Now that nettles are everywhere on Gabriola, perhaps you’d like to convert them into booze. The Guardian offers Andy Hamilton’s delicious nettle wine recipe – doesn’t that look like fun? Over at Gardenspace there’s a nettle wine recipe, too. And Blagger.com has a very detailed page: how to make nettle wine. I wish you’d go [...]
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It’s hot, Gabriola. I know you want something yummy, fast, and easy for dinner, and you don’t feel like heating the kitchen up much. Here’s the answer — one of our favourite dinners ever, and the easiest one, too. Get some brie, basil, garlic, and tomatoes. Chop up, and place in bowl or casserole dish. [...]
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Gabriola, I’ve found the perfect summer dessert for you. Get some blueberries. Village Foods has some at the moment, and Spud has yummy organic blueberries. You’ll want 840g, which is about 6 cups. Also buy two limes, some sugar, and a sprig of mint. Oh, and some crème fraîche (or sour cream). That’s it. Now [...]
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Oh my, Gabriola, is it ever hot! Because it’s so hot, I need your help with a Special Research Project. See, I don’t do so well in the heat, and therefore work to stay out of the heat as much as possible. But you — oh, you’re one of the heat-loving people, aren’t you? You [...]
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I’ve always been a big fan of edible landscaping; the idea of a low-maintenance perennial plant that looks good and tastes good too is hard to resist! So you can imagine how happy I was when I recently learned that lilac, the ultimate low-maintenance perennial, is an edible shrub. Who knew? Well apparently lots of [...]
This page explains all, and includes a recipe for Shaved Asparagus with Parmigiano-Reggiano.
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I know, I know. I said it was a Gabriola blog, and here’s another recipe! I just can’t help myself, ok? And oh my this is roasted butternut squash soup is good. The first time I tried it I ate up the whole batch, went and got more butternut squash, and made some more. The [...]
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When the Gabriola grocery store was out of chocolate (maybe it still is?), I decided that emergency measures were needed. After a bit of hunting around, I found this recipe for Two-bite Brownies on a blog called Food and Whine. I tried them, and yum, they’re good! Apologies to those of you who subscribe to [...]
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Canadian gardeners always seem to wind up with too much zucchini. They try to use it all up in cooking and baking, and they leave the extras on neighbours’ doorsteps in the dead of night. Italian gardeners are much smarter. When they’ve got enough zucchini they start picking the zucchini flowers, and eating those. And [...]
We are in raspberry heaven here, with fresh Gabriola raspberries and bliss, bliss, bliss. This is what’s for dessert tonight: Raspberry Buttermilk Cake. It’s scrumptious.
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If your Gabriola garden is full of garlic, you might be wondering what to do with your garlic scapes — the loopy stem parts. Mike Hess has the answer at Hard Boiled: When Life Gives You Garlic Scapes, Make Pesto. See? It’s like a garlicky, delicious snake. Essentially, a garlic scape is the stem of [...]
People on Gabriola don’t usually tell me about their soups. But the other day at the village, a friend came over to tell me about the most awesome soup ever –one she’d made and loved. She told me where to find the recipe, too… and who could resist, after that? Here’s the African Yam and [...]
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Many Gabriola cheese-lovers will soon be cheese-makers, thanks to a workshop put on tonight at Harvest Thyme. Tammy and Robin showed the group how to make mozzarella and paneer — both easy cheeses for a beginner. If you weren’t able to attend this workshop, maybe I’ll see you at the one Harvest Thyme plans for [...]
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