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Hitting the Sauce: Saskatoon Berry Barbecue Sauce
Late June is always one of my favourite times in Toronto. The days are long and hot and humid, but the nights are still comfortably cool. In my garden, the honeysuckle and the elderflower are in full...
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Chive Got You, Babe: Yogurt and Chive Potato Salad
The first heat wave of the summer has arrived my friends, and it is a scorcher. It’s the kind of weather that makes me thankful for central air conditioning, and for the big trees that keep our...
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Grunt Work: Haskap Berry Grunt
One of my favourite parts of summertime is my Saturday morning jaunt to the farmers market. This year’s market got off to a later start than usual because of all the extra restrictions, but thankfully...
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Butter Me Up: Bread and Butter Refrigerator Pickles
In this pickle-loving household, it’s not unusual to have 2-3 different kinds of pickles in the fridge at any given time. Lately, though, the one jar I keep reaching for whenever I need a quick fix is...
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Ain’t Seen Muffin Yet: Sour Cream Muffins with Haskap Berries
One of my favourite ways to spend a Saturday morning in the summertime is a trip to the farmer’s market. I like to pop down as soon as the market opens to pick up a few ingredients for the weekend, and...
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Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Squares
When I was growing up, summer in the city meant an ice cream truck parked right beside the house most evenings and weekends, playing its merry tune all day long. That’s the price you pay for living...
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Easy Being Green: Garlic Scape and Pistachio Pesto
When it comes to garlic, I’m firmly of the opinion that more is better. Where a recipe tells me to add one clove, I add three. If it says three cloves, I throw caution to the wind and add a whole head....
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Shmecks Appeal: Fresh Raspberry Custard Tarts
One of the things I love most about my backyard is the overgrown patch of raspberry canes that just gets bigger and bigger each year. This summer, it’s gotten so big that it’s completely taken over the...
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Preserving the Season: Savoury Blueberry-Onion Jam
Every year, as summer winds down and gives way to fall, I obsessively start to pickle and preserve all of the things. The growing stack of mason jars in my pantry is as much as sign of the changing...
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Stay Crumble and Kind: Raspberry-Rhubarb Crumble Bars
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time puttering around in the garden, taking advantage of having all this extra time at home and doing my best to channel my grandmother’s green thumb. My...
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