Good Friday

Last night for supper my roommate and I realized that many grocery stores were closed because of Good Friday. Pooling together our pantry hoards, we put together this meal. It’s a reminder too that we often jump to thinking “there’s nothing to eat…” when there is really abundance.

Butternut Squash Soup (Baxter’s canned)
Grilled cheese sandwiches – [...]

miso salmon fillet with wild rice and salad

My dear friend Michelle came up to visit from New York City. On Saturday night we stayed home and made a very simple (but delicious!) meal of salmon fillet with a miso marinade.

I bought two 7-8 inch long salmon fillets (around 0.5 kg) for three people. When I got home, I rubbed these down with [...]

mixed bean salad

I had a craving for a chickpea salad kind of thing, but I hadn’t really made one before. So I looked in my cupboard and had a can of mixed beans, and I also had some onion and celery around. The result was actually really tasty.
I rinsed a can of mixed beans (actually, i’ve made [...]