the rage.  Growing up I remember seeing fiddleheas in the supermarket and thinking that they look totally weird.  I was curious but not curious enough to buy.
Fast forward to yesterday when I was cruising through Whole Foods and spotted TONS [...]