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Roasted Jalapeno and Sweet Pepper Barley Salad
I’ve been going through a hearty salad obsession for the past month or so, I think it’s my own culinary method of chasing the grey and perpetually dripping winter away. That is to say, if my food is bright and fresh tasting then the cold exterior seems less of a a constant looming cloud. Winter…
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Crunchy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad
Winter is the perfect opportunity to force yourself into practicing more creative salad making habits, something about the persistent grey makes the produce aisle look not quite right, all the summer vegetables looking off in colour and shape in the middle of December. I offer this recipe as inspiration to think outside of the traditional…
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Quick Pomegranate and Cucumber Salad
When Vancouver returns to its natural state of rainy grey I find myself turning to food for brightness, this isn’t particularly difficult when purple-green winter kale, electric mandarin oranges and pomegranates resembling the imaginary seeds of blood red roses flood the grocery store produce aisle. Both the cucumber and pomegranate seeds provide the most satisfying…
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Apricot Chutney
I made this apricot chutney last night because of a potential vegetable samosa without chutney emergency; it’s a conglomeration of quickly googled suggestions and the ingredients that I had in my fridge and cupboards. This apricot chutney tastes of honey and gingery heat, the apricot jam could be replaced with peach, mango or even apple…
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Afternoon sweet potatoes and SDRE
Prelude to a gratin dinner that was devoured before I could take further pictures. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZpEe7H8qhg] Sunny Day Real Estate – Every Shining Time You Arrive