White Bean and Wild Rice Salad with Fresh Herbs

This bean salad also features wild rice and fresh herbs in a zippy grapefruit dressing, resulting in a brightly flavoured salad meant for those days when you’re in need of food that fits into the virtuous category. After a weekend spent drinking Rosé-Aperol Spritzes and eating about a hundred za’atar-spiked chicken thighs, massive amounts of cheese,…

Super Creamy Cashew Butter Stir-Fry Sauce

When people find out you have a peanut allergy this is what they always say: “You mean you’ve never had a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup? Man, you are missing out!” It’s never any other candy, it’s never a peanut butter sandwich, it’s always Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (which, c’mon guys, are they really that great? Wait, don’t tell…

Roasted Cauliflower and Radishes with Pickled Onions

I am a HUGE fan of dinner parties featuring well, dinners, composed of lots of interesting and equally delicious dishes which are centred around a some sort of theme (which could be general or very specific, either way). In an effort to officially begin the year 2018 in An Orderly And Responsible Fashion I spent…

Big Crunchy Winter Salad with a Maple Balsamic Dressing

I can’t stop eating crunchy things lately. The other night I had a late-night dinner of barely roasted green beans and sea salt and the following day I was eyeing all the crunchy ingredients in my fridge, wondering how I could combine them all into one ultra-crunchy meal. This big crunchy winter salad is the…

Spicy Pickled Watermelon Radish

This recipe for pickled watermelon radish follows a very basic method for making refrigerator pickles and can easily be used to pickle any other crunchy vegetable. Watermelon radishes are so delightfully twee in appearance and the pickling process renders them a delicate shade of rose, making them look absolutely gorgeous laid out on a cheese…