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Grilled Chicken with Blueberry Sauce

Blueberries are usually for dessert, but this savoury blueberry sauce from Canadian Living is a wonderful complement to grilled chicken. Cook onion in oil for 5 minutes and then...

Potato, Artichoke and Green Bean Salad

This delicious potato salad from Real Simple tosses red potatoes, green beans, onion, artichoke hearts, tomatoes and parsley in a zingy lemon-mustard-caper dressing. Boil the potatoes until tender and...

Classic Pasta Salad

by Susan Hanna Pasta salads are a summer staple for us and this recipe from Chatelaine introduced me to a great tip: if you can, cook the pasta the night...

Sausage, Red Onion and Wild Mushroom Pizza

by Susan Hanna This pizza from Epicurious is savoury and hearty. Top pizza dough with cheese, rosemary, hot pepper flakes and salt and then add...

Sheet Pan Provençale Salmon

by Susan Hanna This healthy and tasty recipe from Canadian Living is perfect for a weeknight supper. Roast zucchini, garlic and red onion for 20...

One-Pot Baked Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

by Susan Hanna When the weather cools down I start to crave hearty baked pastas like this one from Bon Appetit. While cooking your pasta (add...

‘Do what we can’ for the environment at Peches & Poivre

Plastic.  Waste.  Excess.  Where do we start?  Where do we stop?  How will a ban on single use plastics change our lives?  Living, as...

Pasta with Mussels, Tomatoes and Fried Capers

by Susan Hanna This dish from the New York Times is a great way to use up the last of the season’s tomatoes. Clean and...

Chicken with Caramelized Onions and Cardamom Rice

by Susan Hanna Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes tend to be time-consuming, but the results are usually well worth the effort. This chicken dish is no exception....

Creamy Pasta with Crispy Mushrooms

by Susan Hanna This excellent dish from Bon Appetit combines fall mushrooms with pasta and a creamy, buttery sauce. Cook the mushrooms in batches so...

Roast Fish with Curry Butter

by Susan Hanna This delicious one-pan fish dish from Bon Appetit combines curry butter-topped fish with roasted vegetables. Cook the vegetables for about 35 minutes....

Fire Chicken

by Susan Hanna This recipe for the New York Times is a Korean dish also known as cheese buldak. It sounds a little strange to...

First ‘Open Bread Day’ at community oven a success

On Sunday, August 25th, a group of local bakers and bread lovers gathered at Almonte’s Community Oven to bake (and break) bread together. They were...

Summer Farro Salad

by Susan Hanna This farro salad from Food52 feeds a crowd and brims with the late summer season’s tomatoes and herbs. Cook the farro in...

Bourbon, bourbon, bourbon!

by Mark Cochrane Whether it is wines aged in bourbon barrels, beer stored in bourbon barrels, Irish whiskey aged in bourbon barrels or the Jim...

Spicy Shrimp with Blistered Cucumbers, Corn and Tomatoes

by Susan Hanna This recipe from the New York Times combines tangy lime-soaked shrimp with the bounty of the season — fresh chiles, chives, tomatoes,...

Spaghetti with No-Cook Puttanesca

by Susan Hanna The tomatoes are ripe and the temperatures are hot so it’s a perfect time to make this no-cook pasta sauce from Bon...

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