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I have a love/hate relationship with parsnip. Give me it in a lightly curried soup or a bag of vegetable crisps, and I love it. Mash it and spoon it over my veg-heavy shepherd’s pie and I’m in heaven. But occasionally, the presence of parsnips in a dish just tastes wrong to me. Not this time….
I LOVE this sauce. I could eat it every day. I’m not kidding. It hits all of the right flavour points – it’s salty, sweet, savoury and even gets a little bitter/sour note from the vinegar. It’s just the right balance, and it helps that it is made cheaper and healthier by the ingredients added…
Most meals in our house growing up were served with a green salad and fresh made vinaigrette on the side. I never really questioned it, it was just the way it was done. And in fact, I came to really enjoy them, and I tend to do the same with my own family (the eating…
My family has had a love affair with Italy since I was little. I say that, but perhaps saying my parents have had a love affair with Italy would be more accurate. It took my sister and I a little longer to warm up to the country. Instead of appreciating the gift of a holiday abroad…
My favourite light meals are never an exact recipe. They are simply a “dump everything from the top couple of shelves of the fridge and the pantry on the table” meal. Cheese, cooked or cured meat or fish, dips and spreads and sauces, breads and crackers, fruit and veg. It always makes for the most…
At this time of year, sometimes it seems like nothing but hot chocolate will do. I am fortunate that my kids have yet to have more than a few sips of super sugary hot chocolate outside the house, so they are more than happy with a cup of hot milk mixed with cacao/cocoa powder and…