These are my go-to to-go noodles. They’re a little sweet and a little spicy. The perfect, portable, picnic fare – they’re delicious eaten cold. Ingredients: Kamut or Spelt Soba noodles, 1 package 2 peppers, chopped 2 green onions, chopped 2-3 cups snowpeas or sugar snap peas, Handful of cilantro, 1-2 carrots, grated Sesame seeds Sauce:…
Learn to Salsa
Learn to make salsa. It’s so easy and delicious! I’m not sure why I ever bought the pre-made stuff. Tomatoes are ripe and plentiful – it is the perfect time of year to make salsa. So round up all those local tomatoes bursting with juicy flavour. I got a pint of the last harvest of golden blush tomatoes…
Potato & Herb Salad
There are a lot of damn good all-american potato salad recipes out there. I didn’t think there was need to mess with a classic… Until I tasted this potato salad… I call it Commonwealth style because it’s more English than American in flavour, and the potatoes are Canadian. Here’s the recipe, inspired by the July issue…
New Potatoes
Potatoes, for good and for worse, are synonymous with Prince Edward Island. Blight might plague potatoes, but P.E.I. is plagued by industrial potato farming and its abhorrent pesticide use. Let’s, for now, push that nightmare to the back of our minds, so we can revel in pure potato bliss – there is nothing quite like…
Flash Forward to Summer
It’s been a while. Over 6 months… This is mostly due to the fact that this past winter on the island was so long, I was flash-frozen. Thankfully, I escaped to Sanibel Island to thaw. An average daily temperature of 100 degrees farenheit warmed my heart and bones up nicely. When I retuned to this island…
A Tobogganing We Will Go
One of the best ways of rolling along through long winters is to find a fun outdoor activity. If you’ve got snow and you’ve got hills where you live, you’ve got yourselves an awesome afternoon. Climb to the top of a big hill, sit on a toboggan (sled, saucer, tube), get your friend to give…
It’s a Marshmallow World
“Oh, the world is a snowball see how it grows…” Dean Martin’s crooning couldn’t be more à propos to the Island’s Winter this year. It does appear that the Island is one ginormous snowball. “The world is your snowball, just for a song, get out and roll it along.” The most important message from “A Marshmallow…
Holidays in the Home
My mother is a talented gardener and artist. She has an amazing eye for detail and composition. She magically walks through the house putting small, simple, beautiful things here and there. I’m still learning…and am not sure I’ve inherited that gene…
Wrap ‘n Roll
I love cranking the Elvis Christmas Album and wrapping presents! I’ve taken a new interest in finding unique (and eco-friendly) ways of doing so. I save and re-use paper, tags, ribbons, fabric, and interesting cases and boxes that make perfect vessels for holding gifts. This year I added more natural elements to a lot of…
Rosemary Cornbread
I was testing out loaf recipes for potential gifts. This makes a delicious appetizer accompanied with homemade rhubarb chutney and aged cheddar cheese. It would make a great hostess gift. (And yes, 2014 brings with it the goal that if someone is nice enough to invite me to a dinner party, I will be “with…
Island Hearth 