Tomorrow, January 22nd, is National Southern Food Cooking day and it only seemed proper to pull together a round up of the tastiest southern food cooking there is out there! As a Canadian, living in one of the most Northern major cities of the country, my experience with southern food cooking is limited. However, in August of 2015 my husband and I went to New Orleans, Louisiana where I had my first taste of the south and we fell in love immediately….
So there I was, once again, staring at the vegetable drawer in my fridge, looking for those that were nearing the end of their lives, when I spotted a bag full of baby bok choy. I had just used some of it in my turkey ramen noodle bowl and wanted to try something different to finish it off; something that wasn’t a stir fry. Why not roast it? Off to the internet I went to see if there were any…
A bag of each – Brussels Sprouts and carrots – sitting in the vegetable drawer of my fridge, waiting to be together. Or at least that I was what I was thinking! I wasn’t sure if the two would be good together, but I needed to use them both up, (story of my life) so into a pot together they went! It’s the New Year and that means it is time for eating healthy and getting back on track for me….
Pasta is one of my favourite things to eat and lasagna tops the charts for pasta dishes in my books! I usually make my lasagna with ground chicken or turkey, but I decided to try out a full on vegetable ricotta lasagna for a change. Okay, who am I kidding… I, once again, had a boat load of vegetables in my fridge that I needed to use up in a hurry! I seem to over shop for vegetables, forgetting I…
Borscht is one of my all time favourite soups. It reminds me of spring and summer because of all the fresh vegetables, and it also makes me think of fall and winter because of the warmth and the types of vegetables, that is root vegetables, and particularly beets! Borscht is a soup made mostly from beets, plus other vegetables and lots of dill. It is of Ukraine origin and even though I am not Ukrainian, it is a soup I grew…
Roasted parsnips and carrots are a great autumn and winter side dish. It isn’t Thanksgiving in Canada (we have ours in October), but for those of you celebrating tomorrow, this could be a winning side dish at your holiday dinner table! And it’s very easy and quick to make! I love, love, LOVE roasted root vegetables and am always looking for new ways of roasting them up – and I am on a big parsnip and carrot kick right now!…
Onto part two of my portobello mushroom haul – chunky portobello mushroom soup! If you read my post on portobello mushroom stroganoff, you know that I was given 20 portobello mushrooms by my neighbour! That’s a lot of mushrooms. I am not going to lie; after the stroganoff and this soup, I think I need a mushroom break. I have never made mushroom soup before, so I was out of my comfort zone here. I usually prefer the Campbell’s Cream…
What is a person to do with 20 portobello mushrooms? I think I mentioned once before that my neighbour often brings home large amounts of food from his job and shares with us. Once he gave us a giant bag of poppy seeds, where I made some poppy seed lemon loaf. I still have poppy seeds… Now he has given us 20 portobello mushrooms and unlike poppy seeds, they need to be used fast or they will rot. To use them up…
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