Vanilla-Coconut Ice Cream

This recipe came about due to a lack of dairy products in our fridge, and a late night craving for ice cream! One of the advantages of having a stocked pantry is that there are plenty of canned goods and dry goods on hand — coconut milk being one those things...
Hoisin chicken gets a gluten-free makeover

Hoisin chicken gets a gluten-free makeover

Ah the glorious flavour profile that is hoisin-sauce.  Affectionately known as Chinese BBQ sauce, it has components of sweet, salty, and savoury all in one!  When you add a little rice vinegar, you get the perfect addition of acid to the mix!  Its a...

Gluten-free biscuits

Sometimes the simplest things are easy to do, but hard to do really well!  I would venture to say gluten-free biscuits fall into that category.  For a while now, I've been making good gluten-free biscuits, but not amazing ones.  They are more than...
Soup is good food!

Soup is good food!

In the words of the Dead Kennedys, Soup is Good Food! Winter is almost upon us, and I've been reading through Michael Ruhlman's new book Ruhlman's Twenty which is a recipe book that is really more about working from basic techiques.  And so,...

Putting things by … Pear-cranberry chutney

I've put by many jars of things this summer and fall, and this week, I had one more request for a large batch of chutney.  I've been making sweet and savoury preserves with seasonal produce, so seldom is there really a recipe.  This time around, I...