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Mark Bittman’s recent column on roasting winter vegetables inspired this simple, yet very fulfilling meal. I chopped a few small carrots, one parsnip, some sunchokes (aka Jerusalem artichokes), and a sweet potato. I added a few whole garlic cloves (with skin), drizzled some olive oil, sprinkled some fleur de sel, black pepper, oregano and roasted [...] Wikipedia defines comfort food as “familiar, simple foods that are usually home-cooked or eaten at informal restaurants.” What constitutes familiar, simple foods that elicit a certain emotional response from those who eat them of course changes from culture to culture. Whenever he is feeling under the weather, Alan likes having toast and tea because that’s [...] It was a hot day today, Alan and I had run around all day and after having had a hearty lunch, we didn’t really feel like having a big meal for dinner. So I thought it would be good to make a salad with the intriguing greens I got from Kind Organics this morning. I [...] I’m always looking for ways of using up all the veggies I buy as well as ways of increasing the nutrients in any given recipe. Since today is cleaning day, I decided to use up a few of the produce I bought at the market (post below) and make something simple, but delicious and wholesome. [...] It all started with a bunch of spinach from the farmers’ market, a red pepper, a recipe from Mark Bittman, and this picture on flickr. I wanted to cook the spinach and browsing Bittman’s book, I came across his recipe for spinach with currants & nuts. I remember seeing spinach cooked this way when I [...] I made again that colourful black bean, corn, and avocado salad. I had some leftover Quinoa Tabouleh, which I also added to the plate. I know there are people who like eating each dish on their plate separately. But to me, it’s all about the mix of flavours. If I’m eating one main with two side [...] I had some curly kale sitting on the back of the fridge and looked around in my cupboards for some interesting way to make it. Black lentils seemed promising. Small like Puys lentils, it promised a nice colour combination. This was lunch yesterday. I couldn’t get over how beautiful the colours were, particularly in contrast with the blue bowl. I worked at home today just so I could make some lunch. Inspired by a recipe from my favourite food magazine, I made this nice chickpea, carrot, and parsley salad. I had some guacamole that I made yesterday and some leftover bbq chicken, which all combined made a very nice filling lunch! with quinoa and plain yogurt |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
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