Cabbage and Broccoli Slaw with Creamy Poppyseed Dressing

Cabbage and Broccoli Slaw with Creamy Poppyseed Dressing

This cabbage and broccoli slaw with creamy poppyseed dressing has the delicious combination of sweet, tangy, and crunchy flavours and textures all in one bite. The cabbage and broccoli slaw can also be made a day before you plan to serve it without getting limp and ‘weepy.’ Vegetables can be expensive in the dead of […]

Roast Asparagus with Lemon and Parmesan

Roast Asparagus with Lemon and Parmesan

This is a quick and flavourful way to prepare asparagus. Over the weekend, we visited Cooper’s CSA Farm in Zephyr, Ontario. For the past three years, we’ve been a member of their CSA (community-supported agriculture) and had shares in their vegetable, egg, chicken, and pork bounty. At the start of the season, the farm hosts an open […]

Gobo to Ninjin no Kimpira – Burdock and Carrot Kimpira

Gobo to Ninjin no Kimpira - Burdock and Carrot Kimpira

At this time of year in 2010, Tomiko and I flew to Tokyo and spent a month staying with our friend for hanami – cherry blossom viewing. Tomiko and I got gobo to ninjin no kimpira – burdock and carrot kimpira – from the supermarkets in Tokyo and ate it on fresh, white rice for breakfast […]