Cooking in Season
Fresh Corn Salad
A few days ago, I posted a detailed lesson on how to make frozen niblets out of fresh …
Cooking in Season
How to Freeze Corn on the Cob (off the cob)
Yesterday, I took a small time out of mothering and schoolwork to judge a pie contest. Yeah, it was …
Cooking in Season
Feast of Fields Panic
Twice this week, my Facebook status update has been “AAAAAAAAAAAACK!”. No joke. One of my friends helpfully …
Cooking in Season
Chicken Dinner in a Clay Roaster
Clay roasters make the most awesome and fool-proof roast chicken dinner ever: moist meat, crispy breast skin, flavourful vegetables, stand-out gravy. It’s one-pot, minimal fuss, but looks like you’ve been slaving all day.
Baking
Moist and Fluffy Kefir Pancakes
This rainy Labour Day morning most definitely called for pancakes. Notice I am not admitting that it …
My Life in Food
Dinner Blues and some tasty Crispy Broiled Chicken
Tonight is a good example of how things don’t always go smoothly in Chef Heidi’s kitchen. It was …
Cooking in Season
The Last of the Blueberries
This is the time of summer when I spend a lot of time wondering (worrying, even) if every handful of …
Cooking in Season
Frozen Peaches to Die For
Picture the flavour of sweet ripe fresh succulent peaches in the dead of winter. On pancakes, in yogurt, …
Cooking in Season
Apricot Preserves (and how to use them)
This post was more than five days in the making. Ha. I was having a very hard time trying …
Baking
Apricot Dumpling Crunch
This is kind of like a fruit crisp, except better. It’s unique in both texture and flavour, without …
General
The Recipe That Never Was
I had originally planned for this to be a post about Grandma’s blueberry muffins – about how I …
Cooking in Season
Blueberry Smoothsicles
I owe this one to my 9-year-old son. Although he is generally uninterested in cooking, he occasionally comes to me …
