It’s been a long while since we’ve posted a recipe but this one is deserving because it has become a staple and rIAm’s new favourite pasta. In fact, it’s so good it’s nearly replaced pasta e broccoli, although that has more to do with rIAm’s total revulsion to broccoli in pregnancy and the fact that [...]
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Lentil Salad with Tomato & Cilantro
While in Naperville we made Rick Bayless‘ “Tangy Lentil Salad,” which uses his green salsa as a flavor base and otherwise comes together in a beautiful and delicious marriage of flavors. Naturally, this got our interest piqued for another lentil salad here in Toronto. Problem was, we didn’t have the salsa here, since we still [...]
daily photo: pasta e broccoli
Yes, finally, a post of the recipe that inspired our blog’s name! It’s also another “what we had for dinner tonight” post. Lately we’ve been enjoying this dish with shrimp; we get the bag of small salad shrimp from the Trader Joe’s freezer section and toss them in just before adding the pasta [...]
Queso Fundido con Rajas y Maiz
Our friend Armando first exposed us to queso fundido at Nuevo Leon. With rIAm’s family, we had more at Mi Tierra. rIAm went gaga over the version at La Taqueria Superrica. It was still good at El Jardin. So when I came home with some poblanos and the idea we could make our own version, [...]
Basil Carrots
The first of what I hope is many recipes to come…
~Carrots, peeled, cut into thin sticks (to your liking, thinner = less cook time)
~Basil to taste (rough chop the fresh variety)
~Butter (be generous)
Enclose it all in an aluminum foil pouch and put it on the grill or in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until [...]
Pride & Goodness
The spring/summer project and labor of love has been our little garden. Now is the time of the season where pride kicks into full gear because we are actually getting tomatoes, peppers and basil! (see photo)
But we had to do something with the fruits of our labor (duh!), and lucky for us, tomato + peppers [...]
