Tag Archives: snacks

Hummus

I was just asked, via a group email, if anyone had a recipe for hummus. A bunch of us are heading up to my family cottage for the weekend to soak up the last of the summery days and enjoy some early autumn fires to warm up the chilly evenings, oh, and eat. So, of...

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Last Summer Weekend

Last of glamping, at least for me this year. The days are beautiful, but let me tell you, these late summer nights can get c h i l l y. As lovely as the morning dew and hikes with trees hinting of crimson are, that’s all folks, until next year anyway. We just returned from...

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A Toast To The Tomato

The farmer’s market is quickly getting over populated with produce. Corn, carrots, beans, autumn strawberries, bushels of cucumbers, peppers, romas and the last of the over sized heirloom tomatoes. These are enormous visions of beauty. Flavours of my childhood garden, only in colours, I never then could have imagined. I kind of feel for the...

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Savory Zucchini Loaf

It’s September, September! I was not only aghast that summer vacation is over but also that I’d made it this far without tinkering into a zucchini bread. There are probably about a million recipes out there, I know, I’ve tried many, but I think that this can safely be added as a million and one....

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Five Things And A Basket Of Peaches – Part Three

After so many sweet peaches I wanted something savoury. To get over the top of the mid-week peach, I decided on a chutney. Perfect along side anything roasted, grilled, atop some chèvre on a cracker, or as individual tarts with pistachio and parmigiana. You can make it as spicy as you’d like, or even double...

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