The Gourmet Goddess

Once again I've been quiet for a while, over a year.  By the time I garden, knit, cook, work, take care of the dogs, oh and live, I jus...

From this To this! With nothing but seed!  The dirt was hard and very clay-like.  Of course now I have grass popping up in all the p...

So this weekend this happened: I opened my last bottle of homemade red.  Yup, you are reading the label right, it's from 2013....

I made some veggie burgers with Jacob's Cattle Beans and some turnip tops (greens) in the food processor.  I added lots of herbs and spi...

Last Saturday I built my raised bed.  I did it mostly by myself.  Rulers?  They're for wimps!  My neighbor helped me force the 10 inch d...

Let’s look at the current situation in my yard/garden.   I’m hesitant to call it a “garden” as it’s barely more than a bit o...

So I'm still suffering from CSA box bareness.  The box is pretty empty this week but I did get some turnip.  I love turnip.  Even if you...

I love my CSA but this time of year the CSA box can be kinda bare.  Hold on.  Do you know what a CSA is? I realized in my last post I didn’...

Ok, I wasn't really on sabbatical.  I can't believe it's been over 2 years since I posted last.  My joy for cooking hasn't w...

I've been eating some quick recipes out of my repertoire these days or out of my freeze with my homemade leftovers as we work our way th...

This past weekend I made a special meal to honour Valentine's day and got reminded how wonderful crepes are.  They are so easy to make a...

Wow, it's been over 2 months since I shared a recipe. Funny I haven't stopped cooking... I just made the Moroccan Chicken, Turnip an...

I've been holding on to this recipe from the September 2007 edition of Chatelaine.  It was the inspiration for this dish.  Seriously wor...

Holy moly I whipped up some lovely Coq au Vin this weekend.  Quite a while ago I made this dish in my crock pot and I was totally disappoint...

I whipped this up the other night.  I LOVE leftover soup for lunch and it needs to be interesting, tantalizing, and full of flavour becaus...

Welcome to back to school season.  I know it can be tough, getting back into the routine but we all have to do it.  For me, September is abo...

This may be the simplest main dish ever made.  Seriously - 6 ingredients and you have the most lovely dish.  I love to cook with peaches whe...

Truer words were never spoken.  Lately I've been grilling some meat or fish and serving it along side some farm fresh steamed veggies us...

I just violated one of my golden rules.  I heated up my lunch in a plastic container.  Do you know how many chemicals are released when you ...

Sounds fancy doesn't it.  Well Shashlyk is simply kebabs, marinated for at least 6 hours but overnight it better.  The research I've...