Roasted Red Pepper Soup

September 24 We go to the grocery store at very popular times (i.e. Sunday night), which means that there are often a lot of empty shelves, especially in the produce aisle. Lemons, garlic, ginger, lime, a lot of the basics are often missing, leaving me with some important gaps in my grocery haul. Even though […]

Warm Portobello Mushroom Salad

May 13 This past weekend, we went back to Vancouver for a few days. Not only did we have a bunch of people we wanted to see, but a list of restaurants where we wanted to eat. The list was way too long for the time we had, but we certainly ate well when we […]

Mushroom, Bean and Barley Soup

February 5 The other week I had my friend over for dinner. I knew her boyfriend was out of town and I was throwing together some soup. I figured she may want some company so I invited her up even though I knew dinner wasn’t anything special. It was bean and barley soup but I […]

Spanakopita

November 29 It took me a very long time to realize that I should make spanakopita at home. It’s one of those things that is so easy to replicate in a successful way but it just never crossed my mind. I committed to making it and bought tons of spinach and then couldn’t find the […]