Mr. CG and I cannot get enough curry. Any ethnicity, anytime. This week spring is really in the air here in Cowtown so I was feeling like a nice, light noodle bowl for dinner tonight. I dug out one of my favorite cookbooks and got to work. Referencing Meet the Coup Cooks Vegetarian Recipe cookbook, [...]
I would consider myself a fish taco aficionado. If they are on a menu (and of course are gluten-free), I am eating them. I make it my mission to try as many different varieties as well as restaurants that serve them when I am in Latin America. Last year alone I went to Sayulita, Mexico, [...]
I am a salad girl. My mom never had to tell me to eat my veggies – I have always loved them! I never buy salad dressing, preferring to concoct my own from various ingredients in my fridge and pantry. Last summer, I went to the Rebar Modern Food Restaurant in Victoria, BC. My good friend [...]
Remember when I said that I’d likely catch the snowboarding bug after our weekend in the mountains last week? I was right. Mr. CG and I got up bright and early this past Saturday morning and headed for the hills once again. We spent the day riding…the weather was gorgeous, the ‘special’ coffees tasted delicious, [...]
One of the reasons I like cooking is the creativity that goes into every dish. I believe that each recipe comes from the chef’s heart (and stomach, of course!). Some days I follow recipes exactly as they are written, and sometimes I take creative license and change a few or a lot of the ingredients [...]
As many of you know we have been experiencing sub-zero temperatures here in Calgary for the last few days, which I would say is directly related to the amount of food I have been cooking. The freezer is full, the fridge is full, and my belly is full. Aromas of warm and delicious comfort food [...]
Why kicking and screaming, you ask? I think I have just about tofu’d my hubby out. He humored me once again tonight, and ended up loving this dish. I am an avid lover of a local vegetarian restaurant called the Coup. It is an incredible little place that is always filled to the rafters. I [...]
Itching to try another of the curry pastes we brought back from our recent adventures in Thailand, I got to work today re-creating one of our favorite curries – the ever-so-yummy green variety. You can buy really good curry paste at any Asian supermarket, or make it yourself. I was lucky enough to have the [...]
A couple of nights ago I had dinner with two chefs at the restaurant they both work at. I was incredibly inspired by the yummy pesto I had on rice – yes, RICE PASTA at an Italian restaurant, how awesome is that! – so I rushed home from work the next day armed with some fresh [...]
One of my favorite winter foods is chili. I usually make an all-veggie creation, using lots of beans for protein. Yesterday I got inspired to use tofu along with the rest of my herbivore-friendly ingredients. The result is a super healthy, protein-packed, cold weather meal that is going to make you feel all warm and [...]
