Continuing on with my exploration of Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook, I recently made kibbeh. Kibbeh is a bulgur-based ball or patty-shaped dish. Ottolenghi’s take on it is to make it open,… [Continue Reading]
Spot prawns
It is the most wonderful time of the year! Spot prawn season. Spot prawns are only available in British Columbia for 3-6 weeks a year. They are strictly managed in… [Continue Reading]
Baby spinach with dates and almonds
I love this salad because unlike most of the Ottolenghi recipes, it takes little to no time to make. Pick the ingredients for this up on your way home from… [Continue Reading]
Weekday poached white fish with wine and lemon
It’s halibut season in Vancouver! Seeing a gorgeous fillet of halibut at the store, I decided to make my favourite quick white fish recipe as it was a weekday and… [Continue Reading]
Turkey and zucchini burgers with green onion & cumin plus creamy sumac sauce
Recently, my boyfriend bought one of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbooks: Jerusalem. I immediately started reading it from the beginning, till my head was swimming with all the history of Israeli food… [Continue Reading]
Mushroom toast
You know when you wake up on the weekend and you haven’t bought groceries all week so you consider going out for brunch but then get lazy and decide to… [Continue Reading]
Steelhead marinated in honey soy and garlic
Happy Saturday! I’m so excited to share this recipe because living on the west coast, salmon tends to be in higher supply than in other parts of Canada, and when… [Continue Reading]
Spicy shrimp tacos
Happy Sunday! What did everyone get up to this semi-sunny weekend? Since it was St Paddy’s yesterday, I went out for an Irish brunch and enjoyed a couple pints of… [Continue Reading]
Easy no-knead bread
My first experience with homemade bread was when my parents bought a bread-making machine. I remember us putting all the ingredients in the night before, and setting a timer, so… [Continue Reading]
Spicy steamed mussels
It’s been sunny in Vancouver finally! Which means no more hibernating indoors watching the pouring rain outside in misery. One of my favourite chill weekend activities is to walk along… [Continue Reading]