This one-pot farro, butternut squash and dried cherry recipe is the fall side dish to beat all others! Butternut squash is like the crowned prince of the fall vegetable scene. As a kid I was a passionate squash hater. There aren’t many things that I refused to eat, but squash in any form caused the…
Creamy White Bean Dip Recipe with Parmesan Cheese & Sage
Serve this healthy white bean dip at your next football get-together, or enjoy it as a power-packed snack during the week. For weeks, I’ve been waiting for the first Sunday of the NFL season. It’s a great excuse to hang out with family, dive into healthy dips like this vegetarian white bean version with Parmesan…
Sweet Potato Hash Recipe with Canadian Bacon, Red Pepper & Sage
Hash browns are my breakfast nemesis. You know, the thing you just can’t resist no matter how many healthy choices are placed in front of you. Or maybe it’s the bacon. Or the Eggs Benedict. Clearly, eating out for breakfast can be an issue and potentially hazardous to my healthy eating and weight loss efforts….
Make-Ahead Baked Eggs with Bacon, Mushrooms & Sage Recipe
These make-ahead baked eggs work equally for brunch, a holiday meal, weekday breakfasts or dinner. You can never go wrong with bacon and mushrooms! Christmas is just over a week away and I am in denial about my state of panic. Presents to buy, holiday meals to plan, house to clean, Christmas tree to decorate…breathe….breathe….
Crostini with Balsamic Caramelized Onions, Melted Cheese & Sage Recipe
A little sweet, a little savory – these crostini with caramelized onions and melted cheese are the perfect comfort food appetizers. Crostini with Balsamic Caramelized Onions, Melted Cheese & Sage Recipe One can never have too many appetizer or hors d’oeuvres recipes. With football and hockey (I am Canadian, after all) seasons in full swing…
Savory Pumpkin & Sage Gougère Recipe
With the arrival of fall and patches of pumpkins springing up everywhere, I am thinking of my family as they prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving. Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October and, unlike the American version, has nothing to do with “the Pilgrims and the Indians”. Rather, it is a celebration of…
Pork Skewers with Molasses, Dijon Mustard & Sage Glaze Recipe
People either love him or hate him. Bobby Flay, that is. I am in the “love” camp – well, or at least the “Your recipes make me drool all over my placemat” camp. While I often make some minor adaptations to fit my tastes, each recipe – from Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Pancetta & Sage…
Garlic Shrimp & Parmesan Polenta Stacks with Brown Butter-Sage Sauce Recipe
Why I used to be so intimidated by polenta is absolutely beyond me. Each time I make it, I am rewarded with a dish that’s full on flavor, but low on effort. When I decided to engage in a Foodie Fight a couple of months ago, I stepped out of my comfort zone and came…
Sage & Gorgonzola Cauliflower Soup Recipe
I have decided that sage and Gorgonzola cheese can make anything taste phenomenal. I first became enraptured with this combination when I made Sage & Gorgonzola Gougères (Cheese Puffs) a couple of weeks ago. They go together like Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett (sorry about…
Pepper-Rubbed Pork with Sage & Vermouth Cream Sauce Recipe
I have heard many chefs wax on about vermouth sauces, but have never actually cooked one myself. Vermouth was a favorite of Julia Child’s and, well, who am I to argue with Julia? This sauce was slightly modified from one I found on the blog, Just Braise. With an over-achieving sage plant in the backyard,…
Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Pancetta & Sage Vinaigrette Recipe
Sweet potatoes were not my thing as I was growing up. In fact, they were not my thing until, about 12 years ago, I tasted the sweet potato fries at Docks Oyster Bar on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Docks, at that time, was located on Broadway and 91st Street – about 3 blocks…
Sage & Gorgonzola Gougères (Cheese Puffs) Recipe
(This recipe is featured in Saveur Magazine’s Ultimate Holiday Guide, under “Holiday Appetizer & Hors d’Oeuvres”. Be sure to check out the other wonderful recipes they have listed there.) When I was in my early twenties, I went backpacking around Europe for six months. With all of my worldly possessions on my back (let me…