The magical thing about making pasta, particularly from scratch, is how it can feel and taste so luxurious, and make you feel like a Michelin star chef, or at least an accomplished and prestigious home cook, but also be one of the easiest and most affordable dishes you can make. And while there is much…
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Radicchio Salad with BBQ Chick’un and Chickpeas
Have you ever had the experience of trying a particular food for the first time and wondering why you haven’t been eating it your whole life? That was my experience with Radicchio. I’d see it in the grocery store, sitting in the produce bins, all shiny, fresh and red hued, and passively acknowledge its existence,…
Sun-dried Tomato Pasta Salad with Roasted Asparagus
So, Toronto got hit with its first official snow fall on Sunday, and yes, it’s late November, but it still somehow took me by surprise. I felt a momentary sensation of delight upon opening my blinds Sunday morning and seeing the world caked in pristine, flaky white layers, but then it gradually gave way to…
Roasted Carrot Soup and Carrot Top Pesto
Carrots are one of my favourite vegetables, and one of the few I could be coaxed into eating during my fussy childhood days. I’m partial to raw carrots, which are quick and easy to consume en masse as a snack, so I’ve probably eaten more carrots over the years than any other food. Yes, I…
Beefless Wellington
One of the virulent and persistent questions vegans receive is why there are so many mock versions of meat dishes in plant-based cuisine. It seems to almost have replaced the “where do you get your protein from” question. The accusation is that vegans always on some level crave or desire to eat meat because we’re…
Ten Essential Vegan Cookbooks
Finding and relishing good cookbooks is a vital part of keeping your culinary experience fresh and interesting, but there are so many vegan cookbooks floating around out there that finding ones that suit your cooking style, experience and palette can be a difficult task. I find keeping a good variety of cookbooks is also a…
Apple, Fennel and Endive Salad with Lemon-Garlic-Dill Dressing
I do enjoy a good salad, but it’s easy to fall into a rut especially when you’re using salad as a quick fix. Throwing some spinach or kale in a bowl, topping it with some nuts and store-bought dressing, might make for an easy lunch, but it’s a formula that does grow stale with time….
Sun-dried Tomato and Sausage Polenta
Do you find that some foods just never get the attention or love they deserve? Do you have a personal favourite that you feel falls too far beneath the radar? For me, one of those foods is polenta. While polenta is a popular food with hundreds of years of history behind it, I can’t think…
The Best Online Vegan Cooking Classes
Cooking and baking has become a passion for many over this last year of home confinement, while other veteran home chefs have developed a deeper appreciation for the simple comfort cooking provides. But inevitably you may hit a wall where your skills cap and you need a little extra help, a little extra guidance, to…
Quick and Easy Granola Bars
Granola Bars used to be one of my favourite after school snacks. The Quaker Oats Chewy Chocolate Chip were my favourite – don’t try and convince me of the merit of crunchy granola bars – and they continue to elicit a strong nostalgic response. They would be enjoyed with a tall glass of cold milk…
Plant and Pine 