Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving classic and I think I never tried it, let alone baked it before I met Ryan. My pie knowledge was limited to apple pie and pecan pie, but pumpkin was a complete novelty to me. I had no idea what it tasted like! So it comes to no surprise that…
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My Minestrone
Minestrone is the ultimate comfort food and an amazing way to clean the fridge! I make it regularly during the winter season and the ingredients tend to change depending on what vegetables I have in the fridge. Usually my minestrone has a a mix of vegetables, few pulses, at least one cereal, a mix of…
Pumpkin Pancakes
Pancakes are our favourite weekend brunch food, I love their thickness and richness and the fact that you can make them as healthy or indulgent as you want. I make them often, when friends are visiting, for birthday breakfasts or simple because I feel like it. Since last weekend was Halloween, it seemed a good…
Blueberries Oat Muffins
Blueberries are one of my favourite breakfast berries, I love them with bircher muesli and granola, on toast with almond butter, in smoothies, on pancakes and, obviously, in muffins. There was a time in my life when I had a sort of addiction to Starbucks blueberry muffins. The addiction shifted to the rise and shine…
Carrot and Orange Vellutata
Vellutata, an Italian creamy soup, is one of my favourite ‘fridge clean’ dishes! Together with risotto, frittata, and possibly quiche, this is how I usually cook vegetables that need to be used up. This vellutata is a classic example. Few weeks ago I had some soft carrots in my fridge so I added some chilli,…
Apple and Honey Bundt cake
As mine is an interfaith family, I am Catholic and my husband is Jewish, we celebrate both cultures and religious holidays, which means a lot of food-filled holidays! Our celebration calendar starts in September with Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is a two day celebration that marks the Jewish New Year, it celebrates the start of…
Sourdough Wholewheat Focaccia
Focaccia is a classic family pleaser, it’s perfect for any meal and season be it a picnic in the park, a quick lunch paired with some cheese and deli cuts or an evening aperitif. I personally love it on its own, I could finish a whole tray!! Perfecting focaccia has proved to be a bit…
Marble Cake
From memory the first cake I baked ever. I remember trying various recipes but never getting the right sweetness and rise until I found this recipe. I have no recollection where I found it, whether I got it from a relative of mine or found it on a magazine or recipe book but I recall…
Chocolate and Almond Granola
I love granola, I eat it for breakfast almost every day! I have it with coconut yogurt, on bircher muesli or simply with almond milk. It’s delicious in all it variants, but the this particular one it my favourite! This recipe has no refined sugars or nasties in it, the fat is given by the…
Kale and Mushrooms Lasagna
There are several ways we use up vegetables that are about to go bad, soups, frittatas quiches and lasagna! A few Sundays ago, I decided to make lasagna for two simple reasons I had some dry lasagna pasta sheets that needed to be used and lasagna is the perfect Sunday lunch meal! My fridge clean…
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