I haven't made this soup in ages. I had a recipe for a kale, leek and potato soup but since I didn't have any kale I net surfed for one that featured just the leeks. I decided on this recipe from the "Cooking with Campbell's" website, though I left out the cream, after tasting the pureed soup. It just didn't need it ( Read more... )

A bundle of fresh kale is quite versatile ... use it to make a pot of Zuppa Toscana soup, a topping for a meatless pizza AND as a filling for this delicious three egg omelette.

Kale and Cheese Omelette


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A sale on whole, fresh chicken is almost as good as one on whole fresh turkeys. And it happens a lot more often. On this occasion, I came home with two whole chickens, about four pounds each for about sixteen dollars. I knew that I wanted to spatch-cock and roast one, but the other ... that was decided by fate.

Roasted Spatch-Cocked Chicken - Yes ( Read more... )

This is another reason that my freezer keeps filling up, in spite of my attempts to clean it out ( Read more... )

NOTE: The potato gnocchi soup below is a tomato based adaptation of the kale and sausage soup posted here.

After an indulgent last dim sum outing with my nephew, on Friday, I used the afternoon to make another bread that I had added to my 'to do' list, while I was flourless.

The recipe came from the King Arthur Flour web site and is called a " ( Read more... )

It's always fun when you have all the ingredients for something that catches your eye.

I saw these delicious looking biscuits on one of the FB food groups I belong to. When I checked out the link I found that the recipe used whole wheat flour and fine porridge oats and not all purpose flour. I happened to have some leftover finely ground rolled ( Read more... )

I recently came home with a bag full of goodies from a local Japanese grocery store I visit occasionally. Along with the canned inari-zushi on my list, I also picked up a package of dashi granules, a stick of kamaboko (cured surimi or fish paste), in the pretty white and pink swirl Naruto-maki style, and a tub of gochujang (Korean red chile pepper ( Read more... )

A meaty ham bone, flavourful ham stock from boiling a large smoked picnic shoulder ham, a pound of split yellow (or green) split peas, and you've got a delicious and filling soup for not a lot of money.


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I rarely make a soup the same way twice in a row. Like this ham and potato chowder. Usually, I use carrots as well as celery to give it added body and flavour. Sometimes I add cream. Sometimes it's just milk. And the thickener may be flour or cornstarch. Sometimes, there's no thickener except for the starch from the potatoes. For a change of ( Read more... )

Half an onion and four cups of stock (vegetable or chicken) form the base of both these soups. Your choice depends on whether you want the final product to be vegetarian or veggie-friendly. For some reason, both of my soups are in the orange-red colour palette ( Read more... )