Food Types define significant ingredients of recipes and items you need to grow or buy from a grocery store.

Cashew Cheese

Cashew Cheese

Posted on by William Howard

Cashew Cheese is our new obsession and it has made it into our new, improved traditional Christmas fare.  During the year we predominantly eat a whole food plant base diet.  Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas meals are the general exception to the rule where we permit ourselves to eat or serve some type of animal base product and some processed foods. We don’t give in wholeheartedly to these exceptions, mainly because we have lost our appetite for such food.  We try to give ourselves and our guests alternative options. 

Basil Pesto

Basil Pesto

Posted on by William Howard

Our family’s favourite pasta sauce is this version of a Basil Pesto.   In the spring we plant many basil and parley plants.  It is wonderful to have fresh basil available when your tomatoes start to ripen and fresh parsley to add to salads. When the growing season comes to a close, we are busy making our Basil Pesto in bulk.

Red Pepper Pesto

Red Pepper Pesto

Posted on by William Howard

Red Peppers are the main attraction in this pesto sauce. For your convenience, we choose jarred peppers, and this is a good way to start. During the late summer months, an abundance of fresh peppers come to market and you may choose to start with those.  Using your barbecue, or oven, you can roast the peppers yourself. Let them cool and peel the skins. You can even skip the roasting and use whole raw peppers. We have used jarred, freshly roasted, and raw peppers, in red, orange, and yellow colours. All the combinations and permutations have resulted in a delicious sauce.   

Creamy Carrot Sweet Potato Soup

Creamy Carrot Sweet Potato Soup

Posted on by William Howard

Our daughter surprised us with a Creamy Carrot Sweet Potato Soup. She chose this soup because it looked tasty.  She was right.  This bright soup is delicious and gets its wonderfully creamy texture from purèe carrots and sweet potatoes.  Those same vegetables are also packed with antioxidants such as vitamins C, A, beta-carotene, other accompanying carotenoids. Plus, there is plenty of fibre and flavour.

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

Posted on by William Howard

Our Whole Wheat Pizza Crust recipe is based on her traditional methods.  The photograph shown at the side is the raw dough.  We forced olive slices into it and added oregano and basil flakes to the dough and let is raise in preparation for our toppings.  Once you have mastered the basic pizza crust, you can make your own delicious and creative pizzas.