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Summer Cherry Tomato Spaghetti

July 27, 2011

This is the perfect summer recipe. In the time that it takes you to boil your water and cook your pasta the rest of the dish is ready. One pot, one bowl and voila dinner is ready. But don’t let the simplicity of this recipe fool you. The flavours of fresh tomatoes off the vine, basil, garlic and olive all merry together to make a beautiful little sauce. I often find the simplest recipes that let the ingredients shine through are the most satisfying and delicious.

Now that summer is finally heating up a bit, we are moving from greenhouse tomatoes into the field ripened ones. Field tomatoes are the best in terms of flavour and taste and the smell on your hands from the vine is sure to remind you of a warm summer day.

The first field ripened tomatoes to appear in the garden or at the farmers market seem to be the Sun Gold variety. These cute little golden tomatoes are so sweet and full of flavour you wouldn’t believe it. These ones were grown in the Similkameen Valley by Klipper’s Organic Acres. You could use larger varieties of tomatoes once they are ripe and chop them into bite sized pieces if you prefer or if that is what you have growing in your garden.

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Filed Under: Mains, Recipes, Summer Tagged With: cherry tomato spaghetti, eating locally, eating seasonally, pasta, recipe, summer, the bounty hunter, tomatoes

Sunday Lunch: Braised Chicken with Olives and Figs

March 15, 2011

 

Winter Sundays in the kitchen are about comfort food. They are about slow cooking, braising, and simmering. Sundays are about filling the house with the wonderful aroma of roasting chicken or the sweet smell of apple pie. There is nothing like walking into a warm house on a cold day to the smells and sounds of food being lovingly prepared. This past Sunday was about these very things as we visited family in Victoria and cooked and shared many meals around the table. The weekend was about nothing more than cooking, eating, catching up and celebrating the ones we love. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

In my books, Sundays are for sleeping in, late breakfasts that carry on into the early afternoon, and simple but delicious meals that take a bit more time to prepare. Meals that we just don’t have time or energy to prepare on a week night.

Sunday lunches or dinners were (and still are) an important time in our house growing up. We would always sit down as a family, share a meal and catch up on the week. For many years my grandfather joined us too and told amazing tales about the farm and all the wonderful meals he had eaten over the last 80 years. He too was a lover of great food.

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Filed Under: Mains, Recipes, Winter Tagged With: Braised chicken, local food, Melissa Quantz, sunday lunch, the bounty hunter

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