Just the other day, I found myself with two quite large boneless pork loins that had been acquired due to a crazy 50% off sale price (shop those discounts, guys!), and knew I had to do *something* with them quickly. Luckily, one of the pork loins was acquired for our friend, but still, one uncut…
Category: Substitutions
Recipe Post: Vegetarian Chickpea “Tuna” Salad Sandwich
I’ve been a vegetarian for a very long time; in fact, almost as long as I’ve *not* been a vegetarian. Needless to say, it’s been a looong time since I’ve eaten a tuna salad sandwich, but I feel like it’s a pretty safe bet to state that this does not taste like tuna salad whatsoever….
Recipe Post: Sneaky Veggie Baked Mac and Cheese
This baked pasta and cheese has no less than five vegetables in it (cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, spinach and onion), and if prepared in this way you will likely get away with explaining to your picky eaters that any “green” bits are merely parsley, mwaa haa haa… Another great way to encourage adoption of a new…
Recipe Post: Instant Pot Apple Butter
Apple butter is a rich, sweet spread created by rendering apples (and a few key spices) down through long, slow cooking in a crockpot or over the stove until they lose much of their water and intensify in flavour. The name “apple butter” is a bit of a misnomer, as it doesn’t actually contain any real…
Recipe Post: Quick and Easy Berry Swirl Cupcakes
There’s nothing like the flavour of market-fresh, in-season fruit in cupcakes and muffins. This recipe is not that. Let’s be honest; many of us in the Northern hemisphere are in the cold, dark days of winter, and fresh fruit is expensive and of a lower quality than during harvest season. But hey, when we want…
Recipe Post: Gluten-Free White Bread
My friend, Christine, is Hostess Extraordinaire of the popular Canadian podcast Insomnia Radio (you can find it on Spotify!). When she’s not recording in her home-studio, she can often be found working on developing her own gluten-free recipes. While not at Celiac-level of reaction to gluten, it definitely causes her a lot of pain and…
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