Ryan and I made these mussels with white wine cream sauce over the weekend with leftover white wine. I needed some white wine for David Lebovitz’s mustard chicken on Friday night, and since I don’t like to drink wine, I decided to make this quick and easy (and delicious) recipe which used up the rest. […]
Author: Meinhilde
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 […]
Wildflowers of the Utah Desert
Earlier in May, my parents and I returned to Utah for another hiking trip. We went to Zion and Bryce National Parks back in October, so this time we visited Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef National Parks. I love learning to identify things: animals (easy), birds (harder), trees (harder still), and wildflowers. When I worked […]
Nutella Stuffed Cookies
Ryan and I adapted a Nutella stuffed cookie recipe from Kirbie’s Cravings. Ryan bought a Nutella stuffed cookie from St Lawrence Market last week, and it was so delicious that he ate it all without bringing it to my place place to share! We whipped up these Nutella stuffed cookies over the Victoria Day long weekend […]
Torta di Castagne – Chocolate Chestnut Cake
I adapted this chestnut cake from the Australian Women’s Weekly Italian Cookbook. We bought the cookbook in Saudi Arabia many years ago, so I’m not sure if the it’s still being published. Anyhow, it’s an Italian recipe. Which is odd, considering that I brought this cake as a hostess gift to our family friends’ house, and one […]