Cooking with peas harkens back to fond memories of picking peas as a child. While garden-fresh peas remain a favourite, I value the ease and nutrition of frozen ones too. This roundup includes a list of favorite pea recipes, highlighting their versatility in dishes like pasta, salads, risotto, and pesto.
Strawberries, once a seasonal delight, are now available year-round thanks to growing innovations. Their vibrant flavor makes them a versatile ingredient in various dishes. The author shares favorite recipes including spinach salad, mini tarts, panna cotta, salsa, and a strawberry mojito, encouraging further exploration of strawberry-based meals.
Rhubarb, a beloved springtime vegetable, offers a delightful sweet-tart flavor and numerous health benefits. This collection features various recipes, showcasing its versatility in both sweet and savory dishes, including rhubarb custard squares, Scandinavian-style rhubarb cake, roasted beet and rhubarb soup, sticky rhubarb pudding, and rhubarb crumble pie squares.
These delicious tarts are perfect for brunch, lunch, or appetizers, featuring caramelized onions and potatoes on puff pastry. The recipe offers instructions for caramelizing onions and recommends additional toppings like sweet potato or apple. Easy to prepare, they can be made in bulk and frozen for later use. Each recipe yields 12 tarts.
This post shares a recipe for molasses fudge, perfect for pumpkin spice latte enthusiasts. The recipe emphasizes using an 8×8 inch pan for thicker pieces and offers tips for faster preparation. It includes a list of ingredients and detailed instructions, encouraging readers to try other candy recipes as well.
In a reflective post, the Constantly Cooking kitchen reviews a fruitful year filled with over 50 new recipes, highlighting popular selections and expressing excitement for future culinary creations in 2026. Readers are encouraged to explore the best recipes and previous entries, along with the cooking show, Paula Roy’s Favourite Foods, available on YouTube.
This festive appetizer features roasted beets, feta cheese, and pear on skewers, enhanced by fresh parsley. Each ingredient is cubed and arranged for an appealing presentation. The skewers can be prepared ahead of time and are perfect for vegetarian gatherings. One beet yields about ten skewers, making it easily scalable.
This episode of my Rogers TV cooking show features speedy small-batch pickle recipes, which I consider essential for meals. Viewers can learn to make three quick and flavorful varieties: pickled carrots, small batch bread and butter pickles, and Lebanese-style quick pickled turnips, enhancing their culinary experience.
This post highlights the enjoyment of flavored finishing salts, which enhance the taste of various proteins. It provides a recipe for a red wine-infused salt, detailing preparation and storage methods. The recipe yields 1/2 cup and can be customized with other flavors like lemon, lime-cilantro, and hot chili pepper for gifting.
This annual gift guide highlights six new Canadian cookbooks, emphasizing their practicality, quality photography, and accessible recipes. Featured titles include Justin Champagne-Lagarde’s “Perch,” Jannell Lo’s gluten-free offering, “My Best Friend is Gluten-Free,” and other award-winning books like “Heydays at the June Motel,” showcasing diverse culinary inspirations. All are available in various formats.
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