Peas, Glorious Peas!
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
Peas, those little green beauties that were the bane of my existence as a small child. My mother tried everything; hiding them in a Shepard’s pie, in a beef ragout and even dousing them in honey. Nothing worked for me until I grew my very own peas and was able to pluck them off myself [...]
Tags: clams, italy, Lungarotti Winery, peas, risotto
How Do You Do, Callaloo?
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I spent some time working in the British Virgin Islands, and had the pleasure of working with a man we called “Pont”. Pont was in charge of making soups and such on Peter Island, and one of his many specialities was Callaloo soup. Once a month he would whip up a batch, and I would [...]
Tags: callaloo, Halifax Farmers Market, Peter Island, soup
Get ‘Er “India”
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
Ok, so here’s the deal. When I lived in Toronto many moons ago, and felt down and out, I would call upon a little Indian restaurant on Gerrard Street called “The BBQ Hut“. I would order copious amounts of spicy Indian food and drown my sorrows in it. Many plates later, and some serious ring [...]
Tags: BBQ Hut, Inidian food, Paneer, Tamarind
Chef Boyardee’s Got Nothing On Me!
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I am a creature of habit; old habits die hard in my household. Sunday night has always been that one night of the week that I find most peculiar; kinda sad, kinda boring. The one thing that Sunday has also always been is pasta night! Growing up, Sunday night meant spaghetti with homemade meat sauce, [...]
Cool As A “Sea” Cucumber
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
A lovely lady named Jennifer Reynolds gave me a few bags of cleaned Sea Cucumber last Sunday when we were both finishing up at the Catch Seafood Festival. Jennifer had spent some of the weekend cooking up this mysterious creature of the sea, and kindly offered me some to take home and experiment with. My [...]
Tags: Catch Seafood Festival, recipe, sea cucumber, seafood
Find Out Your Fortune At New Fortune
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Favorites
I have many routines during the week; laundry, dishes, baby, husband and lunch at New Fortune. This is the place that makes me feel like I’m back in Toronto, enjoying a big, steaming bowl of Pho in some small, off the beaten path Vietnamese restaurant. I swear by the Pho here, not to mention the [...]
Tags: New Fortune Restaurant, Pho, restaurant, Vietnamese
Chimichurri; A Gaucho’s Best Friend
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Favorites, Recipes
I am by no means an Argentinian Gaucho, but I do enjoy my chimichurri! This classic sauce has been bastardized by many, but I prefer to keep mine simple and close to its original roots. I recently purchased a beef roast from Getaway Farm (at the Halifax Farmers’ Market), marinated it for a few hours [...]
Tags: bbq, chimichurri, Getaway Farm
Barberry For You, Zereshk For Me
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I have the habit when I go food shopping, to come across ingredients that I’ve never seen or used before. This happened to me a few years back when I was picking up my usual haul from Mid-East Food Centre. I looked into the refrigerator case and saw a bag of jewel-like red berries. I [...]
Tags: barberry, Mid-East Food Centre, recipe, vinaigrette
Saturday Food Round-Up
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday
Everyone has one day out of the week that is their favorite; for me it is Saturday. Saturday is sacred in our household. It is the day that Doug, Zoe & I do our big “round-up” of food for the coming week. This week it started off with our trek down to the Halifax Farmers’ [...]
Tags: farmers' market, Gourmet Cash'n'Carry, Indian Grocery, Local Source Market, Mid-East Food Centre, Steve-O-Reno's
She Ain’t No Gerber Baby
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday
Eight months ago I gave birth to a bouncing baby girl, and decided at that moment that she was going to be a “Bébé Gourmand”. I’ve taken it upon myself to make all of my little monkey’s food in hopes of developing her palate at a young age. Here are a few tips and ideas [...]
Tags: baby food, Fox Hill Cheese
