Fall is not fall without apples! Apple sauce, apple strudel, apple pie and especially apple crumble! The smell of cinnamon and apples cooking - real comfort food. Can you tell it's one of my favourite ingredients? I'm always on the hunt for different crumble recipes so when I came across this one I had to try … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Oaty Apple Crumble
Pears are in season in September and are great in salads, puréed to make fools or soufflés and perfect eaten on their own. They also make a wonderful light dessert when poached in a syrup or in wines and spices and you don't leave the table feeling completely stuffed! In the past I have poached … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Maple Spice Poached Pear
I am always excited to receive corn on the cob in our veggie box, so this week I was ecstatic to find 4 corns waiting to be made into something delicious. My Cornbread Muffin recipe is pretty yummy, but with my oven currently out of action I needed to find a really simple recipe that … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Sweetcorn Fritters
I love Saturdays, Canada Day and Thanksgiving as it means I am definitely having pancakes for breakfast! (Okay, well not every Saturday as that would be a bit much!) And I definitely love making pancakes since I discovered this recipe for basic pancakes - so much better, lighter, more flavourful, less cardboardy (if there is … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Blueberry Compote
With the collection of the next Ice Cap veggie box looming and a bowl full of ripe Champagne Peaches from Snowy Mountain Organic Farm still to use up (I have the fruit option with my veggies), I embarked on a mission to find a recipe that meant I wouldn't waste this wonderful fruit. Luckily I stumbled … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Spiced Peach and Carrot Bread
We recently had some friends round for dinner and, being a dessert fiend and Bree Van De Kamp wannabe, I searched for the most impressive looking recipe I could find to finish the meal with! Having made several different variations of Semifreddo in the past, with it having always been well received, and apricots in this weeks … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Apricot and Amaretti Semifreddo
I am a huge fan of broccoli and really look forward to it's arrival in our veggie box. So I set out to find a recipe that uses this wonderful Brassica, which is high in both vitamin C and dietary fibre. Having always wanted to try and make Broccoli and Stilton Soup (but not being very … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Creamy Broccoli and White Bean Soup
I prevailed on friends (and Icecap Organics harvest box customers) Gary and Zoé Martin, to share their kitchen secrets, after listening to the mouth-watering adventures they got up to last season. The first harvest boxes were delivered last week, with a supply of fresh cherries. Which were transformed shortly thereafter, in the Martin kitchen, into … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Cherry and Almond Muffins
The first fronds of dill are doing their delicate dance in my garden. I'm still waiting impatiently for everything else to start sprouting seriously, and my pantry is running bare of last summer's pesto and jam. So here's a recipe for the in-between days, with just a dash of freshness from the garden. (Serves 8.) … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Lemony Lentil Soup with Dill and Feta
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