Pesto
By Jill Nussinow, RD (used with belated permission) Preparation Time: 10 minutes Servings: makes about 1/2 cup 2 cups chopped fresh basil leaves 1 cup chopped flat leaf parsley 2 tablespoons...
Minestrone Soup
This is our favorite vegetable soup. It makes a wonderful meal with a loaf of fresh bread. It also reheats well and we like to have it for several lunches during the week. (this from John McDougall's...
Hummus
Serve this Middle Eastern classic with pita bread or vegetables as an appetizer or for lunch, snacks, or a picnic. for a a casual dinner, add vegetable soup to the menu. 1/4 cup tahini 1/2 teaspoon...
Mexican Rice
This was the Mexican Rice we cooked on a Coleman Stove on the Alsek River trip - and I don't think there were leftovers either. 3 tbsp. oil 1 large chopped onion 3 clove garlic, minced 3 c. long...
Zesty Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup
A recipe from my friend Carol. Very good after Thanksgiving or Christmas if you make turkey and want to add that to this recipe (actually the way it started out ) 4 cups vegetable stock 2 - 14 oz...
Cabbage Soup
A wonderful soup ... modified from Cabbage and Keilbesa Soup to just plain Cabbage Soup when we moved away from eating meat. 2 tsp. vegetable oil or not (if not, add a couple tablespoons of water...
Moroccan Chickpea Stew
This flavorful Moroccan stew is also known as a 'tagine' after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked. We can use a regular saucepan and still achieve delicious results, a thick and fragrant stew...
Sweet Potato and Cauliflower Tagine
Serve this fragrant vegetable stew over whole wheat couscous or quinoa, my current favourite grain. 2 cups white pearl onions or 2 onions, cut in wedges 1 tbsp vegetable oil (or stock) 3 cloves...
A wonderful rafting trip on the Alsek River, Yukon
When Pat sent an email looking for interest in a trip he was planning, we had no idea it would be such glorious scenery, the folks so congenial, nor the good fun it was! We could go into a very long...
Lost Hobbies
Hmmm, will I ever get back to doing this craft? There is only so much one can do, and I have planned at least four or five projects, but who has time? Working really gets in the way of the important and...
Zone 2?
We love gardening! And it is a challenge here in this zone 2 part of the world. We can grow many zone 3 perennials, but they often don't thrive and reproduce like they do in places further south. Our...