Two weeks ago, I was supposed to make the Cola & Jam Spareribs, but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to. I’m not, however, one to give up on a rib recipe, especially not in the summer and especially when they sounded so friggin’ good!
Archive: June, 2011
Mozzarella, Tomato & Strawberry Salad + Cola & Jam Spareribs
Friday, June 24th, 2011Soul-Soothing Crisp and Salty Oatmeal Cookies
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011It’s been kind of a rough week. The last-standing Canadian hockey team lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins (tho I congratulate the Bruins because they played great!). Yesterday I backed our car into the bike leaning against the back of the garage, punching a hole in the exterior of the hatch door and causing more than $1000 damage. And on Saturday, my favourite band lost one of their brothers: Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street band passed away.
Roasted Rhubarb + Nectarine Sorbet
Sunday, June 19th, 2011Now, I’ve never purchased rhubarb before in my life. My mom always seemed to have a huge rhubarb plant growing in our backyard and we’d have so much rhubarb crisp, rhubarb pie, strawberry-rhubarb pie, rhubarb upside-down cake and even just plain ol’ raw rhubarb dipped in sugar over the summers, I get a sour taste in my mouth anytime rhubarb is mentioned. Heh!
Party Dips
Monday, June 6th, 2011If you’re invited to my house for a BBQ in the summer, chances are very good I’ll make you either one or both of these dips to snack on. You’ve been warned.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought hummus at the grocery store, but since I found this recipe on Cook’s Illustrated, I’ve never needed to. It’s the smoothest, least-gritty hummus I’ve tried and I find it relatively easy to make (there are a few fussy steps that some people might skip, but I’ve put my trust in CI, so this is one recipe I’m happy to follow to the letter), so I generally whip it up for guests or for us to snack on with veggies when we’re trying to avoid potato chips and dip.
Warm Weather Pot-au-feu
Sunday, June 5th, 2011I’ve never tried pot-au-feu before, but again with the egg – those French! I was excited – now this is a vegetable soup I can get behind!
Cardamom Rice Pilaf with Cinnamon Chicken
Sunday, June 5th, 2011I searched high and low for cardamom pods for this recipe and came up empty. I’ll have to find an Indian spice store in the future for it, I think- there was nothing in any grocery store I checked except ground cardamom, which I already had. I did love the flavour of the rice pilaf, even though I wasn’t sure how much cardamom to put in. I started with very little and added a bit more and a bit more…in the end, I could still barely taste it, but thought that was probably best.
